Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu/display.asp?leaf_id=1001

Chair: Carol Warfield, MD
Email: cwarfiel@bidmc.harvard.edu
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Adam B Lerner, MD
Email: alerner@bidmc.harvard.edu
Mailing Address:
Dept of Anesthesia 1 Deaconess Road Suite CC470
Boston, MA/USA 02215
Telephone: 617-754-2670
Fax: 617-754-2735

APPLICATION PROCESS:

All applicants must have completed an approved anesthesia residency training program. Applications will be reviewed and selected candidates will be invited for interview. Interviews are held from September through November and acceptance letters are issued in January of the academic year to which the applicant is applying. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and is an equal opportunity employer.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Numbers of Positions Available
CA-4: 1-2
CA-5: 1-2
Total CA-4 and CA-5: 2

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:
Clinical only
Clinical/Clinical Research

Comments:
Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 85% Non-clinical 15%
Annual Salary: 58,775
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 10

FACULTY

Robert Leckie, MD
Email: rleckie@bidmc.harvard.edu
Expertise: TEE, thoracic aortic surgery

Adam B Lerner, MD
Email: alerner@bidmc.harvard.edu
Expertise: TEE, coagulation, thrombelastography, minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Feroze Mahmood, MD
Email: fmahmood@bidmc.harvard.edu
Expertise: TEE, mitral valve anatomy, diastolic function, adult congenital cardiac surgery

John Mitchell, MD
Email: jmitchel@bidmc.harvard.edu
Expertise: TEE

Peter Panzica, MD
Email: ppanzica@bidmc.harvard.edu
Expertise: TEE, thoracic anesthesia

John Pawlowski, MD, PHD
Email: jpawlows@bidmc.harvard.edu
Expertise: myocyte calcium dynamics, off-pump cardiac surgery, thoracic aortic surgery

Balachundhar Subramaniam, MD
Email: bsubrama@bidmc.harvard.edu
Expertise: TEE, diastolic function

Sugantha Sundar, MD
Email: ssundar@bidmc.harvard.edu
Expertise: TEE, adult congenital cardiac surgery

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 50%

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 5/week
Type: Didactic, faculty/resident/fellow presentation, journal club, case conference
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1 week per annum
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: 12
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 5
Book Chapters: 1
Other Publications:
Comments:

Funding:
Dedicated Research Time: negotiable
Echocardiography Instruction: 2 months dedicated
Critical Care Rotation: 1 month
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities:

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 750
Distribution of cases: 45% CABG, 20% Valve, 15% CABG+Valve, 10% Congenital, 10% Aortic Reconstructive
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 220
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 30
Distribution of cases: 75% off pump CABG, 10% thoracic aneurysm, 15% AICD
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 10
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 25
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 0
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 25


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