Trauma & Burn

Cook County Health’s Trauma and Burn Unit at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County is one of the largest trauma units in the U.S.

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As the first comprehensive trauma unit, it provides a continuum of care for all seriously injured trauma patients beginning in the prehospital and resuscitation phases, through operative and post-operative or post-injury care and continuing to the outpatient and rehabilitation settings.

The Trauma and Burn Residency Program trains over 100 residents rotating through the unit every year. Surgical residents from Rush University, Northwestern University, Midwestern University and variety of other medical universities rotate through the service during both their junior and senior years of training. Emergency Medicine residents from a variety of programs, including Cook County Health, Northwestern University, Midwestern University, Resurrection Medical Center and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago also rotate through the trauma unit throughout their education. Occasionally, Pediatric and Family Medicine residents from Cook County Health, as well as Emergency Medicine residents from Canada are also part of the program.

Medical student rotations are available during their 4th year of training. This is an advanced surgical rotation for American and international students.

Trauma & Burn

Fellowship Programs

Cook County Health’s fellowship programs further the education and training of physicians through rigorous clinical training, access to advanced research and broad experiences in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
Programs
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Fellowship
Pediatrics Overview
Pediatric Child Abuse
Pediatric Neonatal-Perinatal
Vitreoretinal Surgery
Surgical Critical Care, Trauma & Burn
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Pain Medicine
Medical Toxicology
Hospice and Palliative Medicine