| Institution Name: | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| Website: | https://www.anesthesiology.pitt.edu/ |
| ACGME Accredited? | Yes |
| Participates in SF Match? | Yes |
| Department Chair Name: | Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD, MBA |
| ACTA Fellowship Director Name: | Michael Boisen, MD |
| ACTA Fellowship Director Email (for publication): | boisenml@upmc.edu |
| Associate Program Director: | Alice Whyte |
| Associate Program Director Email: | whytea@upmc.edu |
| Address 1: | 3471 Fifth Avenue Suite 402 LSK |
| City: | Pittsburgh |
| State: | PA |
| Zip: | 15213 |
| Country: | USA |
| Phone: | 412-692-4528 |
| Fax: | 412-692-4515 |
| Number of Positions: | 4 |
| Clinical / Basic Research | Yes |
| Clinical / Clinical Research | Yes |
| Comments: | UPMC’s Heart and Vascular Institute offers world-class training in adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology. In 2019, our division provided anesthesiology and perioperative care for over 2,000 open cardiac surgeries, 279 TAVRs, 78 non-TAVR structural heart procedures, 83 lung transplants, 52 durable ventricular assist devices and 34 adult heart transplants. We also support busy cardiac electrophysiology, adult thoracic and vascular/aortic surgery, and ECMO programs. The core fellowship site, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, is the #15 ranked hospital nationally by U.S. News & World Report and #1 in Pennsylvania. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is #12 nationally in NIH research funding. |
| Annual Salary: | $68,207 + $2,500 Educational Stipend + $6,000 tuition benefit per academic year (fellows and dependent eligible) |
| Number of Fellows Completing Training in Previous 5 Years: | 20 |
| Conference Available to Fellows (frequency / description): | ACTA Fellow Didactic series (weekly); Perioperative Echo Rounds (weekly); Anesthesiology Patient safety/QI Conference (monthly); Adult Cardiac Surgery M&M (monthly) Journal Club (monthly); Departmental Grand Rounds (monthly); Interdepartmental Echocardiography Conference (monthly); Multidisciplinary Point-of-Care Ultrasound Conference (every other month) |
| Academic Fellow Activities – in the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author on: Abstracts | 18 |
| Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: | 9 |
| Book Chapters: | 8 |
| Other Publications: | 4 |
| Program Coordinator Name: | Angela Schultz |
| Program Coordinator Phone: | 412-692-4528 |
| Program Coordinator Email: | benvenutiam@upmc.edu |
