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Dr. Michael Ramsay, the Program Director of the Anesthesia for Major Organ Transplantation Fellowship.
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Program Information
How to Apply
For more information about the Anesthesia for Major Organ Transplantation Fellowship, or to request an application, please contact:

Michael A.E. Ramsay, M.D.
Program Director
Anesthesia for Major Organ Transplantation Fellowship

Baylor University Medical Center
3500 Gaston Avenue
Dallas, TX 75246
Tel: (214) 820-3296
Fax: (214) 820-6612
E-mail: docram@BaylorHealth.edu

 
Baylor University Medical Center
Anesthesia for Major Organ Transplantation Surgery
Clinical Component

Fellows receive one-on-one instruction on anesthetic techniques for patients undergoing liver, heart and lung transplants and multi-organ transplants. More than 160 liver transplants and 20 heart transplants and single-lung transplants are performed at Baylor each year.

At the end of the program, fellows will be able to plan and implement anesthesia techniques for patients undergoing transplant surgery, and later monitor these high-risk patients. The training emphasizes the full range of anesthesia techniques and monitoring modalities that optimize perioperative care.

Fellows also become a vital component of the organ bank harvest team, providing excellent informed management of donors throughout the region and allowing marginal donors to be acceptable candidates for transplantation.

Fellows attend weekly anesthesia conferences, which include visiting professors, morbidity and mortality meetings, and case conferences. Fellows are encouraged to make presentations during these conferences.

   
Scientific Component
The goal of this part of the program is for the fellow to develop a clinical research project. For fellows who train in the program for more than six months, the research project includes the study design, submission to the Institutional Review Board, and execution and analysis of data. The results of the study are presented at a national meeting and published in a recognized national journal.

A staff member consults with fellows at weekly research meetings about the project. Fellows here less than six months are expected to assist in research projects and, if time allows, develop their own ideas. Case reports are always encouraged.