University of Iowa

http://www.anesth.uiowa.edu

Chair: Michael Todd, MD

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Alan F. Ross, MD

Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
USA
Telephone: (319)356-2633
Fax: (319)356-2940

APPLICATION PROCESS:

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 1

Positions Available 2010: 1
Positions Available 2011: 1

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Basic Research
Clinical / Clinical Research
Basic Research Only

Comments: Clinical 80% Non-Clinical 20%

Clinical Responsibility: 12 months
Annual Salary: 52,900
Minimum Length of Training:
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 5

FACULTY

Alan Ross
Expertise: Periop Cardiovascular Risk

Danai Udomtecha, MD

David Papworth
Expertise: TEE

Javier Campos
Expertise: Lung Isolation Techniques; Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction and Local Anesthetics; Ventricular Assist Devices and Anesthesia; Congenital Heart Disea

John Moyers
Expertise: One Lung Ventilation

Srinivasan Rajagopal, MD

Sundar Krishnan, MBBS

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification:

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 1 per week
Type: Journal Club, TEE
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1-2 meetings per year

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

Abstracts: 8
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 4
Book Chapters:
Other Publications:

Comments:

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds
Dedicated Research Time: 1 day per week
Echocardiography Instruction: (duration 6 weeks) adult and pediatric echocardiography lab
Critical Care Rotation: None
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 2 months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 600
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
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: 650
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 15
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 250

Operating Room Equipment Available: transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, evoked potentials, cerebral blood flow/transcranial Doppler