Cardiac cases

[cfdavid]

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Do you need a special fellowship or certification training to do complex heart cases (like open heart bypass surgery or aortic anheurysm cases??)?

Do gas docs tend to specialize in such cases, nontheless?

 

[UTSouthwestern]

Do you need a special fellowship or certification training to do complex heart cases (like open heart bypass surgery or aortic anheurysm cases??)?

Do gas docs tend to specialize in such cases, nontheless?

You do not need fellowship if you have trained sufficiently in residency, but the majority that do cardiac cases do have fellowship training, especially for TEE certification.

Pediatric hearts should be done by someone fellowship trained in pedi anesthesiology because it is a totally different ball of wax.

 

[Gator05]

I'd also opine that many cardiac fellowships contain a good amount of pediatric cardiac experience. That said, there are a few "dedicated" pediatric cardiac anesthesia programs, for post-fellowship persons, avail at Texas and Boston Children's. CHOP and several others will offer a strong curriculum if so interested.

 

[cloud9]

I'd also opine that many cardiac fellowships contain a good amount of pediatric cardiac experience. That said, there are a few "dedicated" pediatric cardiac anesthesia programs, for post-fellowship persons, avail at Texas and Boston Children's. CHOP and several others will offer a strong curriculum if so interested.

opine--tight word choice, yo. 👍