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
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

Numbers of Positions Available
CA-4:
CA-5:
Total CA-4 and CA-5: 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 0
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 2
Book Chapters: 1
Other Publications: 0
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 heart defects, pulmonary endarterectomy
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


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