Cleveland Clinic Foundation

www.ccf.org

Chair: Michael O'Connor, D.O.
Email: OCONNOM@ccf.org

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Michelle Capdeville, M.D.
Email: CAPDEVM@ccf.org

Mailing Address:
Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue/J4-331
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
USA
Telephone: (216)444-4674
Fax: (216)445-2536

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Candidates interested in applying for a Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship position at the Cleveland Clinic should contact our Program Coordinator, Jan McCann, via E-mail at MCCANNJ@ccf.org. In addition to completing the application, candidates will need to provide three reference letters and a current curriculum vitae.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 16

Positions Available 2010:
Positions Available 2011: 16

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Basic Research
Clinical / Clinical Research

Comments: Although most fellows enter a clinical track, a two-year combined clinical-research track is available.

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80% Non-Clinical 20%
Annual Salary: $51,067 1st year, $53,314 2nd year
Minimum Length of Training: 12 - 24 month program available.
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 70

FACULTY

Allan Bashour
Expertise: Intensive Care

Anand Mehta
Email: Mehtaa@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Andra Duncan
Email: Duncana@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Andrej Alfirevic
Email: Alfirea@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic anesthesia, perioperative transesophageal echocardiography

Brian Fitzsimons
Email: Fitzsib@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Brian Johnson
Email: Johnsob@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Colleen Koch
Expertise: Echocardiography, Gender, Troponin

David Anthony
Email: Anthond@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Dominique Prud'homme
Email: Prudhod@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Donn Marciniak
Email: Marcind@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Eric Kaiser
Email: Kaisere@ccf.org
Expertise: Critical Care Medicine

Erik Kraenzler
Expertise: Thoracic Anesthesia, Education

Gohar Dar
Email: Darg@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine

Grzegorz Pitas
Email: Pitasg@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Jean-Pierre Yared
Expertise: Intensive Care, Clinical Outcomes, Coagulation

John Apostolakis
Expertise: Basic Research

Joyce Shin
Email: Shinj@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Julie Niezgoda
Expertise: Pediatric

Lee Wallace
Expertise: Hemodilution, Basic Research

Michael Hauser
Email: Hauserm@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Michael Licina
Expertise: Echocardiography, Quality Assurance

Michael O'Connor
Expertise: Intensive Care, Education

Michelle Capdeville
Email: Capdevm@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Norman J. Starr
Expertise: Administration, Clinical Outcomes

Pierre de Villiers
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Transesophageal Echocardiography, Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Robert Savage
Expertise: Echocardiography

Sergio Bustamante
Email: Bustams@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative transesophageal Echocardiography

Shiva Sale
Email: Sales@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Steven Insler
Expertise: Intensive Care, Clinical Outcomes

Tory McGrath
Email: Mcgratt@ccf.org
Expertise: Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 100

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 2 per week
Type: Clinical, Research, Fellow presentation, Journal Club
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1 per year plus presentations

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

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

Comments:

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds
Dedicated Research Time: One-month research elective, academic time
Echocardiography Instruction: Intraoperative teaching, echo reading room, lectures
Critical Care Rotation: 1 month in CVICU; elective month available
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 3 months out of 12 total months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 3399
Distribution of cases: 1,806 CABG cases, 2,009 valve repair/replacement, 516 aortic
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 114
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 846
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 24
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 1602
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 140
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 476

Operating Room Equipment Available: Transesophageal echocardiography (2D and 3D), ECG ST segment analysis, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, continuous cardiac output, cerebral oximetry, bispectral index