Mount Sinai School of Medicine

http://www.mssm.edu/anesthesiology

Chair: David L. Reich, M.D.
Email: david.reich@msnyuhealth.org
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Marc E. Stone, M.D.
Email: marc.stone@msnyuhealth.org
Mailing Address:
Dept of Anesthesiology, Box 1010 Mount Sinai School of Medicine One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029
Telephone: 212-241-6426
Fax: 212-426-2009

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Application forms and fellowship requirements are available from Ms. Madeline Cruz at (212)241-1518 (madeline.cruz@msnyuhealth.org) Interviews will be conducted beginning 12 months in advance of start date. Two letters of recommendation required prior to interview.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Numbers of Positions Available
CA-4: 6
CA-5: 1
Total CA-4 and CA-5: 7

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

Comments:
Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80%, Non-clinical 20%
Annual Salary: $52,928
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 35

FACULTY


David L. Reich, MD
Email: david.reich@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: medical informatics, TEE, monitoring, neuropsychological outcomes, congenital heart disease

Ingrid Hollinger, MD
Email: ingrid.hollinger@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: pediatric anesthesia, congenital heart disease, TEE

Edmond Cohen, MD
Email: edmond.cohen@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: thoracic anesthesia, anesthesia for liver transplant

Steven Neustein, MD
Email: steve.neustein@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: vascular anesthesia, thoracic anesthesia

Ronald Kahn, MD
Email: ron.kahn@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: aortic surgery, neuroprotection, TEE, digital imaging, vascular anesthesia

George SIlvay, MD
Email: george. silvay@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: aortic surgery, medical economics

David Bronheim, MD
Email: david.bronheim@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: Critical care

Marc Stone, MD
Email: marc.stone@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: ventricular assist devices, TEE, coagulation, platelet function analysis

Alexander Mittnacht, MD
Email: alexander.mittnacht@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: congenital heart disease, TEE

Andrey Apinis, MD
Email: andrey.apinis@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: TEE

Bernard Baez, MD
Email: bernard.baez@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: thoracic anesthesia, anesthesia for liver transplantation

Gregory Fischer, MD
Email: gregory.fischer@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: critical care, anesthesia for liver transplantation

Guy Salomon, MD
Email: guy.salomon@msnyuhealth.org
Expertise: anesthesia for liver transplantation

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 75%

ACADEMIC PROGRAM


Fellow Conferences Frequency: weekly
Type: didactic, journal club, case conference
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1 annual conference plus support for any meeting at which the fellow is a presenter or member fo the faculty
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: 13
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 10
Book Chapters: 8
Other Publications: 18
Comments:

Funding: Pharmaceutical and monitoring industries, educational grants
Dedicated Research Time: depends on level of interest
Echocardiography Instruction: daily in OR, weekly in fellows conference
Critical Care Rotation: available
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 25% in CA-4 year

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1000
Distribution of cases: 35% CABG, 35% valves (of which 50% are mitral repairs), 15% aortic, 15% congenital
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 200
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 65
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 750
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 30
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 500
Operating Room Equipment Available: Datex/Ohmeda S5 anesthesia machines; Compurecord; Acuson Sequoia TEE machines with multiplane adult and pediatric probes; Ultrasonic probes for vascular visualization; point-of-care coagulation testing (including TEG and plateletworks); point-of-care blood gas, electrolyte and hematocrit analysis; Somanetics Invos cerebral oximetry; PSA5000 "awareness" monitors;


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