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Stephen P. Gondek, MD, MPH
Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program Director; Burn ICU Medical Director
The current linked fellowship page includes a burn-specialisation option requiring additional training time. Gondek is not relabelled as director of a separate standalone burn fellowship. The older burn-centre page describes a different two-year structure; confirm the current route with Vanderbilt.
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Gondek is an associate professor of surgery at Vanderbilt, directs its acute care surgery fellowship and is medical director of the Burn ICU. He earned his medical degree at Northwestern and an MPH at Michigan, completed general surgery residency at Beth Israel Deaconess, and trained in surgical critical care and acute care surgery at Vanderbilt.
Biography source ↗ · Reviewed 24 Oct 2026
Official fellowship programme or institutional faculty profile ↗Profile reviewed 24 Oct 2026
Profile page →Appointment evidence
Published role and affiliation
The official evidence identifies the leadership and affiliation listed below for Burn Fellowship (with Surgical Critical Care).
- Leadership as published
- Evidence reviewed
- 20 Oct 2026
- Affiliated training host
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Vanderbilt Burn Center
Names may identify a director, supervisor, host or contact. The source wording above defines the role; reconfirm the current appointment with the programme.
Training context
Published programme focus
These areas describe the linked training programme, rather than a complete clinical biography or list of individual credentials.
Associated training route
Clinical fellowship
Burn Fellowship (with Surgical Critical Care)
Vanderbilt’s Burn Center education page describes a two-year critical-care/burn route. Its linked Acute Care Surgery fellowship page instead describes a two-year ACS programme with additional training time for burn specialisation. Confirm the current burn pathway and total duration with the division before applying.
- Location
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Duration
- At least 2 years; the linked Acute Care Surgery page requires additional training time for burn specialisation
- Clinical participation
- Confirm the clinical role and privileges with the programme
- International applicants
- International eligibility, licensing and visa support are not confirmed
- Funding
- Current salary or funding is not published in the reviewed source
- Application timing
- Current deadline not confirmed; consult the official programme
Programme listed — intake not confirmed
Current intake not confirmed
Eligibility, training and application
Eligibility
Eligibility criteria are not stated on the reviewed page; confirm them with the division.
Published training
- ACGME-approved Surgical Critical Care training
- Dedicated burn fellowship experience
- Emergency general surgery and trauma
Application route
The reviewed page refers readers to the division's fellowship programme page for further information; application steps are not stated there.
No programme-specific document checklist is recorded. Follow the current official instructions.
Official institution page · Source reviewed 20 Oct 2026
Official sources
- Vanderbilt Burn Center — Resident/Fellow Education ↗
- Stephen P. Gondek, MD, MPH — Official fellowship programme or institutional faculty profile ↗
Source review: 20 Oct 2026. Education history, additional appointments, publications and personal contact details are not added without separate official evidence.
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