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 |