Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center

http://www.montefiore.org

Chair: Dr. Albert J. Saubermann
Email: asauberm@montefiore.org

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Linda Shore-Lesserson
Email: lshore@montefiore.org

Mailing Address:
Dept Anesthesiology Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street

Bronx, New York 10467
USA
Telephone: 718-920-4316
Fax: 718-944-1394

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Required: Current CV, cover letter, 2 letters of reference

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 3

Positions Available 2010: 2
Positions Available 2011: 1

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Clinical Research

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical Responsibility 85%/15%
Annual Salary: $58,250
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 4

FACULTY

Carlene Broderick
Email: cbroderi@montefiore.org
Expertise: pediatric anesthesiology, congenital heart disease

Galina Leyvi
Email: gleyvi@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult and pediatric cardiac/adult congenital/TEE/neuro outcomes and pediatric research

Hung Nguyen
Email: nguyenhungmd@gmail.com
Expertise: Cardiac and thoracic anesthesiology

Jonathan Leff
Email: jleff@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE/anesthesia for minimally invasive surgery

Joseph DeAntonio
Email: jdeanton@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE/Thoracic/Heart Failure

K. Jess Searles
Email: ksearles@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE

Linda Shore-Lesserson
Email: lshore@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE/TEE education/hemostasis research and education

Sujatha Ramachandran
Email: sramacha@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE/airway management, thoracic anesthesiology

Tatyana Rozental
Email: trozenta@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/ TEE/ thoracic anesthesiology

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 60

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: One or more at discretion of director
Type: Education/TEE/Research
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: Minimum of 1, additional- if presenting

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

Abstracts: 6
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 4
Book Chapters: 4
Other Publications: 2

Comments: Recently established fellowship with rapidly growing cardiac surgical volume. Volume includes wide variety of heart failure, valve surgery, revascularization surgery, robotic, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery, all with TEE intraoperatiave. CT anesthesiology director is and experienced educator. Publication numbers use combined numbers from fellows trained at director's previous institution.

Funding: Industry funding for studies in neurologic protection, new pharmacology, hemostasis management. Ongoing 5-6 active clinical trials.
Dedicated Research Time: at discretion of director
Echocardiography Instruction: 1 month dedicated in OR and cardiology laboratory. Daily TEE instruction in
Critical Care Rotation: One month
Formal Course Work Available in: TEE/research
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: at discretion of director

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1050
Distribution of cases: 40% CABG, 20% valves, 20% combined or complex, 10% aortic, 5% congenital, 5
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 350
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 300
Distribution of cases: 60% off-pump CABG, 25% thoracic aortic, 10% congenital, 5% electrophysiolog
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 60
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 450
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 5
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 350

Operating Room Equipment Available: TEE, surface ultrasonography, epiaortic and epicardial scanning, cerebral oximetry, in line blood gas CPB, computer database.