| Institution Name: |
Montefiore Medical Center (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) |
| Website: |
https://www.montefiore.org/fellowship-in-anesthesiology-cardiac-anesthesia (update in progress) |
| ACGME Accredited? |
Yes |
| Participates in SF Match? |
Yes |
| Department Chair Name: |
Ellise Delphin, MD |
| ACTA Fellowship Director Name: |
Christopher Y. Tanaka, MD, FASE |
| ACTA Fellowship Director Email (for publication): |
ctanaka@montefiore.org |
| Address 1: |
111 East 210th Street |
| Address 2: |
Dept. of Anesthesiolgy- Silver Zone, 4th Floor |
| City: |
Bronx |
| State: |
NY |
| Zip: |
10467 |
| Country: |
USA |
| Phone: |
718-920-4383 |
| Fax: |
718-653-2367 |
| Number of Positions: |
4 |
| Clinical / Basic Research |
No |
| Clinical / Clinical Research |
No |
| Clinical Research only |
No |
| Basic Research only |
No |
| Comments: |
Approved for 4 ACGME fellowship positions since 2019 (previously 3 positions). |
| Annual Salary: |
$80,000 (PGY5) |
| Number of Fellows Completing Training in Previous 5 Years: |
16 |
| Conference Available to Fellows (frequency / description): |
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA) Fellowship Education Program Weekly sessions: -TEE reading rounds -ACTA Fellow PBLDs -Anesthesiology Departmental grand rounds Monthly Sessions: -ACTA Fellowship Workshops (Heart dissection, TTE, lung ultrasound, line placement, 3D-TEE, etc.) -ACTA Divisional Complex Case Conference -Cardiothoracic Surgery Divisional Morbidity and mortality conference -Departmental Quality Improvement Didactic Series -Departmental Fellow’s College (post-training career preparation: e.g. personal finance, contract negotiation, litigation, etc) Quarterly sessions: -ACTA Divisional Journal Club -Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Aortic Conference -Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Joint Conference Annual Meetings: -SCA Annual Meeting (reimbursed) -New York City TEE Conference |
| Academic Fellow Activities – in the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author on: Abstracts |
19 |
| Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: |
7 |
| Book Chapters: |
4 |
| Other Publications: |
6 |
| QI Projects: |
5 (All fellows participate in a group QI project) |
| Total Number of Procedures: |
~1,300 cardiothoracic procedures/year |
| Distribution of Cases/Number of CPB Procedures: |
>700 CPB procedures/year |
| Number of Cardiac Procedures: |
>1,000 cardiac procedures/year |
| Number of off-CPB Cardiac Procedures: |
>250 Off-CPB procedures/year (includes off-pump CABG, robot-assisted CABG) |
| Non-Cardiac Thoracic Procedures: |
>250 thoracic procedures/year |
| Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants”: |
>40 heart transplants/year, >40 lung transplants/year, *>25 durable VAD implantations/year |
| Major Vascular Procedures: |
>100 (includes open and endovascular abdominal and thoracoabdominal aneurysm repairs; all spinal drains for vascular procedures placed by ACTA team) |
| Operating Equipment Available: |
State-of-the-art 3D echo machines- (intraprocedural TEE performed/interpreted by ACTA team for all adult cardiac surgeries and majority of structural heart cases-TAVR, LAA closure, Mitraclip, Angiovac; intraprocedural TTE performed/interpreted by ACTA for all TAVRs), point-of-care ultrasound machines, thromboelastography, cerebral oximetry, robotic surgery, hybrid operating room |
| Program Coordinator Name: |
Debbie Lopez |
| Program Coordinator Phone: |
718-920-4383 |
| Program Coordinator Email: |
deblopez@montefiore.org |
| Name |
Christopher Y. Tanaka, MD |
| Email Address |
ctanaka@montefiore.org |
