University of Chicago Medical Center

Chair: Jeffery Apfelbaum, MD
Email: jeffa@dacc.uchicago.edu

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Mark Chaney, MD
Email: mchaney@dacc.uchicago.edu

Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesiology/CCM
5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 4028

Chicago, Illinois 60637
USA
Telephone: 773/702-6842
Fax: 773/834-0063

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Contact Theresa Cumming at tc28@dacc.uchicago.edu or call 773/702-6842 for application form/requirements and program information. All applications are accepted throughout the year and are reviewed by the Fellowship Director. Selected applicants will be invited to the University of Chicago for an interview with the Faculty.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions:

Positions Available 2010: 2
Positions Available 2011: 2

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical / Clinical Research

Comments: All Fellows are expected to sit for the American Society of Echocardiography Certificate in Perioperative Echocardiography Exam.

Clinical Responsibility: per ACGME requirements
Annual Salary: $52,275
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 8

FACULTY

Avery Tung, MD
Email: atung@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE

Frank Dupont, MD
Email: fdupont@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE

Irene D. White, MD
Email: iwhite@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE

Mark A. Chaney, MD
Email: mchaney@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE/Steroids and Cardiac Surgery/Regional Techniques

Mohammed M. Minhaj, MD
Email: mo@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE/Education

Zaneta Y. Strouch, MD MPH
Email: zstrouch@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE/Education

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 80

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 5 per week
Type: Clinical, Research, Fellow Presentation, Journal Club
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 2 meetings per year

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

Abstracts: 10
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 4
Book Chapters: 4
Other Publications: 2

Comments:

Funding: Department/Institutional Funds
Dedicated Research Time: In general, a two-year fellowship is required if research training is desir
Echocardiography Instruction: Inside OR, specific rotation (duration one month) per ACGME requirements
Critical Care Rotation: Optional
Formal Course Work Available in: Optional during elective months per ACGME requirements
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 2 months out of 12 total months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 300
Distribution of cases: 50% CABG, 30% Valves, 20% Congenital
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 150
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year:
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year:
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 40
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 200

Operating Room Equipment Available: Transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, cerebral blood flow/transcranial Doppler, myocardial contrast echocardiography.