University of California, San Francisco

http://www.anesthesia.ucsf.edu/external/anesthesia.html

Chair: Ronald D. Miller, MD
Email: MillerR@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Isobel A. Russell, MD, PhD, FACC
Email: russellb@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Mailing Address:
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Box 0648 521 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122
Telephone: 415-476-2131
Fax: 415-476-9516

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Letter of interest and CV to Dr. Russell. Potential candidates will be invited to submit formal application

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Numbers of Positions Available
CA-4: 1
CA-5: 0
Total CA-4 and CA-5: 1

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

Comments:
Clinical Responsibility: Clinical 50%; Echo training 50%
Annual Salary: $48,307
Minimum Length of Training: 1 year
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 6

FACULTY

James Baker, MD
Email: bakerj@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Expertise: Transesophageal echocardiography

Anil de Silva, MD
Email: desilvaa@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Expertise: Grand Rounds

Victor Ng, MD
Email: ngv@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Expertise: Echocardiography

Kathryn Rouine-Rapp, MD
Email: rouinerk@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac anesthesia

Isobel Russell, MD, PhD, FACC
Email: russellb@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Expertise: Transesophageal echocardiography/Pediatric cardiac anesthesia/Adult cardiac anesthesia

Kimberly Skidmore, MD
Email: skidmore@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac anesthesia/Adult cardiac anesthesia

Greg Stratmann, MD
Email: stratman@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Expertise: Research interests: Neuroprotection

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

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: weekly
Type: Echo
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: Yes
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: 2
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 3
Book Chapters: 2
Other Publications:
Comments:

Funding: None
Dedicated Research Time: 1 day per week
Echocardiography Instruction: OR/Cardiology
Critical Care Rotation: None
Formal Course Work Available in: None
Maximum Time in Non-OR Activities: 50%

CLINICAL PROGRAM

Number of Cardiac Procedures with CPB Per Year: 400
Distribution of cases: 50% CABG, 20 Valves, 10% Thoracic Aneurysm, 20% Congenital
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 200
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 100
Distribution of cases: 100% off pump CABG
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 30
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year: 30
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 30
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year: 20
Operating Room Equipment Available:


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