St. Michael's Hospital

http://www.stmichaelshospital.com

Chair: Dr P Houston
Email: houstonp@smh.toronto.on.ca

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Dr R Chen
Email: chenr@smh.toronto.on.ca

Mailing Address:
Department of Anaesthesia
30 Bond Street
Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8
Canada
Telephone: 416 864 5071
Fax: 416 664 6014

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Letter of Intent Curriculum Vitae (Fax / Mail / email)

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 4

Positions Available 2010:
Positions Available 2011:

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Clinical Research

Comments: The fellowship is divided into quarters; Cardiovascular Anaesthesia 3 months, Cardiovascular ICU 3 months, General Anaesthesia 3 months, Perioperative TEE 3 months. In-house call for the CVICU is approximately 1:4. Echocardiography research is possible during an optional second year of fellowship.

Clinical Responsibility: 90% Clinical
Annual Salary: Cdn$100K
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 24

FACULTY

Dr Claude Tousignant
Email: tousignantc@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: TEE, CV ICU, RV dysfunction, Tissue Doppler Imaging

Dr David Mazer
Email: mazerd@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: Clinical Research, CV ICU

Dr James Baker
Email: bakerj@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: TEE, Major Vascular

Dr Jeff Dickson
Email: dicksonj@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: TEE

Dr Ken Lin
Email: link@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: TEE

Dr Mark Kataoka
Email: kataokam@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: TEE, Critical Care

Dr Patricia Houson
Email: houstonp@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: Education

Dr Richard Bowry
Email: bowryr@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: TEE, CV ICU, Education

Dr Rob Chen
Email: chenr@smh.toronto.on.ca
Expertise: TEE, Critical Care, Perioperative Ultrasound

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 70

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: One week per year
Type: Cardiovascular
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support:

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

Abstracts: 3
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 3
Book Chapters:
Other Publications:

Comments: There is an important contribution of sonography in the practice of critical care: TTE, abdominal and thorax sonography, procedural sonography.

Funding:
Dedicated Research Time: Up to 3 months
Echocardiography Instruction: 3 months dedicated time
Critical Care Rotation: 3 months
Formal Course Work Available in: Didactic Weekly Rounds
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities:

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1150
Distribution of cases: 55% CABG, 40% Valve, 5% Thoracic Aorta
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 100
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: 15
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year:
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 30

Operating Room Equipment Available: 20 percutaneous AV replacements are performed in a recently constructed hybrid O.R.