St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Chair: Daniel Thys, M.D.

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Zak Hillel, Ph.D., M.D.

Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesiology, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, New York 10025
USA
Telephone: (212)523-2500
Fax: (212)523-3930

APPLICATION PROCESS:

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 2

Positions Available 2010:
Positions Available 2011:

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Basic Research
Basic Research Only

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 0-100% Non-Clinical 0-100%
Annual Salary: $43,000
Minimum Length of Training: open
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 7

FACULTY

D. Thys
Expertise: Systolic and Diastolic LV Function, TEE

J. Castro
Expertise: Coagulation, Quality Assurance

M. D'Souza
Expertise: Calcium Channel Blockers

R. Koorn
Expertise: Cerebral Ischemia

Z. Hillel
Expertise: Systolic and Diastolic LV Function, TEE

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification:

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: every other week
Type: Clinical, Research, Fellow presentation, Journal Club
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 2 meetings per year

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

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

Comments:

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds, Pharmaceutical/equipment industry grants
Dedicated Research Time: for Clinical only - flexible; for Research only 5 day per week
Echocardiography Instruction: inside OR
Critical Care Rotation: optional
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities:

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 650
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: 100
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year:
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year:

Operating Room Equipment Available: transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, mixed venous oximetry, Doppler coronary blood flow