ICAHN School of Medicine – Mount Sinai Morningside – Cardiology Surgery – House Staff Fellow

Educational Goals and Objectives:

The Advanced Coronary Surgery fellowship at MSM is designed to train an individual in various aspects of state-of-the-art surgical coronary revascularization, It is a one-year fellowship after a formal 6-8 year cardiovascular/cardiothoracic surgery education and expects Advanced Coronary Surgery fellows to have full experience in all areas of general cardiovascular surgery prior to starting the Advanced Coronary Surgery fellowship. The ultimate goal of the Advanced Coronary Surgery training program is to teach the requisite cognitive and technical knowledge of state-of-the-art CABG in alt its forms, varieties and complexities. This includes indications and contraindications for the procedures, pre- and post-procedure care, management of complications, and analysis and interpretation of the hemodynamic, radiographic and angiographic data. The cardiac surgery operating rooms and cardiac surgery ICU at MSM provide an excellent platform for the teaching of the core knowledge bases of coronary anatomy, pathology, physiology, and pathophysiology that should be possessed by all dedicated coronary surgical specialists.

The progress of the Advanced Coronary Surgery Fellowship is monitored on a daily/weekly basis during the entire year by the Program Director/Chairman and the Fellow is expected to become fully proficient in performing all aspects of surgical coronary revascularization, such as the harvest of multiple arterial conduits, deployment of multiple arteries in complex arterial revascularization of the coronary circulation, proficiency in intraoperative Doppler graft assessment and ultrasonic imaging assessment of coronary conduits/anastomoses. mastery of techniques for cardiopulmonary bypass as they apply to CABG, the appropriate use of saphenous vein. conduits, minimizing aortic manipulation during both on-pump and off-pump CABG, techniques to minimize mortality/morbidity/infection during CABG, Hybrid Coronary Revascularization. The Advanced Coronary Fellow will scrub with the Program Director and other faculty cardiac surgeons on a routine basis, typically multiple times weekly, and be under the direct tutelage of the Program Director. The Fellow is expected to adopt the collaborative Heart Team culture of Mount Sinai Heart at Mount Sinai Morningside and interact with all faculty/staff in the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology and throughout the hospital respectfully and collaboratively. The Fellow is also expected to perform clinical research related to surgical coronary revascularization and to write articles in this field. Each Fellow will be assigned one or two clinical research projects to be completed during the fellowship year.

These will involve quasi- independent work under close supervision of the Program Director, other faculty members of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at MSM and their extramural collaborators.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by: 

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals, receiving high “Honor Roll” status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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