| Institution Name: |
Ochsner Medical Center |
| Website: |
https://education.ochsner.org/gme/training-programs/adult-cardiothoracic-anesthesiology-fellowship |
| ACGME Accredited? |
Yes |
| Participates in SF Match? |
Yes |
| Department Chair Name: |
David Broussard, MD |
| Department Chair Email: |
dabroussard@ochsner.org |
| ACTA Fellowship Director Name: |
Logan Kosarek, MD |
| ACTA Fellowship Director Email (for publication): |
lkosarek@ochsner.org |
| Address 1: |
1514 Jefferson Hwy |
| City: |
New Orleans |
| State: |
LA |
| Zip: |
70121 |
| Country: |
USA |
| Number of Positions: |
2 |
| Clinical / Basic Research |
No |
| Clinical / Clinical Research |
No |
| Clinical Research only |
No |
| Basic Research only |
No |
| Annual Salary: |
$61,347.69 |
| Number of Fellows Completing Training in Previous 5 Years: |
8 |
| Conference Available to Fellows (frequency / description): |
We have a robust didactic curriculum with many educational opportunities. This includes weekly lectures on Wednesday mornings with a dedicated cardiac anesthesia faculty, monthly echo rounds with the cardiac section, quarterly or bi-monthly journal club with cardiac surgery and anesthesia, and almost daily echo reading sessions. Additionally, our fellows attend relevant echo conferences with cardiology. |
| Academic Fellow Activities – in the Previous 5 Years, Fellows were 1st or 2nd Author on: Abstracts |
8 |
| Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles: |
1 |
| QI Projects: |
8 |
| Total Number of Procedures: |
>700 |
| Distribution of Cases/Number of CPB Procedures: |
490 CPB cases in 2019 |
| Number of Cardiac Procedures: |
>700 including CPB and cath lab |
| Number of off-CPB Cardiac Procedures: |
>200 including OPCABG and cath lab |
| Non-Cardiac Thoracic Procedures: |
>200 estimated |
| Heart, Lung and Heart/Lung Transplants”: |
60 to 70 consistently since 2016 |
| Major Vascular Procedures: |
>200 estimated |
| Operating Equipment Available: |
Top of the line Philips TEE machines (CVx and Epiq7) as well as several older models (iE33). Equipment relevant to the cardiac fellowship also includes: rapid TEG machine, Belmont rapid infuser, Hepcon HMS, point of care iSTAT, and Epic EMR |
| Program Coordinator Name: |
Lana Schiro |
| Program Coordinator Phone: |
504-842-3161 |
| Program Coordinator Email: |
laschiro@ochsner.org |
| Name |
Logan Kosarek |
| Email Address |
lkosarek@ochsner.org |
