The Neurocritical Care Fellowship at OHSU offers two ACGME- and UCNS-approved tracks to train neurointensivists. Both programs permit certification in Neurocritical Care and allow fellows to sit for the NCC boards. The traditional 24-month track welcomes fellows with a variety of backgrounds, including Neurology and Anesthesia. The 12-month track is open to fellows with Critical Care training in Anesthesia, Pulmonary or Medical Critical Care or Neurosurgery.

The Neuroscience ICU at OHSU is a 17 bed ICU with a strong educational balance of General Critical Care, Neurology and Anesthesia. Our attendings in Anesthesia and Neurology share coverage 24/7 and the Neurocritical Care fellows are joined each month by two or three Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary or Anesthesia fellows; an optimal blend of clinical experience that emphasizes the unity of ICU medicine.

OHSU has the Primary Stroke Center certification from JCAHO and an Interventional Radiology program that performs over 140 mechanical thrombectomies per year. Our fellows are encouraged to participate in these programs as electives, or spend several months gaining particular expertise in these fields.

Our OHSU Neurocritical Care Fellowship also has a research track for immersion into basic science as well as a Masters of Clinical Research track and simultaneous MBA and MPH programs that our fellows may choose to optimize career options. Prior fellows have achieved board accreditation in Critical Care EEG Monitoring from the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology.

Meet our team

Clinical exposure

• 17 bed dedicated Neurosciences ICU (expanding); average census: 22
• Busy high-risk neurosurgical practice
• 150 subarachnoid hemorrhage admissions/year
• 400 ischemic stroke admissions/year
• 140 endovascular stroke interventions per year

Ample opportunities for ICU procedural experience with central venous catheter placement, intubation, bronchoscopy, arterial lines, and lumbar punctures

Superb cerebrovascular neurosurgery, vascular neurology and interventional neuroradiology programs

Major referral center for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Northern California for critical neurologic diseases (encephalitis, status epilepticus, neuromuscular)

Research opportunities

Excellent basic science: OHSU ranks in the top 1% among academic institutions in NIH support of basic neuroscience research.

Excellent clinical science: OHSU is a top enroller in virtually every major clinical trial of therapies for stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and interventional neuroradiology.

Mentorship: Research mentorship available from Neurology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, and the OHSU Graduate Neurosciences Program.

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