Neurocritical Care
Leadership
Positions:
- Program Director
- Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program
Organization:
Department of Neurology
Email:
Syed.O.Shah@Jefferson.edu
Positions:
- Associate Program Director
- Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program
- Department of Neurology
For Program Information
Position:
Fellowship Coordinator
909 Walnut Street
Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email:
NCCFellowship@Jefferson.edu
Contact Number(s):
What our fellowship offers prospective trainees:
- Dual accreditation with ACGME and UCNS.
- Comprehensive Clinical Training - core clinical training in neurocritical care in the Neuro-ICU and general critical care in the SICU, MICU, CCU, CTICU
- Formal procedural training done in a one-on-one environment including bedside ultrasound, advanced airway management, bronchoscopy, TCD ultrasound, critical care EEG, central venous and arterial catheters, thoracentesis, and paracentesis.
- Diverse research opportunities in clinical, epidemiologic, informatics or laboratory based research
- Dedicated research time weekly and ample elective time
Hospitals
Fellows in our program will train at the Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience. There is important interaction and collaboration with physicians, resident physicians, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, therapists, nutritionists, with expertise in neurology, epilepsy and neurophysiology, neurosurgery, other critical care disciplines, neuro-radiology, and rehabilitation medicine.
Recent Faculty Peer-reviewed Publications
- Observational study of the effect of ketamine infusions on sedation depth, inflammation, and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with SARS-CoV-2
- Treatment of Refractory Status Epilepticus With Continuous Intravenous Anesthetic Drugs A Systematic Review
- Ventriculostomy Associated with Reduced Mortality in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Compared to Parenchymal ICP Monitoring: A Propensity Score–Adjusted Analysis
- Clinical Outcomes after Ultra-Early Cranioplasty Using Craniectomy Contour Classification as a Patient Selection Criterion
- The SLANT Score Predicts Poor Neurologic Outcome in Comatose Survivors of Cardiac Arrest: An External Validation Using a Retrospective Cohort
- Comparison of Anesthetic Agents Dexmedetomidine and Midazolam During Mechanical Thrombectomy
- Standardizing postoperative handoffs using the evidence-based IPASS framework through a multidisciplinary initiative improves handoff communication for neurosurgical patients in the neuro-intensive care unit
- Cerebral deep venous thrombosis and COVID-19: Case report
- Declining Intensive Care Unit Mortality of COVID-19: A Multi-Center Study
- Rapid Decline in Telestroke Consults in the Setting of COVID-19
- Ultra-Early Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (sICH)
- Management of Brain Tumors in ICU: Monitoring the Neurological Impact by Transcranial Doppler (TCD/TCCS)
- Influenza a encephalitis in an adult patient
- Intravenous thrombolysis in the elderly is facilitated by a tele-stroke network: A cross-sectional study
- Correction to: 2019 Neurocritical Care Survey: Physician Compensation, Unit Staffing and Structure (Neurocritical Care, (2020), 33, 1, (303-307), 10.1007/s12028-020-01032-z)
- Arterial and venous strokes in the setting of COVID-19
- 2019 Neurocritical Care Survey: Physician Compensation, Unit Staffing and Structure
- Analysis of the utility of early MRI/MRA in 400 patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage
- Comparison of Outcomes of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in 36,929 Patients Treated with or without Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in a Mature Trauma System
- Global Survey of Outcomes of Neurocritical Care Patients: Analysis of the PRINCE Study Part 2