Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Started by divinemsm
divinemsm said:
Not usually necessary. I finished my residency and went right into a very busy cardiovascular practice along with all other general anesthesia cases. I really don't see the need for a fellowship unless you didn't get to do many in training.
divinemsm said:
Many fellowships available, but it is not ACGME recognized like pain or ccm.
....thanks for the replies...the next question is then, does the fact that the fellowships are not ACGME recognized lend them less " legitimacy " so to speak? Is it generally accepted within the field that you segue into this specialty mainly by experience alone ?
although not acgme recognized...many jobs require them...go figure.
The training, aside from its obvious benefits in providing in depth cardiac experience, is a good mark to have on your CV and as Military said, some places require it to practice CV anesthesia. I did the CA-3 kind of cardiac fellowship and found the TEE training and the understanding of CV physiology needed to make sense of TEE to be invaluable.
UTSouthwestern said:
UT brings up a good point. I did 6 months of pain in residency and when I was finished I was ready to practice it in the private world. I did 40% pain in my first job and I don't care to do any more. But thats another thread. If you can do an extended period of time in one field CV, peds, whatever, during your 3 years, then you may not need to do a fellowship. I don't think you need a whole year to learn CV etc. But if there is a board cert exam in the specialty(ie: pain) , you won't be able to sit for it without a fellowship.
