St. Louis University School of Medicine

Chairperson: Lawrence J. Baudendistel, M.D., Ph.D.

CV Anesthesia: Peter E. Krucylak, M.D.

Address: Department of Anesthesiology, 3635 Vista Avenue at Grand, St. Louis, MO 63110

Telephone: (314)577-8750 Fax: (314)268-5102

General Program Information

# of CA-4, 5: 2 # of CA-3: negotiable

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

Responsibility: Clinical: negotiable Non-Clinical: negotiable

Salary: $40,500 (CA-4)

# CA-3 residents completing 12 months cardiovascular training in last five years: 1

Faculty

Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty Research Interest and/or Clinical Expertise

Peter E. Krucylak Thoracic Anesthesia, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Lawrence J. Baudendistel Mechanisms of Lung Injury

Willard L. Chamberlin Preoperative Assessment

James W. DeBoard Congenital Heart Disease

W. Sherman Turnage Postoperative Critical Care

Paul B. Zanaboni Control of Pulmonary Blood Flow

Academic Program

Fellow conferences: variable Type: Clinical, Research, Journal Club

Extra-institutional educational conference support: 1-2 meetings per year

In last five years fellows were 1st and 2nd author on: 3 Abstracts

Funding: Dept/Institutional Funds, Pharmaceutical/equipment industry grants

Echocardiography instruction: inside OR, specific rotation

Critical care rotation: optional

Formal course work available in: not available

Clinical Program

# of cardiac procedures with CPB per year: 500

# of non-cardiac thoracic cases per year: 250

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

# of major vascular cases per year: 100

Distribution of cardiac cases: 60% CABG, 20% Valves, 20% Congenital

Operating Room equipment available: transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, transcranial Doppler, mixed venous oximetry, continuous cardiac output, automated anesthesia record keeper


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