Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

http://mskweb3.mskcc.org/ccm/intranet/anesthesia/index.asp

Chair: Roger S. Wilson, MD
Email: wilsonr@mskcc.org

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: David Amar, MD
Email: amard@mskcc.org

Mailing Address:
1275 York Ave.,Rm M-304
New York, New York 10021
USA
Telephone: 212-639-6798
Fax: 212-772-8646

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Applicants must have completed an accredited anesthesiology residency and be board eligible. Interested candidates should submit a C.V. and the names of three references.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions:

Positions Available 2010:
Positions Available 2011: 1

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical / Clinical Research

Comments: THORACIC ANESTHESIA FELLOWSHIP in a unique referral center using a disease management team concept where more than 3500 thoracic operations are performed annually. The position will include direct patient care, teaching and mentored clinical and/or laboratory research. Extensive experience with epidural insertion is available in conjunction with our pain service.

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80% Non-Clinical 20%
Annual Salary: CA-4 or higher
Minimum Length of Training:
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 2

FACULTY

Allessia Pedoto, MD
Email: pedotoa@mskcc.org
Expertise: Mediastinal tumors and lung resection

Anne Kolker, MD
Email: kolkera@mskcc.org
Expertise: Anesthesia for tracheal and esophageal resection

David Amar, MD
Email: amard@mskcc.org
Expertise: Atrial arrhythmias, post-thoracic surgery complications

Dawn Desiderio, MD
Email: desider@mskcc.org
Expertise: Lung-isolation techniques; isolated lung chemotherapy perfusion

Paul Heerdt, MD, PhD
Email: pmheerd@mail.med.cornell.edu
Expertise: Basic science lab in pulmonary physiology and molecular biology

William Marx, MD
Email: marxw@mskcc.org
Expertise: Lung and esophageal resection

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification:

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 4 per week
Type: Grand rounds;Journal Club; Combined surgery, anesthesia and pulmonary fellow conference; tumor board
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: ASA or SCA meetings plus presentations of papers

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

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

Comments: New program. A number of clinical projects are ongoing. New fellow-initiated projects would receive high priority. Elective time is available to study lung transplantation.

Funding: Institutional
Dedicated Research Time: 20%
Echocardiography Instruction:
Critical Care Rotation:
Formal Course Work Available in: Biostatistics
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 20%

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year:
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year:
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 3500
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year:
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year:

Operating Room Equipment Available: State of the Art Olympus Videoscopes for Airway and Double-lumen tube/Endobronchial Blocker management.