Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center

Chair: Anthony Ivankovich, M.D.

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Christopher O'Connor, M.D.

Mailing Address:
1653 W. Congress Parkway
Chicago, Illinois 60612
USA
Telephone: (312)942-6504
Fax: (312)942-8858

APPLICATION PROCESS:

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions:

Positions Available 2010: 1
Positions Available 2011: 2

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Basic Research

Clinical Responsibility: variable
Annual Salary: $37,375
Minimum Length of Training: 6 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 2

FACULTY

Abdel Ganzouri
Expertise: Adult Cardiac and Vascular

Catherine Kierney
Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Critical Care

Christopher O'Connor
Expertise: Aortic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, TEE

David Rothenberg
Expertise: Vascular Surgery, Critical Care

Douglas Brown
Expertise: Adult Cardiac and Vascular

Kenneth Tuman
Expertise: Outcomes Studies, Vascular Surgery, Coagulation

Lynn White
Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Steven Barnes
Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Critical Care

Timothy Starck
Expertise: Adult Cardiac and Vascular

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification:

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 4 per week
Type: Clinical, Research, Fellow presentation, Journal Club
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1 meeting per year

In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:

Abstracts: 3
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 2
Book Chapters:
Other Publications:

Comments:

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds
Dedicated Research Time: variable
Echocardiography Instruction: inside OR
Critical Care Rotation: optional
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 3 months out of 12 total months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 900
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year:
Distribution of cases: 60% CABG, 20% Valves, 20% Congenital
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 150
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 45
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 150

Operating Room Equipment Available: transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, mixed venous oximetry, continuous cardiac output, evoked potentials, EEG