Mayo Graduate School of Medicine/Mayo Clinic

http://www.mayo.edu/mgsm/rca.htm

Chair: Bradley J. Narr, MD

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Kent H. Rehfeldt, MD
Email: rehfeldt.kent@mayo.edu

Mailing Address:
200 First St SW

Rochester, Minnesota 55905
USA
Telephone: 507-255-1246
Fax: 507-255-2939

APPLICATION PROCESS:

For application, contact: Kent H. Rehfeldt, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic 200 First St SW Rochester, MN 55905

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 3

Positions Available 2010:
Positions Available 2011:

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Basic Research
Clinical / Clinical Research

Clinical Responsibility: Predominantly clinical to satisfy ACGME requiremen
Annual Salary: $54,900
Minimum Length of Training: 12 Months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 12

FACULTY

David J. Cook
Expertise: Cardiopulmonary bypass/Brain injury

Gregory A. Nuttall
Expertise: Coagulation/Hemostasis

John P. Abenstein
Expertise: Equipment/Engineering

Kent H. Rehfeldt
Expertise: Echocardiography

Mark H. Ereth
Expertise: Coagulation/Hemostasis

Martin D. Abel
Expertise: Echocardiography

Michael E. Johnson
Expertise: Vascular physiology

Niki M. Dietz
Expertise: Integrative physiology

Norman E. Torres
Expertise: Anesthesia for thoracic aortic repair

Paul E. Stensrud
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac anesthesia

Philippe R. Housmans
Expertise: Cardiac pharmacology

Roger D. White
Expertise: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Roxann D. Barnes
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac anesthesia

Thomas N. Spackman
Expertise: High-frequency ECG analysis

William C. Oliver, Jr.
Expertise: Coagulation/Hemostasis, Pediatric cardiac anesthesia

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 20

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 6 per week
Type: Clinical, echo, research, fellow presentation, journal club
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: Department/institutional funds

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

Abstracts: 10
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 7
Book Chapters:
Other Publications:

Comments:

Funding:
Dedicated Research Time: Variable
Echocardiography Instruction: Specific rotation, 5 months; TEE and TTE
Critical Care Rotation: 1 month
Formal Course Work Available in: Many related disciplines through Mayo Graduate School
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 3 months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 2700
Distribution of cases: 50% Valve, 32% CABG, 16% Congenital, 1% Thoracic Aneurysm
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 250
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 100
Distribution of cases: 100% OPCAB; 65% thoracic aneurysm
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 10
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 1300
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 35
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 1100

Operating Room Equipment Available: TEE, ECG, ST segment analysis, transcranial doppler, mixed venous oximetry, evoked potentials and processed EEG (BIS)