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Fellowship in Regional Anesthesia

Fellowship Description

Substantial orthopedic surgery volume and a number of ongoing basic and clinical research projects at the St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, promise a unique experience for recent anesthesiology residency graduates wishing to expand their knowledge and skills in regional anesthesia. Regional anesthesia comprises over 95% of our busy orthopedic surgery service at St. Luke's-Roosevelt. In addition to various techniques of spinal, thoracic/lumbar epidural, combined spinal-epidural anesthesia, our program is especially recognized for its expertise in peripheral nerve blocks. Thus, during this fellowship, major emphasis is placed on use of nerve blocks techniques (sciatic, popliteal, saphenous, lumbar plexus, paravertebral, etc.) for both surgical anesthesia and postoperative pain management.

	Takashige Iwata, MD Clinical Anesthesia Fellow, 2006-present

	Daquan Xu, MB, MSc Research Anesthesia Fellow, 2006-present

	Bonnie Deschner, MD Regional Anesthesia Fellow, 2005-2006

	Steve Deschner, MD Research Anesthesia Fellow, 2005-2006

	Lakshmanasamy Somasundaram, MD Research Anesthesia Fellow, 2005-present It has been an experience, working with Dr. Hadzic and the rest of the Research team. Being involved in an exciting field like Regional Anesthesia has given me a serious insight & interest into how much can be done as the field evolves into a more standardized and accepted form of anesthesia among patients and practitioners alike. I will definitely value this education and hopefully be involved in it as a clinician and researcher as well, in the future. "

	Tony Tsai, MD Regional Anesthesia Fellow, 2005 "The increasing demand of regional anesthesia has made my training at St. Luke's-Roosevelt very valuable and has put me in a position to excel no matter where I work. As such I am very grateful to Dr. Hadzic and the entire Department of Anesthesiology, without whom I would not be where I am today."

	Shruti Shah, MD, FCPS Clinical Research Fellow, 2003-2004 "My fellowship in regional anesthesia has changed my perspectives in anesthesiology practice and patient care."

	Alex Visan, MD Clinical Regional Fellow, 2002-2003

	Emine Pelin Kurc, MD Clinical Research Fellow, 2001-2003

	Beklen Kerimoglu, MD Clinical Research Fellow, 2001-2003

	Marina Yufa, MD, PhD Regional Anesthesia Fellow (2001-2002) "My fellowship in regional anesthesia has completely changed the way I see my specialty. For one I know that I have become a much better and more competent clinician after a mere two months into the training."

	Ewa Lew, MD Regional Anesthesia Fellow (2000-2001) Graduated in 1993, Medical School of Medical Academy of Gdansk, Poland Internship and anesthesia residency completed in 2000 Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York Commenced regional anesthesia fellowship at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in July, 2000 (elew@nyc.rr.com) "The fellowship in regional anesthesia at St. Luke's-Roosevelt has been a real eye-opener. I have come to realize that if one wants to practice the full scope of regional anesthesia, a dedicated fellowship in regional anesthesia is simply a must. The scope of peripheral nerve block procedures and their sophistication is simply too wide to be successfully mastered during a residency program. It is also fascinating and very gratifying to see that the majority of orthopedic, hand, podiatry, breast, hernia and many other procedures can be managed with regional blocks with an excellent patient and surgeon satisfaction."

	Pawel Flis, MD, CA-1 resident (class of 1999) performing an infraclavicular block in a patient undergoing hand surgery.

	Heng Jiang, MD, a CA-3 resident (class of 1999) performing an interscalene brachial block in patient scheduled to undergo shoulder surgery (rotator cuff repair). She knows that a meticulous attention to the detail and proper position of the hands are a must for consistent success rate with peripheral nerve blocks.

	Musa N. Aner, MD. Chief resident in anesthesiology. (Class of 1997) "Regional anesthesia is an indispensable anesthetic modality for a wide variety of surgical indications. The sound teaching, extensive exposure and hands-on performance to a wide range of regional techniques at St. Luke's-Roosevelt, have vastly broaden my abilities as an anesthesiologist. The regional techniques I have learned here made me more flexible and capable of offering more anesthetic options even for the most complicated patients. For me, nerve blocks and regional anesthesia techniques are priceless additions to any anesthesiologist's anesthetic armamentarium."

	Soumakieh Mohamed, MD. CA-3 resident in anesthesiology. (Class of 1997) "At St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital you do not expect anything but state of the art Regional Anesthesia. Having interviewed in many institutions for my fellowship, I was proud to find that the practice and scope of regional anesthesia and peripheral nerve block techniques at St. Luke's-Roosevelt outstanding. I am very grateful to be trained here and acquire regional anesthesia skills in an environment where our regional anesthesiologists are not only great practitioners but also excellent teachers."

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