Northwestern University

http://www.medschool.northwestern.edu/anesthesiology/

Chair: M. Christine Stock, MD

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Saadia S. Sherwani,MD
Email: s-sherwani@northwestern.edu

Mailing Address:
Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine
Dept. of Anesthesiology
251 E. Huron F5-704
Chicago, Illinois 60610
USA
Telephone: 312-926-8132
Fax: 312-926-9206

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Applications will be considered from individuals who will have finished anesthesiology residency training prior to the start of fellowship training and are board eligible. Contact Ms. Carolyn Betts via email at cbetts@nmff.org or telephone at 312-926-8132 for application information.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 2

Positions Available 2010: 2
Positions Available 2011:

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Clinical Research

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80% Nonclinical 20%
Annual Salary: $57,605.84
Minimum Length of Training: 1 year
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 2

FACULTY

Andre Dewolf, MD
Expertise: TEE, Liver Transplantation, Coagulation

Charles Shayan, MD
Expertise: TEE, Critical Care Medicine

Hak Yui Wong, MD
Expertise: TEE, Quality Management, Education

James Boone, MD
Expertise: TEE, Cardiothoracic Resident Education Coordinator

Joshua Herborn, MD
Expertise: TEE, Ventricular Assist Devices

Kinjal Patel, MD
Expertise: TEE, HIT

Michael Ault, MD
Expertise: TEE, Critical Care Medicine

Saadia S. Sherwani, MD
Email: s-sherwani@northwestern.edu
Expertise: Program Director, TEE ,Transplantation, Inflammation

Sherif Afifi, MD
Expertise: TEE, Critical Care Medicine

Wayne Soong, MD
Expertise: Associate Program Director, TEE, Critical Care Medicine

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification:

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: Daily for first 2 months then 1 per week
Type: Clinical, TEE, Journal Club, QM
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 2 meetings per year including the SCA Annual Comprehensive Review & TEE Upd

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

Abstracts: 4
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
Book Chapters:
Other Publications:

Comments:

Funding: 1 day per week plus 1 month research elective
Dedicated Research Time: 1 day per week plus 1 month research elective
Echocardiography Instruction: Daily instruction intraoperatively with 2D and 3D TEE, Echo Rounds, 2 month
Critical Care Rotation: 1 month required per ACGME plus optional 1 month rotation elective
Formal Course Work Available in: Pediatric cardiac anesthesiology, Perfusion, Echo Lab
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 4 months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 700
Distribution of cases: 60% Valves, 30% CABG, 10 % Aortic Aneurysms
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 100
Distribution of cases: 50% Off Pump CABG, 30% Thoracic Aneurysm, 20% AICD
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 513
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 20
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 400

Operating Room Equipment Available: 2D and 3D TEE, Epiaortic Ultrasound, Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy, Cerebral Oximetry, Complex Ventilation Modes, TEG, Mixed Venous Oximetry, Processed EEG, ECG ST Segment Analysis.