ACTA Fellowship Program Directors Council

Committee Description

STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL: MEMBER ENGAGEMENT
SCA membership will be desirable to all anesthesiologists practicing cardiovascular and thoracic anesthesiology and critical care medicine.

MISSION
The mission is to provide an organization to facilitate communication among cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship program directors about various issues of mutual interest.

PURPOSE
The primary purpose is to provide an organization to facilitate communication among cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship program directors about various issues of mutual interest.

Specific duties include:

1. To facilitate communication between fellowship program directors and outside organizations, e.g., the Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Society of Academic Anesthesia Associations (Anesthesia Association of Subspecialty Program Directors), the various Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists committees (education, scientific program, membership, etc.).
2. To facilitate participation by cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellows in SCA activities such as the Annual Meeting and other educational meetings as well as in SCA committees.
3. To promote SCA membership among cardiothoracic anesthesiology fellows that will continue after completion of fellowship.
4. To facilitate mutual understanding among programs about fellowship recruitment.
5. To assist programs in developing educational curricula for residents and fellows.
6. To develop and appoint subcommittees and subcommittee chairs as needed to carry out the various activities of the Council.
7. To advise the SCA on how to promote fellow membership and maintain future SCA membership among fellow trainees by providing services and programs that meet the needs of fellows and recent fellow graduates.

PARENT COMMITTEE
The council reports to the Member Engagement Committee.

MEETING
The council meets at least once per year at the SCA Annual Meeting, once during the ASA Annual Meeting, and once at the SAAA Annual Meeting.

COMPOSITION
The council is composed of the Council Executive Committee (Chair and 1-3 additional council members), Parent Committee (Member Engagement) Chair, and Program Directors from all of the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA) sub-specialty fellowships.

TERM
Members remain on the Council for the duration of their employment as a Fellowship Program Director. Selected individuals, as approved by the SCA Board of Directors, with notable background in ACTA Anesthesia education who are not active fellowship Program Directors may also be council members, including Assistant Program Directors or other department leadership.

Committee Members

Full Name	Institution	Committee Title
Saroj Pani, MD	Albany Medical Center
Daniel Cormican, MD	Allegheny Health Network	Member: Fellowship Diversity Task Force
Daniel A. Tolpin, MD	Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Heart Institute
Ruma Bose,MD	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Douglas C. Shook, MD FASE	Brigham and Women’s Hospital	PD Council Chair Member: Combined CT/CCM Fellowship Program Application Task Force
Charles Nyman, MBBCh	Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Lauren Cornella	Brigham and Women’s Hospital	Associate Program Director Member: Common Application Task Force
Roya Yumul, MD PhD	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Kirsten C. Odegard, MD	Children’s Hospital Boston
Carlos Trombetta, MD	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Additional Contact
Jennifer Hargrave, DO	Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Maya Jalbout Hastie, MD	Columbia University Medical Center
Kinjal Patel, MD	Cooper University Hospital	Leader: ACGME Program Site Visit Task Force
Ludmil (Lou) Mitrev, MD	Cooper University Hospital	Parent Committee Chair – Member Engagement
Annemarie Thompson, MD	Duke University Medical Center	Board Liaison
Brandi Bottiger, MD	Duke University Medical Center
Michele L. Sumler, MD	Emory University School of Medicine	Member: Fellowship Diversity Task Force Member: Combined CT/CCM Fellowship Program Application Task Force Member: ACGME Program Site Visit Task Force
Raj Modak, MD	Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University
Joseph Sanders, MD	Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University	Associate Program Director Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Himani Bhatt, DO	Icahn School of Medicine/Mount Sinai
Marc E. Stone, MD	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Michael Fabbro II, DO	Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System
Pankaj Jain	Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System	Additional Contact
Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz, MD	Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System
Daniel Nyhan, MD MBChB	Johns Hopkins University
Megan P. Kostibas, MD	Johns Hopkins University	Associate Program Director
Ryan E. Lauer, MD	Loma Linda Medical Center
Jenny Kwak, MD	Loyola University Medical Center
Jessica Hathaway, MD FASE	Maine Medical Center	Member: Common Application Task Force
Michael N. Andrawes, MD	Massachusetts General Hospital
Mark M. Smith, MD	Mayo Graduate School of Medicine/Mayo Clinic
Ryan R. Hood, MD	McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University	Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Paul S. Pagel MD PhD FACC	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
Jutta Novalija, MD, PhD	Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals
George Whitener, MD, FASE	Medical University of South Carolina
David Amar, MD	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Christopher Y. Tanaka, MD	Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack Shanewise	New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
Jennie Y. Ngai, MD	New York University School of Medicine	Member: Fellowship Diversity Task Force
Logan Kosarek, MD	Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Galina T. Dimitrova, MD	Ohio State University Hospital	Leader: Educational Publications Task Force
Valerie Sera, MD DDS	Oregon Health & Science University
Theodore Cios, MD MPH	Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Christopher J. O’Connor, MD	Rush University Medical Center
Antonio (Tony) Chiricolo, MD	Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Dita Mayer, MD PhD	St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Han Kim	St. Michael’s Hospital
Albert T. Cheung, MD	Stanford University
Daryl A. Oakes, MD	Stanford University	Leader: Fellowship Diversity Task Force
Yuliana Salamanca-Padilla, MD	Temple University Hospital	Member: Educational Publications Task Force
William (Skip) C. Culp, Jr., MD FASE	Texas A&M University College of Medicine/Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Jordan Goldhammer, MD	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Member: ACGME Program Site Visit Task Force
Coimbatore Srinivas	Toronto General Hospital
Dave Bhawana, MD	Tufts Medical Center
Eric Ursprung, MD	Tufts Medical Center
Jacques (Prince) Neelankavil, MD	UCLA Medical Center
Reed Harvey, MD	UCLA Medical Center	Associate Program Director
Nader D. Nader, MD PhD	University at Buffalo
Bharathi Scott, MD	University Hospital at Stony Brook
	University of Alabama Medical Center
Brad Meers, MD	University of Alabama Medical Center	Associate Program Director Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Angela Neufeld MD, FRCPC	University of Alberta, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Kevin Rondi, MD FRCPC	University of British Columbia at St. Paul’s Hospital
Orode Badakhsh, MD	University of California (Davis) Health System
Brett Cronin	University of California (San Diego)
Wilson W. Cui, MD PhD	University of California (San Francisco)	Member: Common Application Task Force
Neal W. Fleming, MD	University of California, Davis Medical Center	Division Director
Mark A. Chaney, MD	University of Chicago
Benu Makkad, MD	University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of Medicine	Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Maung Hlaing	University of Colorado
Edward McGough, MD	University of Florida
Alan F. Ross, MD	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Sanjay Dwarakanath, MD	University of Kentucky	Member: ACGME Program Site Visit Task Force
Seema Deshpande, MD	University of Maryland	Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Susan Sankova, MD	University of Maryland	Associate Program Director
Anna V. Dubovoy, MD BS	University of Michigan
Tjorvi Perry, MD	University of Minnesota Medical School
Ioanna Apostolidou, MD	University of Minnesota Medical School
Megan Olejniczak, MD	University of Minnesota Medical School	Associate Program Director
Vanetta Levesque, MD	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Rebecca Aron, MD	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Additional Contact
Tara R. Brakke, MD FASE	University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine	Member: Fellowship Diversity Task Force
Sean Dickie, MD	University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Jared Feinman, MD	University of Pennsylvania	Associate Program Director Member: Common Application Task Force
John (Yianni) G.T. Augoustides, MD FAHA FASE	University of Pennsylvania	Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Prakash A. Patel, MD	University of Pennsylvania	Additional Contact
Brandon Lebow, MD	University of Rochester	Member: Fellowship Diversity Task Force
Steven M. Haddy, MD	University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center
John Zaki, MD FASE FACC	University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Christopher K. McQuitty, MD	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals
Erin Sreshta	University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals	Additional Contact
Ravi V. Joshi, MD	University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Jorg Dziersk, MD FRCA	University of Washington
Richard Sheu, MD FASE	University of Washington	Additional Contact
Igor Zhukov, MD	University of Wisconsin	Additional Contact
Joshua J. Sebranek, MD	University of Wisconsin	Member: ACGME Program Site Visit Task Force
Erin A. Sullivan, MD	UPMC Medical Education
Michael Boisen, MD	UPMC Medical Education	Associate Program Director Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Bantayehu Sileshi, MD	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Tiffany Richburg	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Additional Contact
Mark T. Nelson, MD MEd	Virginia Commonwealth University Health System	Member: Common Application Task Force
Chandrika Garner, MD FASE	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center	Member: Common Application Task Force
Daniel A. Emmert, MD PhD	Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium	Co-Leader: Combined CT/CCM Fellowship Program Application Task Force
Shanna S. Hill, MD	Weill Medical College of Cornell University	Leader: Common Applications Task Force
Draginja Cvetkovic, MD	Westchester Medical Center Program
Leon Freudzon, MD	Yale-New Haven Medical Center	Associate Program Director
Ashley M. Hagood	West Virgina University medicine
Candice Morrissey, MD		Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Samiya Saklayen		Member: Educational Publications Task Force
Kevin C. Thornton, MD	University of California, San Francisco	Co-Leader: Combined CT/CCM Fellowship Program Application Task Force