Methodist DeBakey Heart Center/Baylor College of Medicine

http://anesnet.anes.bcm.tmc.edu

Chair: Lydia Conlay, MD, PhD, MBA
Email: lconlay@bcm.tmc.edu

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Elizabeth Herrera, MD
Email: eherrera@bcm.tmc.edu

Mailing Address:
6550 Fannin 1003 Smith Tower

Houston, Texas 77030
USA
Telephone: 713-798-6918
Fax: 713-798-7345

APPLICATION PROCESS:

please send a current curriculum vitae with three letters of reference, one from the program director or chair, and one from the chief of cardiac service

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 5

Positions Available 2010:
Positions Available 2011:

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Basic Research
Clinical / Clinical Research
Clinical Research Only

Comments: Three fellowship tracks include clinical (6 months), clinical specialist (12 months), and academic (18-24 months). Optional rotations in pediatric CV, TEE, critical care medicine, and research are available, which can be tailored to meet the goals for each individual fellow. The College supports a competitive salary package with incentive pay for on-call duty and book and meeting allowance.

Clinical Responsibility: vaires by track
Annual Salary: $43k+ $40k
Minimum Length of Training: 6 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 10

FACULTY

Elizabeth Herrera, MD
Email: eherrera@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: transesophageal echocardiography, critical care medicine

Ghazala Butt, MD
Email: gbutt@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: anesthesia for transplant procedures

Hany Samir, MD
Email: hsamir@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: critical care medicine

James Carter, MD
Email: jcc@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: anesthesia for pulmonary thromboendarterectomies

Joseph Reeves-Viets, MD
Email: sephr@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: blood conservation techniques, pulmonary hypertension

Karanbir Singh, MD
Email: Singhk@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: resident education, information technology

Luis Velez-Pestana, MD
Email: Luisv@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: assist devices, research program director

Nicolas Athanassiou
Email: nicolasa@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: transesophageal echocardiography

Zbigniew Wojciechowski, MD
Email: wojcie@bcm.tmc.edu
Expertise: perioperative pain management, endovascular surgery

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 20

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 2 to 4 per month
Type: clinical, M&M, echo, journal club
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: one paid meeting annually

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

Abstracts:
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 2
Book Chapters: 1
Other Publications:

Comments: We have numerous on-going research opportunities available, as well as potential clinical projects. Dedicated research time will vary by track. We provide a unique opportunity to learn in an educational environment with a large variety of cases

Funding: Department/institutional funds, pharmaceutical/equipment industry grants, peer review grants
Dedicated Research Time: varies by track
Echocardiography Instruction: 2 months
Critical Care Rotation: one month
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 20%

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1800
Distribution of cases: 60% CAB, 30%valves, 10% thoracic aneurysm
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 50
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 200
Distribution of cases: as above, including septal myomectomy, pericardectomy, repair of congenital
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 15
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 800
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 60
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 900

Operating Room Equipment Available: state-of-the-art Ohmeda anesthesia machines, Hewlett Packard monitors with ST segmant analysis, oximetric pulmonary artery catheters