Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Chair: Co-Chairs: Ronald Wender MD and Julian Gold MD
Email: ronald.wender@cshs.org

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Nicola D'Attellis MD
Email: nicola.dattellis@cshs.org

Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesiology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90048
USA
Telephone: (310) 423-5841
Fax: (310) 423-0387

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Send CV, 2 letters of support to program director. Interview required. California Medical License required by fellowship.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions:

Positions Available 2010: 2
Positions Available 2011:

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Clinical Research

Comments: .Fellowship is flexible to meet individual needs. 2.Designed to provide clinical subspeciality training and research opportunities. 3. By end of training Fellows shall meet requirements of eligibility for the Perioperative Echocardiography Booard

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80% Non-Clinical 20%
Annual Salary: 48,500 + (May supplement income as Junior Attendin
Minimum Length of Training: 12 Months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: New Program

FACULTY

Arnold Friedman MD
Email: arnold.friedman@cshs.org
Expertise: Adult Cardiac, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Critical Care

Chihjen Lee MD
Email: chihjen.lee@cshs.org
Expertise: Adult Cardiac, horacic, Vascular

Errol Hackner MD
Email: errol.hackner@cshs.org
Expertise: Adult Cardiac, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Vascular

Jennifer Cutler MD
Email: jennifer.cutler@cshs.org
Expertise: Thoracic, Vascular

Karen Sibert MD
Email: karen.sibert@cshs.org
Expertise: Vascular, Thoracic

Keith Kimble MD
Email: keith.kimble@cshs.org
Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac, Congenital Heart Disease, Peds Critical Care

Maria deCastro MD
Email: maria.decastro@cshs.org
Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac, Congenital Heart Disease, Tx

Nicola D'Attellis MD
Email: nicola.dattellis@cshs.org
Expertise: Adult Cardiac Robotics, Surgical Critical Care, Outcomes, TX

Omar Durra MD
Email: omar.durra@cshs.org
Expertise: Adult Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular

Robert Frantz MD
Email: robert.frantz@cshs.org
Expertise: Adult Cardiac, Thoracic, Tx

Steve Sun MD
Email: steve.sun@cshs.org
Expertise: Adult Cardiac, Vascular, Thoracic

Vida Zhang MD
Email: vida.zhang@cshs.org
Expertise: Thoracic, Vascular

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification:

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: Weekly
Type: Clinical / Educational
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: Support for all accepted abstracts. By individual arrangement

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

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

Comments: New Fellowship Program. Fellows will be encouraged to actively participate in group or individual research projects. Fellows will be encouraged to publish results.

Funding: Department of Anesthesiology
Dedicated Research Time: Dependent of Fellows Interests / Projects
Echocardiography Instruction: 2 month rotation (Department of Cardiology - Echocardiography Lab)
Critical Care Rotation: 1 month rotation (Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit)
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 20 % - 30 %

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1000
Distribution of cases: 40% Valves, 30% CABG, 15% Congenital, 10% Aortic Aneurysm, 5% Tx, VAD's
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 200
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 200
Distribution of cases: 40% off-pump CABG, 25% Congenital, 20% Thoracic Aneurysm Endografts, 15% De
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 50
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 1200
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 50
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 500

Operating Room Equipment Available: TEE multiplane and Pediatric TEE. Vascular Cannulation Ultrasound. BIS. Transcranial Oxymetry. ECG ST segment analysis. Point of care ABG