University of California, Los Angeles

http://www.anes.ucla.edu

Chair: Patricia A. Kapur, MD

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD
Email: amahajan@mednet.ucla.edu

Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesiology,
757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 3325

Los Angeles, California 90095-1778
USA
Telephone: (310) 267-8680
Fax: (310) 206-8477

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Extensive experience in adult cardiac, complex pediatric, congenital cardiothoracic cases, use of intraoperative TEE, Transthoracic Echocardiography, Intracardiac Echocardiography, thoracic epidural anesthesia for adult and pediatric cardiothoracic patients. Adequate clinical research opportunities. Educational stipend of $1,000/fellow/year withfinancial support for scientific meetings. We provide additional electives in adult liver transplant anesthesia and critical care for those fellows desiring this experience. All Fellows are involved with clinical and Translational research. Along with weekly Echo Rounds Meetings, and TEE Lectures Series.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 3

Positions Available 2010: 3
Positions Available 2011: 3

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Clinical Research

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 70% Non-Clinical 30%
Annual Salary: $60,000
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 13

FACULTY

Ali Salehi, MD
Expertise: Valvular Heart Disease, Echocardiography

Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD
Expertise: Cardiac Electrophysiology, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Echocardiography

Chris Wray
Email: cwray@mednet.ucla.edu
Expertise: Liver Transplantation, glucose control in cardiac surgery

Johanna Schwarzenberger
Email: jSchwarzenberger@mednet.ucla.edu
Expertise: Congenital Heart Disease; Pulmonary Hypertension

Jonathan Ho, MD
Expertise: Echocardiography – Doppler and Strain Imaging

Jure Marijic, MD
Expertise: Coronary Vascular Regulation, Myocardial Ischemia

Komal Patel, MD
Expertise: Ischemic Heart Disease

Michael J. Sopher, MD
Expertise: Organ Transplantation, Congenital Heart Disease

Ramana Duvvuri
Email: Rduvvuri@mednet.ucla.edu
Expertise: Adult cardiac and thoracic anesthesia

Ryan Crowley, MD
Expertise: Lung Transplantation, Valvular Heart Disease

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

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

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

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

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

Comments:

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds, Pharmaceutical/equipment industry grants, and NIH funding
Dedicated Research Time: Available
Echocardiography Instruction: inside OR and specific rotation (up to 4 months)
Critical Care Rotation: Available
Formal Course Work Available in: by arrangement on an individual basis
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 3 months out of 12 total months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1000
Distribution of cases: 30% congenital; 15% transplant
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: 600
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 172
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 100

Operating Room Equipment Available: 2D and 3D transesophageal echocardiography, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, continuous cardiac output, pediatric venous oximetry, evoked potentials, EEG, cerebral blood flow/transcranial Doppler, Nitric Oxide.