University of Alabama @ Birmingham Medical Center

http://www.anes.uab.edu/

Chair: Keith A. Jones, M.D.

Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Quinton Gurley, M.D.
Email: ggurley@uab.edu

Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
1802 6th Avenue South NP5520
Birmingham, Alabama 35249-6810
USA
Telephone: (205) 934-7424
Fax: (205) 996-4489

APPLICATION PROCESS:

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Number of Positions: 2

Positions Available 2008: 2
Positions Available 2009: 2

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Clinical Only
Clinical / Basic Research
Clinical / Clinical Research

Clinical Responsibility: Clinical: negotiable Non-Clinical: negotiable
Annual Salary: $40,000
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 5

FACULTY

Colleen Henling
Expertise: Congenital Heart Disease

Leonard F. McGovern
Expertise: Cardiac and Thoracic Anesthesia

Mark Trankina
Expertise: Pacemakers, Arrhythmias, Transesophagem Echocardiography

Paul N. Samuelson
Expertise: Congenital Heart Disease, Pharmacologic Studies

Quinton Gurley
Expertise: Cardiac and Thoracic Anesthesia

Vance Nielsen
Expertise: Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Ischemia Reperfusion

William A. Lell
Expertise: Myocardial Preservation, Nitric Oxide

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 70

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 2 per week
Type: Clinical/TEE
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support:

In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:

Abstracts: 5
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 2
Book Chapters:
Other Publications:

Comments: Flexible training options are possible.

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds
Dedicated Research Time: Negotiable
Echocardiography Instruction: inside OR, Specific rotation (duration: minimum 2 months)
Critical Care Rotation: 1 month
Formal Course Work Available in: Negotiable
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities:

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 2500
Distribution of cases: 60% CABG, 20% 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: 500
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 75
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 50

Operating Room Equipment Available: transesophageal echocardiography, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, continuous cardiac output, cerebral blood flow/transcranial Doppler, fiber-optic endoscopy