Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

http://mskweb3.mskcc.org/ccm/intranet/anesthesia/index.asp

Chair: Roger S. Wilson, MD
Email: wilsonr@mskcc.org
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: David Amar, MD
Email: amard@mskcc.org
Mailing Address:
1275 York Ave.,Rm M-304
New York , NY 10021
Telephone: 212-639-6798
Fax: 212-772-8646

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Applicants must have completed an accredited anesthesiology residency and be board eligible. Interested candidates should submit a C.V. and the names of three references.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Numbers of Positions Available
CA-4: 1
CA-5:
Total CA-4 and CA-5:

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

Comments: THORACIC ANESTHESIA FELLOWSHIP in a unique referral center using a disease management team concept where more than 3500 thoracic operations are performed annually. The position is available beginning January 2007 (6 mo.) or July 2007 (1 yr.) and will include direct patient care, teaching and mentored clinical and/or laboratory research. Extensive experience with epidural insertion is available in conjunction with our pain service.
Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80% Non-Clinical 20%
Annual Salary: CA-4
Minimum Length of Training:
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: New

FACULTY

David Amar, MD
Email: amard@mskcc.org
Expertise: Atrial arrhythmias, post-thoracic surgery complications

Dawn Desiderio, MD
Email: desider@mskcc.org
Expertise: Lung-isolation techniques; isolated lung chemotherapy perfusion

Paul Heerdt, MD, PhD
Email: pmheerd@mail.med.cornell.edu
Expertise: Basic science lab in pulmonary physiology and molecular biology

Anne Kolker, MD
Email: kolkera@mskcc.org
Expertise: Anesthesia for tracheal and esophageal resection

Allessia Pedoto, MD
Email: pedotoa@mskcc.org
Expertise: Mediastinal tumors and lung resection

William Marx, MD
Email: marxw@mskcc.org
Expertise: Lung and esophageal resection

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

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 4 per week
Type: Grand rounds;Journal Club; Combined surgery, anesthesia and pulmonary fellow conference; tumor board
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: ASA or SCA meetings plus presentations of papers
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: N/A
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
Book Chapters:
Other Publications:
Comments: New program. A number of clinical projects are ongoing. New fellow-initiated projects would receive high priority. Elective time is available to study lung transplantation.

Funding: Institutional
Dedicated Research Time: 20%
Echocardiography Instruction: N/A
Critical Care Rotation: N/A
Formal Course Work Available in: Biostatistics
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 20%

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: N/A
Distribution of cases:
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: N/A
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 3500
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: N/A
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: N/A
Operating Room Equipment Available: State of the Art Olympus Videoscopes for Airway and Double-lumen tube/Endobronchial Blocker management.





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