University of Michigan

Website: http://www.anes.med.umich.edu

Chairperson: Kevin K. Tremper, M.D., Ph.D.
Email: ktremper@umich.edu

CV Anesthesia Fellowship Director: Wei C. Lau, MD
Email: weiclau@umich.edu

Address:
Department of Anesthesiology
Room 1G323, Box 0048
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0048

Telephone: (734) 936-4280
Fax: (734) 936-9091

Application Process:
Information and application for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship Program can be found at our anesthesiology website. All applications can be submitted through our website or call our main anesthesiology office for more detailed information.

General Program Information

# of CA-4, 5: 2

Type of fellowship training available:

  • Clinical only
  • Clinical/Basic Research
  • Clinical/Clinical Research

Responsibility: Clinical 60% Non-Clinical 40%

Salary: approximately $43,500

Minimum length of training: 12 months (July)

# of CA-4 fellows completing 12 month cardiovascular training in last five years: 10

Faculty

Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty Research Interest and/or Clinical Expertise

Wei Lau, MD
Email: weiclau@umich.edu
Expertise: TEE and Platelet Aggregation In Response to Oral Antiplatelet Agents

Ted Sanford Jr.
Email: tsanford@umich.edu
Expertise: Opiates and Cardiac Anesthesia

Joyce Wahr
Email: jwahr@umich.edu
Expertise: Blood Substitutes, Outcomes in Geriatric Patients

Patrick Benedict, MD
Email: pbenedic@umich.edu
Expertise: Cytochrome P450

Gaury Adhikary, MD
Email: adhikary@umich.edu
Expertise: TEE

Paul Kazanjian, MD
Email: kazanjian@umich.edu
Expertise: TEE

Peter Lee, MD
Email: peterlee@umich.edu
Expertise: TICU and coagulation

Jeremy Lieberman
Email: jliberma@umich.edu
Expertise: TICU, TEE and Neutrophil Receptor Expressions

Brian Woodcock, MD
Email: bwudcock@umich.edu
Expertise: TICU, Lung Reduction Surgery and Pulmonary Thromboembolectomy

Judy Negele
Email: jnegele@umich.edu
Expertise: TICU

Percent of Cardiac Anesthesia Faculty with NBE Perioperative TEE Certification: 40%

Academic Program

Fellow conferences: 1/ wek journal discussion and 1/ month TEE case review Type:Scientific paper review and interesting TEE case reveiw

Extra-institutional educational conference support: $3,000

In last five years fellows were 1st and 2nd author on: 5 Abstracts, 1 Journal articles

Funding: Dept and Institutional Grants, Pharmaceutical and Industry grants

Echocardiography instruction: One-to-one intraoperative teaching. Monthly TEE case review. One month ECHO Lab rotation with cardiology.

Critical care rotation: 1 month cardiac ICU

Formal course work available in: biostatistics, study design, preparation for perioperative TEE certification examination

Maximum length of non-OR rotations: 2-3 months out of 12 total months

Clinical Program

# of cardiac procedures with CPB per year: 1,200
Distribution of cases: 30% CABG, 25% Valves, 5% Thoracic Aneurysm, 40% Congenital

Average Number of CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 300

Number of Cardiac Procedures off-CPB Per Year: 300
Distribution of cases: 3% off-pump CABG, 57% thoracic aneurysm, 40% AICD4

Average Number of off-CPB Procedures Per Trainee Per Year: 3

# of non-cardiac thoracic cases per year: 400

# of heart, lung and heart/lung transplants per year: 80

# of major vascular cases per year: 400

Operating Room equipment available:
transesophageal echocardiography, ECG ST segment analysis, mixed venous oximetry, continuous cardiac output, evoked potentials


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