University of Florida

http://www.anest.ufl.edu

Chair: Nikolaus Gravenstein
Email: ngravenstein@anest.ufl.edu
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Yong G Peng. MD, PhD
Email: ypeng@anest.ufl.edu
Mailing Address:
1600 SW Archer Road P. O. Box 100254
Gainesville, FL/USA 32610
Telephone: 352-265-0077
Fax: 352-392-7029

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Send CV to Yong G Peng, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Anesthesiology P. O. Box 100254 1600 SW Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32610

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

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

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

Comments:
Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 80%, non Clinical 20%
Annual Salary: variable (minimal $75,000)
Minimum Length of Training: 12 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 6

FACULTY

Laurie Davies, M.D. Chief of Pediatric CV anesthesia
Email: idavies@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac anesthesia/neuromonitoring-outcome

Nikolaus Gravenstein, M.D. Department of Chairman
Email: ngravenstein@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: Intravascular Access/Heart-Lung transplantation/Neurologic monitoring

Gregory Janelle, M.D. Division Chief
Email: gjanelle@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: TEE/Heart-Lung transplantation/Major vascular surgery

Rama Kulkarni, M.D.
Email: rkulkarni@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: TEE/Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic CV anesthesia

Emilio LoBato, M.D.
Email: elobato@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: TEE/ischemia referfusio/CHF/Pulmonary hypertension

David Paulus, M.D. Medical director of OR
Email: dpaulus@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: Invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring

Yong G Peng, M.D., Ph.D. Director of CV fellowship program
Email: ypeng@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: TEE/LVAD/Major vascular surgery/Hemodynamic monitoring

Albrecht Wobst, M.D.
Email: awobst@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: TEE/liver transplantation/major vascular surgery

Albert R Robinson
Email: ARobinson@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: TEE/invasive and non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring

Nicole Dobija
Email: NDobija@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac anesthesia

Felipe Urdaneta
Email: FUrdaneta@anest.ufl.edu
Expertise: TEE/Hemodynamic monitoring/Vascular surgery

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

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: weekly
Type: Echo conferce/Journal club once/month
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1-2 meetings per year
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: 10
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 6
Book Chapters: 4
Other Publications:
Comments:

Funding: Florida Medical License Required
Dedicated Research Time:
Echocardiography Instruction: Three months dedicated to TEE rotation
Critical Care Rotation: 1-2 months rotation
Formal Course Work Available in:
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: two months

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 1000
Distribution of cases: 10 % Congenital, 30% CABG, 30% Valves, 20% Major aortic surgery, 10 Heart-lung transplantation
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 150
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 200
Distribution of cases: 25% off pump CABG, 35% Thoracic Aneurysm, 25% Lung transplant, 10% pediatric cath lab
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 50
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 75
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 75
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 150
Operating Room Equipment Available: TEE, TCD, EEG, cerebral oximetry, TEG, Hepcon, Rapid infusion system, oxymetric pulmonary artery catheter, continuous cardiac output, fiberoptic scopes


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