Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology provides training in all aspects of pediatric anesthesia at both the resident and fellow level. It has the only ACGME accredited Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship training program in New York City and is the only full time pediatric anesthesia service in the metropolitan area. The operating room suite at Children’s Hospital of New York (CHONY, formerly Babies and Children’s Hospital) currently has eight operating rooms. All pediatric surgical specialties are represented including pediatric cardiac surgery, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric ENT, pediatric urology , pediatric orthopedics and others. The Division of Pediatric Anesthesia provides care for children requiring routine surgery and those who have tertiary care surgical problems. The cardiac surgical program is the largest program in New York. A very active neonatal intensive care unit receives neonates with surgical conditions from the tri-state area. In addition to cases in the operating rooms, the Division of Pediatric Anesthesia also provides care in the Diagnostic and Intervention Imaging Suite and the Pediatric Endoscopy Suite each day.  In 2006, our Division provided approximately 9000 anesthetics in pediatric patients.

The Pediatric Pain Management team is staffed by members of the pediatric anesthesia faculty, and provides care for children with acute and chronic pain conditions.

Faculty

Lena Sun, MD, Director, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology,
Program Director, Pediatric Fellowship Training Program,
Vice Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology
Robert Kazim, MD, Associate Director and Clinical Coordinator
Riva Akerman, MD, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Fellowship Training Program
Anthony Clapcich, MD, Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Manon Hache, MD, Director, Pediatric Trauma Anesthesia
Heidi Jerome, MD, Medical Director, CHONY Diagnostic & Imaging Suite
Amy Jonassen, MD, Medical Director, Children’s Hospital of New York Operating Rooms
Tatiana Kubacki, MD, Director, Pediatric Bariatric Surgical Anesthesia
Susumu Ohkawa, MD
Leila Pang, MD, Residency Program Director, Department of Anesthesiology
John Saroyan, MD
Neeta Saraiya, MD, Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant
William Schechter, MD, Director, Pediatric Pain Medicine
Johanna Schwarzenberger, MD, Director, Pediatric Imaging and Offsite Anesthesia
Arthur Smerling, MD
Olson Wu, MD

Case Conference/Journal Club

Fridays, 7:00-7:30 a.m.
CHONY Conference Room, CHN 4-441

Conferences are based on cases in the operating room. The Conference uses either a case discussion, or journal review format. Reading material is distributed electronically prior to the conference. All residents, fellows and faculty participate in this conference.

Pediatric Anesthesia Fellows’ Conference

Thursdays, 8:00 – 9:00 am
CHONY Conference Room, CHN 4- 441

Members of the faculty present and discuss topics with the fellows. The curriculum is based on the fellowship curriculum submitted to the ACGME. All residents are invited to attend this conference.

Pediatric Subspecialty Conference

Tuesdays 7:00 – 7:30 am

CHONY Conference Room, CHN 4-441

The conference covers topic in pediatric cardiac anesthesia, pediatric pain, pediatric transplant and pediatric trauma

Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Every first Monday morning of the month 6:45-7:30 a.m.
CHONY Conference Room, CHN 4-441

Pediatric Anesthesia Research Meeting

Every second Wednesday of the month at 3 PM
CHONY Conference Room, CHN 4-441