Neurocritical Care Fellowship
Welcome to LSUHSC-NO Neurocritical Care!
LSUHSC-NO Department of Neurosurgery is proud to host a NCC fellowship. At LSUHSC-NO,
NCC is dedicated to comprehensive and compassionate care for the sickest patients
with diseases of the nervous system. This year our neurointensivist team has been
rejuvenated by the recruitment of James-Matthew Dupree from the University of Rochester
and Matt Hart from Thomas Jefferson. Together we lead a NCC team composed of advanced
practice providers, Neurology and Neurosurgery residents, and critical care nurses
to provide 24/7/365 care to our patients.
We work in concert with LCMC Neuroscience to manage 12 bed units at WJMC and UMCNO.
WJMC is our established Comprehensive Stroke Center that manages up to 120 aneurysms
yearly, in addition to large brain tumor and complex spine practices. UMCNO is our
new Comprehensive Stroke Center as well as New Orleans' only Level 1 Trauma Center,
serving over 2000 trauma patients yearly with more than 100 cases of severe TBI, 250
cases of mild TBI, and 60 cases of spinal cord injury.
As a fellow, you will learn neurosurgical, neurological, and medical aspects of NCC
at both sites. You will learn to lead in the NCU as well as rotate in the MICU and
TICU. Among other advanced neuroimaging, you will interpret angiography, TCD, and
EEG. You will become skilled in advanced life support, vascular access, airway and
ventilator management, ventricular and lumbar CSF diversion, and critical care ultrasonography.
You will learn strategies for targeted temperature management. You will implement
multimodal management of acute brain injury with ICP, PbO2, quantitative EEG, and
intracranial EEG on Moberg CNS systems to optimize cerebral blood flow and metabolism.
Lastly, you will develop clinical research founded on a prospective database populated
by SQL reports from Epic EHR.
The fellowship has two tracks: a 1-year-rotation for Neurosurgery PGY5 or greater
fellows or a 2-year-rotation for non-Neurosurgery fellows. In both cases the training
goals will be the same. We host 1 fellow yearly and have the flexibility to adapt
our fellowship to your goals and background. The fellowship will prepare you to apply
for board certification in NCC from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Application for a fellowship for July 2027 is open! To be eligible, you must currently
be enrolled and/or completed an ACGME accredited program.
To apply send the following information to Chelsea David at cdav47@lsuhsc.edu:
Cover letter
Current Curriculum Vitae
USMLE transcripts/score report
Three letters of recommendation
Sincerely,
Alan Velander, MD
Medical Director of the Neurocritical Care Units at University Medical Center New
Orleans and West Jefferson Medical Center
LCMC Neurocritical Care System Lead
Neurocritical Care Fellowship Director
Associate Professor
Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology
LSUHSC
504-568-6120