UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITAL

Chair: Jeffery Apfelbaum, MD
Email: jeffa@dacc.uchicago.edu
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Mark A Chaney, MD
Email: mchaney@dacc.uchicago.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesiology/CCM 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC4028
Chicago, IL 60637
Telephone: 773/702-6700
Fax: 773/834-0063

APPLICATION PROCESS:

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

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

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

Comments:
Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 50%, Non-Cllinical 50%
Annual Salary: $47,000
Minimum Length of Training: 12 Months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 10

FACULTY

Mark A. Chaney, MD
Email: mchaney@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE/Steroids and Cardiac Surgery/Regional Techniques

Patricia Gramling-Babb, MD
Email: pbabb@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE/Regional Techniques

Avery Tung, MD
Email: atung@dacc.uchicago.edu
Expertise: Perioperative TEE/Intensive Care

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 67%

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 5 per week
Type: Clinical, Research, Fellow presentation, Journal Club
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 2 meeting per year
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: 10
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 4
Book Chapters: 4
Other Publications:
Comments:

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds
Dedicated Research Time: In general, a two-year fellowship is required if research training is desired
Echocardiography Instruction: Inside OR, specific rotation (duration 3 months)
Critical Care Rotation: Optional
Formal Course Work Available in: Optional during 3 non-committed months
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 2 months out of 12 total months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 450
Distribution of cases: 50% CABG, 30% Valves, 20% Congenital
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: 150
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 10
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 250
Operating Room Equipment Available: transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, cerebral blood flow/transcranial Doppler, myocardial contrast echocardiography


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