Washington University School of Medicine

http://www.anest.wustl.edu/c/education/fellowship/cardio.aspx

Chair: Alex S. Evers,M.D.
Email: eversa@wustl.edu

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Tatiana Jamroz, M.D.
Email: jamrozt@wustl.edu

Mailing Address:
Washington University School of Medicine
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8054

St. Louis, Missouri 63110
USA
Telephone: (314) 362-1196
Fax: (314) 747-3977

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Please send CV, personal statement and 3 letters of recommendation via U.S. mail or electronically to program director.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 3

Positions Available 2010:
Positions Available 2011: 1

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Basic Research
Clinical / Clinical Research

Comments: Department of Anesthesiology is one of the most successful academic departments at Washington University. There are ample basic and clinical research opportunities for all interested.

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80%, Non-clinical 20%
Annual Salary: per Washington University guidelines
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 10

FACULTY

Anand Lakshminarasimhachar, M.D.
Expertise: Cognitive Dysfunction and Explicit recall in high risk surgical patients

Charl DeWet, M.D.
Expertise: 3D Echocardiography for specific diagnosis of cardiac pathologies, Anesthesia for Adults with Congenital Diseases, Fast trach Cardiac surgery

Charles Hantler, M.D.
Expertise: HIT, heparin resistance, alternatives to heparin and perioperative hemostasis, Cognitive dysfunction and Explicit recall in high risk surgical patient

George Despotis, M.D.
Expertise: HIT, heparin resistance, alternatives to heparin and perioperative hemostasis

Laureen Hill, M.D.
Expertise: Pulmonary hypertension, Adults with congenital heart diseases, Preoperative Clinic

Michael Avidan, M.D.
Expertise: Outcome studies, Sleep apnea and sleep disordered breathing, HIT, Cognitive dysfunction

Michael Wall, M.D.
Expertise: Critical care, coagulopathy, advanced echocardiographic techniques

Miklos Kertai, M.D.
Expertise: Perioperative cardiac risk assessment and management in patients undergoing cardiac and noncardiac surgical procedures

Nirvik Pal, M.D.
Expertise: Congenital heart diseases; Adult perioperative transesophageal echocardiography

Richard Eliot Fagley, M.D.
Expertise: 3d Echocardiography, critical care, anesthesia for thoracic surgery, regional anesthesia for thoracic surgery

Rocco Huneke, M.D.
Expertise: The effects of volatile anesthetic agents on murine myocardial potassium channels

Tatiana Jamroz, M.D.
Expertise: Advanced echocardiographic diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction

Troy Wildes, M.D.
Expertise: 3D Echocardiography for specific diagnosis of cardiac pathologies, Advanced echocardiographic diagnosis of diastolic dysfunction

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 90

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 4/week
Type: Clinical Monday Morning Conference, QI, M&M, Case presentation, TEE lecture series
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1 week, 1000$ fund

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

Abstracts: 3
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 2
Book Chapters: 6
Other Publications:

Comments:

Funding:
Dedicated Research Time: 1 day/week, optional 1-2 elective months
Echocardiography Instruction: 1 month echocardiography rotation, daily hands-on experience, Advanced Peri
Critical Care Rotation: 1 month CT ICU rotation, optional 1-2 elective months
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 30%

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 650
Distribution of cases: 40% CABG, 25% Valves, 15% Aneurysms, 10 % Congenital
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 75
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 332
Distribution of cases: 60% CABG, 20% AICD, 20% Aneurysms
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 50
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 1531
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 275
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 50

Operating Room Equipment Available: Standard monitoring equipment,BIS, Cerebral Oximetry, Siemens ACUSON Echo machines, portable TEE