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Soleus said:
Just wanted to receive everyone's opinion on the top programs for Cardiac Anesthesia fellowship training, reputation, and high complexity of cases.

The names I've heard thrown out include Cleveland Clinic, Stanford, UCSF, Wash U among others. I'll be applying for Cardiac Anesthesia fellowship a year from now and was curious what people working at some of these and other programs thought.
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Anecdotal from me, but I've heard anesthesia programs like Emory, Duke and Texas Heart as having exceptional CT Anesthesia training...

D712
 
Don't forget about Mayo Rochester.

I don't know the numbers but the schedule sure looks full every day.
 
Things may have changed in the year since I graduated, but UCSF did not even have a cardiac anesthesia fellowship program. There was definitely a lot of complex peds hearts but the adult side had a lot to hope for. We got most of our case numbers by spending a month at Kaiser SF.
 
Sorry for bumping an old thread.

I'm a Canadian interested in US CT anesthesia and had question regarding Washington University vs University of Washington.

Looking at SCA, it seems like Washington University is the larger center with more cases? Anyone with experience at these centers able to comment on the CT training? Thanks.
 
Soleus said:
Just wanted to receive everyone's opinion on the top programs for Cardiac Anesthesia fellowship training, reputation, and high complexity of cases.

The names I've heard thrown out include Cleveland Clinic, Stanford, UCSF, Wash U among others. I'll be applying for Cardiac Anesthesia fellowship a year from now and was curious what people working at some of these and other programs thought.
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UCSF may be a great residency, but it doesn't necessarily follow that the fellowships are good. I'm not sure our CT fellowship is even accredited. We generally only get our own residents who need to stay in the area as CT fellowship candidates. Same for peds.
 
Hey guys I am a CA-1, strongly considering cardiac. What will help me successfully match into a well respected cardiac program? How do fellowship programs judge/rank candidates?

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bkell101 said:
Hey guys I am a CA-1, strongly considering cardiac. What will help me successfully match into a well respected cardiac program? How do fellowship programs judge/rank candidates?

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I interview residents for a competitive peds anesthesia fellowship. I look at-
In service exam scores.
USMLE scores.
Chief or not.
Research, publications, additional rotations, or other proof of real interest in the specialty.
Research potential.
Leadership potential.
LORs, specifically what may not be said in the letter. What they don't say can be more important than what they say.
Military service history.
Residency. I don't decide who to invite for an interview, but the big name programs are certainly overrepresented in the interview pool. There are a couple programs that we don't interview from at all because of previous problems and evidence of marginal clinical training.

Interview- attitude, motivation, career goals, ease of articulation of goals, realistic research ideas if applicable, future partner potential
 
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IlDestriero said:
...There are a couple programs that we don't interview from at all because of previous problems and evidence of marginal clinical training.

Interview- attitude, motivation, career goals, ease of articulation of goals, realistic research ideas if applicable, future partner potential
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Are you able to say which programs you dont offer interviews to their graduates?
That would be helpful!! 🙂
(for those of us considering where to go for residency in the first place, a bunch of people talk about those good programs that might help get a fellowship interview and argue over that, but no one really talks about where you won't get good training... seems liek a better discussion to have than all the "please rank these top programs" 🙄 )
 
IlDestriero said:
I interview residents for a competitive peds anesthesia fellowship. I look at-
In service exam scores.
USMLE scores.
Chief or not.
Research, publications, additional rotations, or other proof of real interest in the specialty.
Research potential.
Leadership potential.
LORs, specifically what may not be said in the letter. What they don't say can be more important than what they say.
Military service history.
Residency. I don't decide who to invite for an interview, but the big name programs are certainly overrepresented in the interview pool. There are a couple programs that we don't interview from at all because of previous problems and evidence of marginal clinical training.

Interview- attitude, motivation, career goals, ease of articulation of goals, realistic research ideas if applicable, future partner potential
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What about their posting status on SDN? :laugh:

Seriously, though - that is a very helpful list. Thanks for sharing!
 
periopdoc said:
What are your post-fellowship plans? The best CT Fellowship for a person looking for an academic clinical career is different than the best one for a person looking for a academic research career is different than the best one for a person looking to go into a private practice heart hospital is different for than the best one for a person looking to be "the heart guy" in BFE.

I went to the best CT fellowship in the country (for me and my plans of being "the heart guy" in BFE), but it would be almost a worthless fellowship if you were planning on an academic research career.

Generally speaking any of the places you listed would serve you fine, it is more a matter of where you fit in with your personality and plans. I personally would stay away from the MGH, BWH, Duke institutions because I would not work well in what appear to be very hierarchical systems, but that is just my personality.

- pod
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Somnus Tuto said:
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Anyone have any reviews of BWH CT anesthesia program? Couldn't really find anything about the daily schedule or what a day in the life of a fellow is like up there. On paper that program's number's looks fantastic, I just don't like it when a program hides their fellows and tells you very little about the program. Just wondering about call schedule, hours, ICU months, ECHO teaching, etc. Other program I'm interested in is probably Texas Heart which I've only heard good things about in every regard.
 
Diet Dr Pepper said:
Anyone have any reviews of BWH CT anesthesia program? Couldn't really find anything about the daily schedule or what a day in the life of a fellow is like up there. On paper that program's number's looks fantastic, I just don't like it when a program hides their fellows and tells you very little about the program. Just wondering about call schedule, hours, ICU months, ECHO teaching, etc. Other program I'm interested in is probably Texas Heart which I've only heard good things about in every regard.
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Having been through the process a few years back, I don't think you can go wrong with any of the Harvard programs. Alot of the major players in echo teach at these programs.
 
Diet Dr Pepper said:
Anyone have any reviews of BWH CT anesthesia program? Couldn't really find anything about the daily schedule or what a day in the life of a fellow is like up there. On paper that program's number's looks fantastic, I just don't like it when a program hides their fellows and tells you very little about the program. Just wondering about call schedule, hours, ICU months, ECHO teaching, etc. Other program I'm interested in is probably Texas Heart which I've only heard good things about in every regard.
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One of the old chief's at my residency program left to do his cardiac fellowship at the Brigham and came back as an attending and was bulletproof. I can't remember all the specifics but I know he told me he was happy and had a great experience there.
 
krodUT said:
One of the old chief's at my residency program left to do his cardiac fellowship at the Brigham and came back as an attending and was bulletproof. I can't remember all the specifics but I know he told me he was happy and had a great experience there.
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When you apply for cardiac fellowship do they see your ca2 ITE scores or is it just your ca1 scores if you apply early right when sf march opens? Do they ever ask for those ca2 scores??
 
Diet Dr Pepper said:
When you apply for cardiac fellowship do they see your ca2 ITE scores or is it just your ca1 scores if you apply early right when sf march opens? Do they ever ask for those ca2 scores??
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Applications for cardiac opened up January 1 for my year and I had my apps mailed out at that time. Every program received all my stuff months before I took the CA2 ITE. This can be good or bad depending on your situation but I'm sure you could update your application if you'd like. No program that I remember asked me for my CA2 ITE.
 
Diet Dr Pepper said:
When you apply for cardiac fellowship do they see your ca2 ITE scores or is it just your ca1 scores if you apply early right when sf march opens? Do they ever ask for those ca2 scores??
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ccf asked for ITE 2 but they were the only one
 
For people who do the decisions or for those who've matched at a top program (i.e. practical views, not rumor): What percentile and scaled score makes someone a 'strong candidate?'
 
Diet Dr Pepper said:
Where did you apply? I did really well this year and would be nice to let my hair down
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Bwh, duke, ccf, bi, MGH, nw, uw, u Chicago, penn, Hopkins, ucsd ....doesn't guarantee they won't ask for it next year.

Feel free to pm me if you have any questions about application process, match day isn't until June 15 though
 
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