Surgery Undergraduate Research Fluency (SURF) Program
The SURF program is a volunteer opportunity for people interested in pursuing a career in the medical field. The program focuses on research yet provides opportunities for exposure to all aspects of the surgery department through regular conferences, shadowing, and networking opportunities.
The Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) is the publicly-funded health care safety net for residents of Maricopa County. MIHS serves a racially and ethnically diverse population, many of whom face major challenges to accessing health care, such as language barriers, a lack of insurance, complex medical problems and difficult socioeconomic situations. MIHS is committed to providing culturally and linguistically competent care to all that enter its doors.
MIHS clinical facilities include Maricopa Medical Center, a 450-bed, acute-care full-service hospital with 20,000 inpatient admissions annually; the Comprehensive Healthcare Center, a multi-specialty ambulatory care clinic; 10 community-oriented Family Health Centers, strategically located throughout the County; and the McDowell Healthcare Clinic, serving people with HIV.
The Arizona Burn Center, located within Maricopa Medical Center, a 450-bed acute-care, full service hospital and Level I trauma center with 20,000 inpatient admissions annually. Founded in 1965 by Dr. MacDonald Wood, the Arizona Burn Center has grown from a few beds set aside for burn care to the second busiest burn center in the nation, caring for over 900 adults and children each year. It is the regional burn center for the southwestern United States, serving children and adults from Arizona, surrounding states and Northern Mexico. This center of excellence is a 19-bed facility, all of which can be dedicated intensive care beds, expandable to 44 beds institution-wide. The outpatient Arizona Burn Clinic serves approximately 5000 children and adults each year through five outpatient clinic rooms, a pressure garment measuring room, massage therapy and a dedicated telemedicine room. Emergency burn care is a dedicated 24 hours a day service, now available nationwide through the federal- and state-supported Arizona Burn Disaster Network.
This program will run from June 2 through August 10, 2011.
For more information please contact:
Melissa Pressman, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Department of Surgery, Burn, and Trauma
2601 East Roosevelt
Phoenix, AZ 85008
602.344.5616 phone
602.344.5705 fax
melissa_pressman@dmgaz.org