Children's Hospital

Chairperson: Dr. Paul R. Hickey (hickey@hub.tch.harvard.edu)

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: James A. DiNardo, MD ( "mailto:dinardo@hub.tch.harvard.edu)

Address: Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia, Pavilion 342,

300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

Telephone: (617)355-6255 Fax: (617)355-7887

http://www.childrenshospital.org

Application Process:Call or write for application

General Program Information

# of CA-4, 5: 1

Type of fellowship training available: Clinical only, Clinical/Basic Science, Clinical/Clinical Research

Responsibility: Clinical 50% Non-Clinical 50%

Minimum length of training:12 months

# of CA-4, 5 fellows completing 12 or 24 month cardiovascular training in last five years: 5

Faculty

Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty

C. Connor-Willsey, MD (connor_c@hub.tch.harvard.edu)

J. A. DiNardo, MD (dinardo@hub.tch.harvard.edu) -- TEE, Coagulation

D. D. Hansen (hansen_d@hub.tch.harvard.edu) -- Electrophysiology, Stress response

P. R. Hickey (hickey@hub.tch.harvard.edu) -- Stress Response

B. Kussman (kussman@hub.tch.harvard.edu) -- Central Nervous System Monitoring

F. X. McGowan (mcgowan_f@hub.tch.harvard.edu) -- Cellular Adhesion Molecules

P. Laussen (laussen@hub.tch.harvard.edu) -- Cerebral Protection, ICU

K. Odegard (odegard_k@hub.tch.harvard.edu) -- Coagulation

Academic Program

Fellow conferences: 5 per week Type: Clinical, Research, Fellow presentation

Extra-institutional educational conference support: 1 meeting per year

In last five years fellows were 1st and 2nd author on: 20 Abstracts, 10 Journal articles, 3 Book Chapters

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds

Dedicated research time: yes

Echocardiography instruction: Available

Critical care rotation: optional

Formal course work available in: negotiable

Maximum length of non-OR rotations: 6 months out of 12 total months

Clinical Program

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 700
Distribution of cases: 0% CABG, 5%Valves, 95%Congenital

Averate Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:150

Number of Cardiac Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:300
Distribution of cases: PDA, vascular rings, pacemakers, AICD, coarction repair, shuntstation

Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 30

Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Yeear: 10

# of heart, lung and heart/lung transplants per year: 20

Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year:0

Operating Room equipment available: transesophageal echocardiography, transcranial Doppler, BIS, evoked potentials, ECG ST segment analysis, NIRS


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