Fellowship
The department has a Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, which organizes a fellowship. Generally one to two fellows are recruited every year.
The fellowship includes:
- 7 months adult cardiac anesthesia
- 2 months pediatric cardiac anesthesia
During the pediatric cardiac anesthesia rotation, fellows are integrated into the management team caring for approximately 50 open heart cases per month. The fellows gain extensive experience with TEE for a variety of congenital heart lesions under the supervision of a group of world renowned pediatric cardiologists. Fellows also participate in the anesthetic management of infants and children in the catheterization laboratory, including a variety of interventional procedures, EP studies, and evaluation for heart and heart-lung transplantation. Multidisciplinary pre-surgical and teaching conferences occur each week. Contact Donna Taylor or Dr. Elliot Krane at 723-5725.
- 2 months cardiac surgery ICU
- 1 month TEE
During the adult cardiac anesthesia rotation, there is the option to work one month in an affiliated hospital with more routine cardiac surgery.
It is a requirement to take the exam to obtain the nationally accepted Perioperative TEE certificate. All our fellows have successfully passed the exam.
Interested candidates may contact Brenda McGee-Yeldell at or Pieter van der Starre, MD, PhD at
