Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center

http://www.montefiore.org

Chair: Dr. Albert J. Saubermann
Email: asauberm@montefiore.org
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Linda Shore-Lesserson
Email: lshore@montefiore.org
Mailing Address:
Dept Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center 111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Telephone: 718-920-4316
Fax: 718-944-1394

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Required: Current CV, cover letter, 2 letters of reference

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

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

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

Comments:
Clinical Responsibility: Clinical Responsibility 85%/15%
Annual Salary: $58,250
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 4

FACULTY

Linda Shore-Lesserson
Email: lshore@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE/TEE education/hemostasis research and education

Galina Leyvi
Email: gleyvi@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult and pediatric cardiac/adult congenital/TEE/neuro outcomes and pediatric research

Asuquo Inyang
Email: ainyang@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE

Jonathan Leff
Email: jleff@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE/anesthesia for minimally invasive surgery

K. Jess Searles
Email: ksearles@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE

Sujatha Ramachandran
Email: sramacha@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/TEE/airway management, thoracic anesthesiology

Tatyana Rozental
Email: trozenta@montefiore.org
Expertise: Adult cardiac/ TEE/ thoracic anesthesiology

Hung Nguyen
Email: nguyenhungmd@gmail.com
Expertise: Cardiac and thoracic anesthesiology

Carlene Broderick
Email: cbroderi@montefiore.org
Expertise: pediatric anesthesiology, congenital heart disease

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

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: One or more at discretion of director
Type: Education/TEE/Research
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: Minimum of 1, additional- if presenting
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: 6
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 4
Book Chapters: 4
Other Publications: 2
Comments: Recently established fellowship with new and rapidly growing cardiac surgical volume. CT anesthesiology director is and experienced educator. Publication numbers use combined numbers from fellows trained at director's previous institution.

Funding: Industry funding for studies in neurologic protection, new pharmacology, hemostasis management. Ongoing 5-6 active clinical trials.
Dedicated Research Time: at discretion of director
Echocardiography Instruction: 1 month dedicated in OR and cardiology laboratory. Daily TEE instruction in OR.
Critical Care Rotation: One month
Formal Course Work Available in: TEE/research
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: at discretion of director

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1050
Distribution of cases: 40% CABG, 20% valves, 20% combined or complex, 10% aortic, 5% congenital, 5% heart failure
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 350
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 300
Distribution of cases: 60% off-pump CABG, 25% thoracic aortic, 10% congenital, 5% electrophysiologic minimally invasive
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 60
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 450
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 5
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 350
Operating Room Equipment Available: TEE, surface ultrasonography, epiaortic and epicardial scanning, cerebral oximetry, in line blood gas CPB, computer database.


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