Loma Linda University Medical Center

Chairperson: Wayne Jacobsen, M.D.

CV Anesthesia: Stanley Brauer, M.D.

Address: Department of Anesthesiology, 11234 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354

Telephone: (909)824-4475 Fax: (909)824-4143

General Program Information

# of CA-4, 5: 1 # of CA-3: 12

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

Responsibility: Clinical 70% Non-Clinical 30%

Salary: $37,000

Minimum length of training: 12 months

Faculty

Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty Research Interest and/or Clinical Expertise

Stanley Brauer Economic Utilization/Transfusion Issues

Robert Martin Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Richard Applegate Transesophageal Echocardiography

Randall Schell Cerebral Complications/Physiology

Martin Allard Cardiac Pacing

Don Anderson Pediatric Congenital Surgery

Academic Program

Fellow conferences: 2 per week Type: Clinical, Research, Fellow presentation, Journal Club

Extra-institutional educational conference support: 1 meeting per year

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds

Dedicated research time: 2 months per year

Echocardiography instruction: inside OR, specific rotation (duration 2 months)

Critical care rotation: optional

Formal course work available in: Biostatistics

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

Clinical Program

# of cardiac procedures with CPB per year: 900

# of non-cardiac thoracic cases per year: 140

# of heart, lung and heart/lung transplants per year: 30

# of major vascular cases per year: 350

Distribution of cardiac cases: 55% CABG, 15% Valves, 30% Congenital

Operating Room equipment available: transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, continuous cardiac output, evoked potentials

Special features, requirements or comments about program: 1) Leading center for Heart Transplantation in Neonates/Pediatrics; 2) Extensive cross training program with cardiology for TEE; 3) Innovative programs to reduce cardiac anesthesia costs with managed care.


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