Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Columbia University

Chairperson: Margaret Wood, M.D.

CV Anesthesia: Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, M.D.

Address: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Anesthesiology,

630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032-3784

Telephone: (212)342-2210 Fax: (212)342-2211

General Program Information

# of CA-4, 5: 4 # of CA-3: 2

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

Responsibility: Clinical 60% Non-Clinical 40%

Salary: $50,919

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 Research Interest and/or Clinical Expertise

Shabina Ahmad -- Medical Informatics

Elliott Bennett-Guerrero -- Systemic Inflamm., Fluid Resuscit., Endotoxin Immunity, Gastric Tonometry, Coagulation, Outcome Studies

Mark Dickstein -- Right Ventricular Mechanics, Pulmonary Circulation

Marc Heath -- Physiology of Substance P in Spinal Cord

Desmond Jordan -- Critical Care, Outcomes, Medical Informatics

Berend Mets -- ECHO, Perioperative Pharmacology, Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Mikhail Sukernik -- ECHO, Patent Foramin Ovale

Bessie Kachulis -- Lung Volume Reducation Surgery

Jules Pamm -- Cardiac Transplantation, Organ Protection, Acupuncture, Immunologic/Inflamm. Response to CPB

All faculty are experts in TEE, heart transplantation, lung transplantation and assist device insertion.

Academic Program

Fellow conferences: 4 per month Type: Clinical, Research, Fellow presentation, Journal Club

Extra-institutional educational conference support: 1 per year (plus any at which fellow presents)

In last five years fellows were 1st and 2nd author on: Abstracts and Journal articles

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds, Pharmaceutical/equipment industry grants, Peer-review grants

Dedicated research time: 1-2 days per week (increases after first year depending on fellow)

Echocardiography instruction: ECHO laboratory, free textbooks, workbooks, tapes, CD ROM, Didactic lecture series

Critical care rotation: Optional

Formal course work available in: biostatistics, epidemiology, study design, medical informatics

Maximum length of non-OR rotations: 4 months out of 12 total months (flexible)

Clinical Program

# of cardiac procedures with CPB per year: 1,400

# of non-cardiac thoracic cases per year: 700

# of heart, lung and heart/lung transplants per year: 110

# of major vascular cases per year: 200

Distribution of cardiac cases: 60% offpump CABG, 65% CABG, 25% Valves, 10% Other

Operating Room equipment available: transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, evoked potentials, cerebral blood flow/transcranial Doppler

Special features, requirements or comments about program: Wonderful mixture of routine cases and extremely high technology transplantation and implantable assist devices. Flexibility for fellow depending on his/her clinical and research interests.