The Pennsylvania State University

www.pennstatehershey.org/anesthesia

Chair: Berend Mets, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCA, FFA(SA)
Email: bmets@hmc.psu.edu

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Ramesh Kodavatiganti, M.D.
Email: rkodavatiganti@hmc.psu.edu

Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesiology - H-187, P.O. Box 850
Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
USA
Telephone: (717)531-4264
Fax: (717)531-4110

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Apply online at: http://www.pennstatehershey.org/web/anesthesia/education/fellowship/cardiac

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 1

Positions Available 2010:
Positions Available 2011: 1

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 100%
Annual Salary: $54,636.00
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years:

FACULTY

Berend Mets, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCA, FFA(SA)

David Fehr, MD

Kane High, MD

Octavio Falcucci, MD

Ramesh Kodavatiganti, MD

Srikantha Rao, MD

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification:

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 2 per week
Type: Clinical
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1 meeting per year

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: 4 Academic days per month
Echocardiography Instruction: OR & TEE with Cardiology
Critical Care Rotation: 1 month
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 2 months out of 12 total months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 650
Distribution of cases: 50% CABG, 20% Valves, 30% Congenital
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 40
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 10
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 200
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 20
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 200

Operating Room Equipment Available: transesophageal echocardiography, mixed venous oximetry, BIS, cerebral ocimetry, transcranial Doppler