APP Surgical and Critical Care Fellowship University of Colorado Health

PA Postgraduate Program at a Glance

• Specialty: Surgical Critical Care
• Location: Aurora, CO
• Accreditation: Not ARC-PA Accredited
• Program length: 12 months
• Positions per year: 4 per year (2 per cohort, two cohorts annually)
• Stipend / salary: $77,174 for the 12-month program — SHARED figure. Published once as "A salary of $77,174 will be provided to all fellows over the course of the 12-month program" on the single page covering BOTH the Surgery and Surgical Critical Care tracks; Hospital Medicine and Medical Critical Care publish the identical figure independently on their own pages. Not track-specific.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Credential awarded: Certificate
• Eligibility: "The program is designed for both Physician Assistants and Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioners who are interested in a career in surgical critical care." "All applicants must have graduated from a Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program." (FNPs are explicitly excluded; PAs are not restricted.)
• Application deadline: September 30 for the spring cohort and March 31 for the fall cohort (fall-cohort applications open February 1). Recurring annual windows, not a single dated deadline.
• How to apply: Direct application
• Start date: April 1 (spring cohort) and September 1 (fall cohort). ⚠️ The programme's own FAQ calls it the "Spring (March) cohort" while its timeline says April 1 — CU contradicts itself; April is the date repeated across its sibling programmes.
• Setting & rotations: Surgical-trauma ICU, CT ICU; UCHealth Anschutz, Aurora CO

Not ARC-PA accredited. Active member program of APPAP (Association of Postgraduate PA Programs); most PA postgraduate programs are not ARC-PA accredited, and APPAP membership indicates a recognized, active program.

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