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Ochsner Clinic FoundationChair: Armin Schubert, MD, MBA
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Donald H. Harmon, MD
Mailing Address: APPLICATION PROCESS:Position available for start date July, 2010. Completed application should include wallet-size photo, updated CV, three letters of recommendation, and a personal statement (500 words maximum), mailed to the attention of Dr. Donald Harmon, CVT Anesthesiology Fellowship Program Director at the address above. Questions about the Program should be e-mailed to Dr. Donald Harmon (dharmon@ochsner.org) or Dr. David Broussard at (dabroussard@ochsner.org).GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATIONNumber of Positions: 1
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Comments: Fellowship approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The 12-month program provides extensive experience in the management of a variety of complex cardiac and thoracic cases, complex aortic reconstruction, endovascular aortic graft repair, and ventricular assist device implantation. Fellows obtain advanced training in transesophageal echocardiography. Experience in the postoperative critical care of cardiac surgical patients is obtained during rotation in the ICU with instruction from our own faculty. Our program is designed to provide experience in all aspects of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology as well as opportunities for clinical and basic science research. In addition to the outstanding clinical opportunities, Fellows are offered (not mandated) the opportunity to participate in clinical and translational research. Our Department has published numerous manuscripts, chapters, and abstracts. Didactic programs include weekly Fellow's conferences, weekly Morbidity and Mortality Conferences, and a monthly journal club. Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80% / Non-clinical 20%
FACULTYAlexander I. Gutkin, MD Bobby D. Nossaman, MD David M. Broussard, MD Donald H. Harmon, MD Emilie Donaldson, MD Eric H. Busch, MD Jason Falterman, MD Jimmi Colon, MD Melody J. Ritter, MD Robert J. Marino, MD Usha Ramadhyani, MD Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 75 ACADEMIC PROGRAMFellow Conferences Frequency: Weekly Type: Didactic Lectures, PBLDs/Oral Exams, Case Conferences, Morbidity and Mortality Conferences Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: Presenter 100% / Passive Learner $1500 In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On: Abstracts: Comments: Funding: Intramural
CLINICAL PROGRAMNumber of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 400Distribution of cases: 40% CABG, 50% valves, 10% other Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 400 Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 50 Distribution of cases: 15% CABG mostly AICD/Thoracic Aortic Stent Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 50 Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 150 Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 30 Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 350 Operating Room Equipment Available: New Datex/Ohmeda Aestiva Machines, Philips hemodynamic monitors, continuous cardiac output, TEE. All relatively new within past 3 years. © Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Questions or comments? Please send email to webmaster@scahq.org |