Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine

Key Facts

(as of 12/1/2010)

Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Service Locations
CHOP Main ORs	18
ORs in 3 Ambulatory Surgery Centers	7
Cardiac ORs	3
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories	2
"Traveling" general teams per day to staff: Interventional Radiology, MRI, CT scan, NICU, Sedation Unit, Oncology Day Hospital, GI, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy Lithotripsy, ERCP, PET Scan	3-4
"Traveling" cardiac teams per day to staff: Diagnostic areas and 16 Affiliated Hospital NICUs	2
The Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment:
LDRPs	8
Obstetric ORs	2
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)	55 beds
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)	26 beds

Patient Volumes (year ending 6/30/2010)
	Cases/Year
Total Anesthetics	29,810
General Anesthesia Service	26,962
Fetal Surgeries/deliveries	310
Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Service/Cardiac Center	~3,000
Open heart	500
Closed heart	420
Cardiology (diagnostic and interventional)	~1,400
Pain Service Annual Patient Days	~3,800
Critical Care Medicine
PICU Annual Patient Days	14,291
CICU Annual Patient Days	7,696
Progressive Care Annual Patient Days	5,588

General Anesthesia Division; Jeffrey M. Feldman MD, Director
Anesthesiology faculty (includes Pain Service)	37
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellows assigned per day	8-9
Rotating Core Anesthesiology Residents	9
CRNAs	14
CRNPs (pre-anesthesia and post-anesthesia patient care)	14
OR Anesthesia Technicians	16

Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Division; Susan C Nicolson, MD, Director
Anesthesiology Faculty (MD)	8
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellows assigned per day (4 to 5 per year in a six month Cardiac Anesthesia track)	3-4
CRNAs	4
CT Anesthesia Technicians	5

Critical Care Medicine Division; Robert A. Berg, MD, Director
Critical Care Faculty (MD)	26
Fellows in a three-year program	15

Graduate Medical Education and Departmental Didactic Program
Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship: Alan Jay Schwartz, MD MSEd, Program Director
Fellows in a one- or two-year program (rotate between General and Cardiac services)	12
Resident teaching conference Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 6:45-7:15 a.m. Fellows conference Tuesday (weekly), 6:30-7:15 a.m.; Wednesday (1-2/month), 4:30-5:30 p.m. Grand Rounds, Research Conference and Departmental Teaching Conferences Thursday 6:30-8:00 a.m. Daily Cardiac Anesthesia teaching conference 4-5 p.m.

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship: Wynne Morrison, MD, Program Director
Fellows in a three-year program	15
Daily Critical Care Medicine teaching conferences Fellow Case Conference Tuesday: 12-1 p.m. Professor Rounds Wednesday: 8-9 a.m. PICU CQI Thursday: 1-2:30 p.m.

Ronald Litman, DO, Director, General Anesthesia Research
David Jobes, MD, Director Cardiac Anesthesia Research
Robert Berg, MD, Director, Critical Care Medicine Research
Vinay Nadkarni, MD, Director, Center for Simluation, Advanced Education, and Innovation
Jeffrey Silber, MD, PhD, Director, Center for Outcomes Research
Research Staff: The departmental clinical research program is supported by a team of 15 Research Coordinators and Research Assistants.

Gordon Barr, PhD, Director, Basic Science Research
William J Greeley, MD, MBA, Director, Central Nervous System and Cardiopulmonary Bypass Core
Rita Valentino, PhD, Director, Pain and Stress Neurobiology Core

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Physician Referral Service: 1-800-879-2467
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