Fellowship · via General Surgery

Trauma / Surgical Critical Care

Terminal subspecialty. Apply during or after General Surgery residency.

What this specialty is

Trauma / SCC surgeons run trauma services, perform emergency general surgery (perforations, abscesses, NEC), and staff surgical ICUs. Highest acuity, hospital-based, on-call heavy. Some practices include dedicated emergency general surgery only without trauma.

Lifestyle & practice

Heavy call burden, shift-based at trauma centers. Compensation $400k to $550k.

Quick facts

Fellowship length: 2 years

Resources to learn more

High-signal external links curated for residents and applicants.

EAST ↗
Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
AAST ↗
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.

180

programs

362

positions / cycle

650

applicants / cycle

Simulated match rates· 2026 cycle

GenSurg Grad58%(target 62%)
Other46%(target 38%)

Data source

NRMP SMS Program Results. Per-program quota + filled history extracted from NRMP Specialties Matching Service program-results PDFs (2020–2026).

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