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Tower Health Program
West Reading, PA
Data Last updated: 3/28/2025
Overview
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Overview

The Tower Health, Reading Hospital Surgical Critical Care Fellowship expands on the education that a trainee has completed in a general surgery residency. The focus of the program is on management of the critically ill patient in the surgical intensive care unit as well as the trauma resuscitation area of the emergency department. The program combines a strong academic emphasis with intense bedside experience in a 21 bed surgical ICU.
Information
Program best described as
Community-based university affiliated
Primary teaching site
Reading Hospital
Accredited length of training
1
Required length
1
Accepting applications for training that begins in 2025-2026 No
Will be accepting applications for training that begins in 2026-2027 Yes
Program start dates August 1, Negotiable
Participates in ERAS® No
Affiliated with U.S. government No
Program Director: Christopher Butts DO, PhD, DO
Reading Hosp/Tower Health
Trauma Administration
420 S 5th Ave
West Reading, PA 19611
Tel: (484) 628-4879
Fax: (484) 628-4880
E-mail: Christopher.Butts@towerhealth.org
Person to contact for more information about the program: Jennifer Doerrman
Reading Hosp/Tower Health
Trauma Administration
420 S 5th Ave
West Reading, PA 19611
Tel: (484) 628-3693
Fax:
E-mail: jennifer.doerrman@towerhealth.org
Survey Received: 5/31/2024

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Location

Reading Hosp/Tower Health
Trauma Administration
420 S 5th Ave
West Reading, PA 19611

Sponsor

Tower Health
420 S 5th Ave
West Reading, PA 19611

Participant(s)

Reading Hospital
6th Ave & Spruce St
West Reading, PA 19612-6052

University of Pennsylvania Health System
3400 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283

Presbyterian Medical Center (UPHS)
51 N 39th St
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2699