North America Fellowship Programs
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Program Director: Corey Zetterman, MD
Contact: corey.zetterman@unmc.edu
Clinical Summary
#OLT/year (avg): 100+ including pediatric, multivisceral, isolated small bowel, and living donor
#Fellows/year: 1
Use of TEE: most cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required
ROTEM/TEG: TEG
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 60
Days spent in OR as attending: 8 months as a fellow, 4 months as OR attending. Possible internal moonlighting
Elective Rotations: Echocardiography, Transplant surgery
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Publications: Encouraged
Dedicated research time: Varies according to projects
Program Director: Dr. Adrian Hendrickse BM, MMEd, MAcadMEd, FRCA
Contact: ADRIAN.HENDRICKSE@CUANSCHUTZ.EDU
Clinical Summary
#OLT/year (avg): 100
#Fellows/year: 1-2
Use of TEE: most cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: 2.5
Elective Rotations: Echocardiography, Hemodialysis, ICU, Pain Management, Blood Bank, Inpatient Management
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: Research time is when no fellow appropriate cases in OR.
Publications: Encouraged, but not required
Program Director: Coimbatore Srinivas
Contact: Coimbatore.srinivas@uhn.ca
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 4
#OLT/year (avg): 180 + 60 LDLT
Use of TEE: For rescue
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Encouraged
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 45
Days spent in OR as attending: 2.5
Elective Rotations: Surgical Oncology
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: 1 day/week
Publications: Encouraged, but not required.
Program Director: Fouad Souki MD
Contact: FSouki@med.miami.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 4
#OLT/year (avg): 95, 30 Pedi, 20 Multivisceral
Use of TEE: most cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Encouraged, not required
ROTEM/TEG: TEG
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 25
Days spent in OR as attending: 1-2days/week
Elective Rotations: ICU, Donor Procurement, Perioperative Transplantation Fellowship
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes, Weekly
Dedicated research time: 1-2 days/week
Publications: Require 1/year
Program Director: Michael Hannaman MD
Contact: hannaman@wisc.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 80-100
Use of TEE: Case by case
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Encouraged, but not required.
ROTEM/TEG: TEG
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: 1-2 days/week
Elective Rotations: ICU, Hepatology, Transplant Surgery, Blood Bank
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Weekly
Dedicated research time: 2-3 days/week
Publications: 1 Required or PBLD
Program Director: Joseph Koveleskie MD
Contact: jkoveleskie@ochsner.org
Clinical Summary
Fellowship Summary
Program Director: Raymond Planinsic MD
Contact: Planinsicrm@anes.upmc.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 100
Use of TEE: Every Case
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Encouraged but not required
ROTEM/TEG: TEG
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: n/a
Elective Rotations: n/a
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: 1-2 days/week
Publications: Encouraged, but not required
Program Director: Sonali Joshi MD
Contact: joshis@anesthesia.ucsf.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 2
#OLT/year (avg): 150, 30 LDLT, 9 Peds
Use of TEE: Case by case
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Encouraged, but not required
ROTEM/TEG: n/a
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: 2 days/week
Elective Rotations: Blood Bank
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: n/a
Dedicated research time: n/a
Publications: Encouraged but not required
Program Director: Jeron Zerillo MD
Contact: jeron.zerillo@mountsinai.org
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 110-135 (10-15 LDLT)
Use of TEE: >85% of cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: 1 day/week
Elective Rotations: Blood Bank
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Case by case
Dedicated research time: 3 days/week
Publications: At least 1/year required
Program Director: Christine Nguyen-Buckley MD
Contact: cnguyenbuckley@mednet.ucla.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1-2/year
#OLT/year (avg): 160-170
Use of TEE: All cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification:Required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 60
Days spent in OR as attending: 2 days/week
Elective Rotations: Liver ICU, Blood Bank, TEE
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes (with focus on Peds and Combined Heart-Liver transplants)
Dedicated research time: 1 day/week
Publications: None required
Program Director: Richard Benzinger
Contact: benzingerg@wustl.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 100
Use of TEE: 50% cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: n/a
Elective Rotations: Transplant Surgery, ICU, Blood Bank
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Inpatient consults
Dedicated research time: 1 day/week
Publications: Required
Program Director: Jacek Cywinski MD
Contact: cywinsj@ccf.org
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 130-140
Use of TEE: All cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required
ROTEM/TEG: TEG
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 60
Days spent in OR as attending: 1-2 days/week if Ohio Medical License
Elective Rotations: ICU, Blood Bank, TEE, Interventional Radiology
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: 1 day/week
Publications: Required
Program Director: Cinnamon Sullivan MD
Contact: cinnamon.sullivan@emoryhealthcare.org
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 180
Use of TEE: Select Cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Expected
ROTEM/TEG: n/a
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: 2 days/week
Elective Rotations: ICU, Hepatology, Blood Bank
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: n/a
Publications: Required
Program Director: Tricia Brentjens MD
Contact: tb164@cumc.columbia.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 100
Use of TEE: Rescue cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: No
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: n/a
Elective Rotations: ICU, Hepatology
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: High risk inpatients
Dedicated research time: 2 days/week
Publications: Encouraged, but not required
Program Director: Elia Elia MD
Contact: elia.elia@jefferson.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 85
Use of TEE: 1st month elective with cardiac anesthesia w/ 40-50 additional cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: None
Elective Rotations: Echo, Blood Bank, Nephrology (2 weeks, with emphasis on ICU
patients), Transplant Surgery and Clinic
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: 1ST month of fellowship, then as needed
Publications: Required
Program Director: Robert Kariger
Contact: robert.kariger@cshs.org
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 60-80
Use of TEE: Select cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Encouraged, but not required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 40
Days spent in OR as attending: 1-2 days/week
Elective Rotations: TEE, ICU, Research
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: 1 block
Publications: Required
Program Director: Aliaskei Pustavoitau MD
Contact: apustav1@jhmi.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 2
#OLT/year (avg): 100
Use of TEE: 40+ case (with additional cardiac cases)
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: 1.25 days/week
Elective Rotations: Transplant hepatology, Nephrology, Blood Bank, TEE
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: n/a
Dedicated research time: No specific time, but can be requested.
Publications: Encouraged, but not required
Program Director: Sean Ewing MD
Contact: seanses@med.umich.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 2
#OLT/year (avg): 80-100
Use of TEE: Used in all liver transplants and high risk major vascular cases.
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required.
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 40+ (with additional high risk major vascular cases).
Days spent in OR as attending: 2 days/week
Elective Rotations: N/A
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: N/A
Dedicated research time: Variable based clinical demand (1-3 days / wk)
Publications: 1 publication or other scholarly project required.
Program Director: Florian Hackl
Contact: florian.hackl@lahey.org
Lahey Medical Center Liver Transplant Anesthesia Program Website
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 100 + 35 (BIDMC)
Use of TEE: All cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 80-100
Days spent in OR as attending: Daily (if no transplants)
Elective Rotations: ICU, Hepatology, Nephrology, Blood bank, Organ Bank, Pediatrics, TEE, Transplant surgery
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: 1 day/week
Publications: Required
Program Director: Kyota Fukazawa, MD, PhD
Contact: fukazawa@uw.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 110 + live donor liver transplant cases
Use of TEE: ~25%
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Expected
ROTEM/TEG: TEG
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 35
Days spent in OR as attending: 2.00 days/week
Elective Rotations: Transfusion Medicine, ICU, Hepatology, TEE
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Dedicated research time: No specific time, but can be requested.
Publications: Encouraged, but not required
More details: http://depts.washington.edu/anesth/education/fellows/liver-transplant.shtml
Program Director: Uoo Kim MD
Contact: urkim@llu.edu
Clinical Summary
#Fellows/year: 1
#OLT/year (avg): 100-120
Use of TEE: Every case
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Encouraged, but not required
ROTEM/TEG: ROTEM
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days spent in OR as attending: 3 days/week if no transplants
Elective Rotations: N/A
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: N/A
Dedicated research time: 2 days/week
Publications: Encouraged, not required
More details: https://www.lluanesthesia.com/liver-transplant-anesthesia-fellows
Program Director: Spencer Liebman, MD
Contact: spencer.liebman@vcuhealth.org
Clinical Summary
#OLT/year (avg): 100+
#Fellows/year: 2
Use of TEE: Most Cases
Pathway for BASIC TEE Certification: Encouraged, but not required
ROTEM/TEG: TEG
Fellowship Summary
Recommended OLT/fellow: 50
Days Spent in OR as attending: Average 2 days/week
Rotations: Transplant Hepatology, ICU
Involvement in Selection Committee: Yes
Involvement in Preoperative Patient Assessment Clinic: Yes
Publications: Encouraged
Dedicated research time: 2-4 days/ month
Number of positions: 2 per year
Duration: 1 year
Description:
Our liver transplant anesthesia fellows work with an outstanding team of liver transplant anesthesiologists and surgeons at one of the busiest transplant centers in the country. Our anesthesia team consists of 14 faculty trained in liver transplant anesthesia and critical care. We perform close to 200 liver transplants per year, including 20-30 living donor transplants and 8-10 pediatric transplants. Patients are often acutely ill, with high MELD scores at the time of transplant.
In this unique non-ACGME fellowship, trainees split their time between working as the liver transplant anesthesia fellow and serving on faculty as an attending clinical instructor in the general OR (average 2 – 3 days/week in the main OR) and can work overtime hours in the general OR for additional pay. Our fellows participate in adult and pediatric deceased donor and living donor liver transplants, and adult live donor operations. Educational meetings include transplant selection committee meetings, transplant morbidity and mortality conference, and liver anesthesia journal club.
Our fellows are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one scholarly project during their year. Our group engages in several ongoing research, education, and quality improvement projects to which fellows may wish to contribute. Several fellows have published their fellow projects as first authors in peer-reviewed journals. Our fellowship prepares candidates for leadership positions in transplant centers and fulfills criteria required to become Director of Liver Transplant Anesthesia as put forward by the ASA.
Clinical responsibilities:
On designated fellow days, the fellow will be on call for liver transplants occurring day or night. Fellows will only take call until 7pm on evenings preceding an attending clinical instructor day. Fellows will take an average of two weekends per month of home call. Fellows will participate in 60-80 liver transplants during their fellowship year. Designated attending days will be spent providing anesthesia services for a wide range of cases in the general OR, either working alone or supervising residents and/or CRNAs.
Research opportunities:
During the fellowship year there is ample opportunity to participate in transplant research. Our group is currently conducting several large database projects and multiple randomized controlled trials. Our fellows are encouraged to attend and present at a liver transplant conference, such as the annual meetings of ILTS or SATA.
How to Apply:
We accept applications on a rolling basis starting January for the following year. (January 2022 for the academic year 2023/2024). Our fellowship positions for 2022/2023 have been filled already. Our fellows usually start their fellowship in July/August, but there is some flexibility regarding the individual start date. Please submit your CV, statement of interest (limit 500 words), and 3 letters of recommendation. Please submit your application via email to Dr. Dieter Adelmann (dieter.adelmann@ucsf.edu) and Dr. Kate Kronish (kate.kronish@ucsf.edu). Letter writers should email their recommendations directly to Dr. Adelmann.
We are looking forward to sharing more about our fellowship. Please reach out to us if you have any other questions regarding our program.
Dieter Adelmann, Liver Transplant Anesthesia Fellowship Director
Kate Kronish, Chief, Division of Liver Transplant Anesthesia