Overview
One-year ACGME-accredited surgical critical care fellowship based in the Duke University Hospital SICU leading to board certification eligibility.
The programme
- Focus
- Trauma & acute care surgery / surgical critical care
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1 year
- Start
- Institution policyDuke GME appointments run 1 July - 30 June, with a few exceptions
- Positions
- 1 per year
- Accreditation
- ACGME
- Department
- Duke Department of Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- At least three clinical years in an ACGME-accredited general surgery, neurosurgery, urology or OB/GYN programme; USMLE Steps 1–3
- International applicants
- Institution policyYes - graduates of medical schools outside the US/Canada are eligible if they hold a valid ECFMG certificate or a full unrestricted US licence
- Visa support
- Institution policyJ-1 alien physician status sponsored by ECFMG with Duke's assistance; Duke is H-1B cap-exempt and H-1B is possible for clinical trainees who have passed USMLE Steps 1-3 and hold an ECFMG certificate (individual programmes decide which visas they accept)
- Licence requirement
- Institution policyNorth Carolina full medical licence or Resident Training License (RTL) required before clinical duties
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- SCC and ACS Fellowship Application Service
Funding
- Funding
- Institution policyGME trainees paid on the Duke stipend scale; FY27 (from 1 July 2026) PGY-1 $71,052 rising to PGY-4 $79,908, PGY-5 $82,992, PGY-6 $86,292, PGY-7 $90,036 (up to PGY-12 $106,800), plus benefits
Official sources
https://surgery.duke.edu/education-and-training/fellowship-programs/surgical-critical-care-fellowshiphttps://surgery.duke.edu/education-and-training/fellowship-programs/surgical-critical-care-fellowship/how-applyhttps://visaservices.duke.edu/visa-categories/j-1-visa-classification/https://visaservices.duke.edu/visa-categories/h-1b-visa-classification/https://gme.duke.edu/training-programs/applicants/employment-requirementshttps://gme.duke.edu/training-programs/applicants/stipends/physician-trainee-stipendshttps://medicine.bulletins.duke.edu/about/graduate