Stanford University

http://www.med.stanford.edu/anesthesia/

Chair: Ronald G. Pearl, PhD, MD
Email: rgp@stanford.edu
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Christina Mora-Mangano, MD
Email: cmoraman@stanford.edu
Mailing Address:
Stanford University Medical Center 300 Pasteur Drive, Rm. H3580
Stanford, CA 94305-5640
Telephone: (650) 725-0376
Fax: (650) 725-8544

APPLICATION PROCESS:

1. Contact Jill Wilson at "jwilson@stanford.edu" or phone (650) 723-6412 for application form/requirements and program information. 2. Applicants are accepted through December prior to the year of their anticipated fellowship start date. 3. Selected applicants will be invited to Stanford for an interview with the faculty. 4. Applicants intending to start July or August following the completion of their residency will be notified of their status by January 31st of the year of their requested fellowship.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

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

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

Comments: Potential fellows are invited to apply for one-year training in Stanford University Department of Anesthesia's accredited Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. All fellows are expected to sit for the American Society of Echocardiography Certificate in Perioperative Echocardiography exam. Fellows receiving a passing grade will be reimbursed for the exam fee.
Clinical Responsibility: Determined by fellowship goals
Annual Salary: $48,447.00
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 12

FACULTY

Christina T. Mora Mangano, MD
Email: cmoraman@stanford.edu
Expertise: Organ protections and CPBm circulatory arrest

Linda Foppiano, MD
Email: lfoppiano@hotmail.com
Expertise: TEE/Mitral valve mechanics

Kent Garman, MD
Email: kgarman@stanford.edu
Expertise: Computer technology resources

Ronald G. Pearl, MD, PhD
Email: rgp@stanford.edu
Expertise: Nitric oxide, Pulmonary hypertension

Ethan Jackson, MD
Email: ethanjackson@yahoo.com
Expertise: Transesophageal Echocardiography, Adult Congenital Cardiothor Anesthesia

Pieter Van der Starre, MD
Email: pieterva@stanford.edu
Expertise, Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Frank Sarnquist, MD
Email: frank.sarnquist@stanford.edu
Expertise: Physiology

John Chow, MD
Email: jlchow@stanford.edu
Expertise: ICU

Leland Hanowell, MD
Email: leeh@stanford.edu
Expertise: TEE

Max Kanevsky, MD
Expertise: Ischimic Preconditioning

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

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 2-3
Type: Bi-weekly TEE reviews with cardiologist, didactic session
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: Support for all accepted abstracts, one extra-departmental meeting
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: 12
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 5
Book Chapters: 3
Other Publications: 8
Comments: Diverse and interesting case load. (Routine coronary revascularization; minimally invasive surgery, circulatory arrest; heart, lung, and heart-lung transplantation. Valve repair/replacement; Tirone-David procedures.) May customize programs to fill fellow's individual training goals; Outstanding professional relationships with surgeons and cardiology staff. Extraordinary place to work and live.

Funding: Departmental/institutional/Industrial
Dedicated Research Time: Determined by fellowship goals.
Echocardiography Instruction: Inside OR, specific notation
Critical Care Rotation: Available 1-3 months for clinical fellows.
Formal Course Work Available in: Biostatistics, epidemiology
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: Determined by the fellowship goals,

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1200
Distribution of cases: 32% CABG, 25% valves, 29% congenital, 7% transplantation, 7% circulatory
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 200
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 300
Distribution of cases: 25% off pump CABG, 70% aortic surgery, 5% AICD
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: Elec
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: Elec
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 90
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: Elec
Operating Room Equipment Available: Transesophageal echocardiography, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, continuous cardiac output, evoked potentials, cerebral blood flow transcranial Doppler, near-infrared spectroscopy, jugular bulb saturation monitoring, BIS monitoring.


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