University of Maryland School of Medicine

http://umm.edu/anesthesia/

Chair: M.Jane Matjasko, MD
Email: jmatjasko@anes.umm.edu
Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Wendy K. Bernstein, M.D., Director of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology
Email: wbernstein@anes.umm.edu
Mailing Address:
Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Room S11-C10 22 South Greene St
Baltimore, MD 21201-1595
Telephone: 410-328-6120
Fax: 410-328-5531

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Request application from Ms. Maria Johnson (use address above) or phone (410) 328-6120. Provide completed application and 3 letters-of-reference to Dr. Bernstein.

GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Numbers of Positions Available
CA-4: CA 4,5: 2-3
CA-5:
Total CA-4 and CA-5:

Type(s) of Fellowship Training Available:

Comments: Clinical only, Clinical/Basic Science, Clinical/Clinical Research Flexible program, can be 12-24 months in length and combined with critical care medicine, shock trauma or other subspecialties.
Clinical Responsibility: Time devoted to clinical and nonclinical pursuits is determined by type of fellowship and objectives of applicant
Annual Salary: $50,000
Minimum Length of Training: 12-24 months
Number of CA-4/CA-5 Fellows Completing 12-24 Months Cardiothoracic/Cardiovascular Training in Previous 5 Years: 11

FACULTY

Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty Research Interest and/or Clinical Expertise

Wendy K. Bernstein, MD
Email: wbernstein@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Adult CTV anesthesiology, education, echocardiography

Daniel Bochicchio, MD
Email: dbochicchio@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Critical Care, Adult CTV anesthesiology, transplant

John P. Drago, MD
Email: jdrago@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Adult CTV anesthesiology, legal medicine

Mary Ferguson, CCVT, RDCS
Email: mferguson@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Supervisor Echocardiography (TEE and TTE)

Ileana Gheorghiu, MD
Email: igheorghiu@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Critical care medicine, echocardiography, adult CTV anesthesiology, Transplant

Timothy B. Gilbert, MD, FACC
Email: tgilbert@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Critical Care, cardiology, ESP, respiratory physiology, echocardiography, CTV anesthesiology, information technology, administrative medicine

Jawad U. Hasnain, MD, FACC
Email: jhasnain@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Echocardiography, adult CTV anesthesiology

Patrick Odonkor, MD
Email: podonkor@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Adult CTV anesthesiology, Echocardiography

Anne Savarese, MD
Email: asavarese@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, Congenital Heart Disease

Inna Shats
Email: ishats@anes.umm.edu
Expertise: Echocardiography

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

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Fellow Conferences Frequency: 3-4 per week
Type: Fellows conference, Chairman's conference, Journal Club, Grand Rounds, Echocardiography conference, Multidisciplinary Valve Conference (Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Anesthesia), M and M
Extra-Institutional Educational Conference Support: 1 meeting per year
In the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author On:
Abstracts: 10
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: 4
Book Chapters:
Other Publications: 5
Comments:

Funding: Through attending staff grant support and Department/Institution funds.

Dedicated research time: variable

Echocardiography instruction: Required, minimum 1 month, combined TTE/TEE with Anesthesiology/Cardiology

Critical care rotation: Optional, 1 month, in dedicated CT-ICU

Maximum length of non-OR rotations: 3 months (for 12 month fellowship)

CLINICAL PROGRAM

# of cardiac procedures with CPB per year: 800
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 250
Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year:
Distribution of cases:
Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year:
Number of Non-Cardiac Thoracic Cases Per Year:
Number of Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants Per Year: 30
Number of Major Vascular Cases Per Year:
Operating Room Equipment Available: Division based echocardiography equipment (3 machines, 6 probes), 2-3 echocardiography technicians, anesthesia technicians provide set-ups, division based neuro-EP monitoring, CCO/SVO2 monitoring, fiberoptic equipment, new ICU tower, New state of the art specialized CT ORs SPecial Features: Close collaboration with Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology, Shock Trauma and Cardiology


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