Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Chair: Gary Robelen, MD

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Robert Hunsaker, MD
Email: phyllis.patterson@caritaschristi.org

Mailing Address:
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine 736 Cambridge Street, CMP-2, #211
Boston, Massachusetts 02135
USA
Telephone: 617-789-2777
Fax: 617-254-6384

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Contact Phyllis Patterson for application. Requirements: 1. Completed application 2. CV 3. Personal Statement 4. Three letters of recommendation 5. USMLE Scores 6. Copy of ECFMG 7. Visa status (if applicable)

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions:

Positions Available 2010: 1
Positions Available 2011:

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Clinical Research

Comments: Exposure to transthoracic ECHO if desired (over 4000 cases/year done in Cardiology); extensive TEE experience; multivessel off-pump coronary bypass; thoracic aortic surgery center, ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation.

Clinical Responsibility: clinical 80%, non-clinical 20%
Annual Salary: $51,314
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 5

FACULTY

Mark Lovich, MD, PhD
Expertise: Novel cardiac drug delivery systems, anesthesia simulation & critical events

Mark Shulman, MD
Expertise: Intraoperative TEE; anesthesia for thoracic surgery

Robert Hunsaker, MD
Expertise: Intraoperative TEE; Anesthesia for thoracic aortic surgery, antifbrinolytics

Usha Vellayappan, MD
Expertise: Intraoperative TEE; regional anesthesia & cardiac surgery

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 50

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: weekly
Type: clinical, fellow presentation
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: SCA TEE review course, SCA Annual Meeting, TEE certification exam

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

Abstracts: 3
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 1
Book Chapters:
Other Publications:

Comments:

Funding: Department/Institution
Dedicated Research Time: as desired
Echocardiography Instruction: In the operating room by anesthesia faculty & monthly QA, weekly conference
Critical Care Rotation: Optional (at Lahey clinic)
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 20%

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 350
Distribution of cases: 74% CABG; 23% Valves; 3% Congenital
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 350
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 50
Distribution of cases: 90% off-pump CABG; 10% AICD
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 50
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 180
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year:
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 430

Operating Room Equipment Available: Transesophageal echocardiography, ECG with ST segment analysis, mixed venous oximetry, continuous cardiac output, Bispectral Index monitoring, cerebral oximetry.