The 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 with dedicated full time faculty in pediatric anesthesia in the NYC metropolitan area. The operating room suite at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York (MSCHONY, 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. In 2011, our Division provided close to 10,000 anesthetics to pediatric patients.

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

The Division of Pediatric Anesthesia has active programs in both basic and clinical research. It is currently the coordinating site for the multi-site Pediatric Anesthesia Neuro Development Assessment (PANDA) study that will investigate the neuro developmental outcome following exposure to general anesthesia during infancy.

Faculty

Lena Sun, MD, Emanuel M. Papper Professor of Anesthesiology 
and Vice Chair, Department of Anesthesiology 
Chief, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and
Program Director, Pediatric Fellowship Training Program 
Department of Anesthesiology 
Gracie Almeida-Chen, MD
Anthony Clapcich, MD, Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Manon Hache, MD, Director, Pediatric Trauma Anesthesia 
Caleb Ing, MD 
Heidi Jerome, MD, Medical Director, CHONY Diagnostic & Imaging Suite 
Amy Jonassen, MD, Medical Director, Children’s Hospital of New York Operating Rooms
Robert Kazim, MD, Vice Chair of Pediatric Clinical Affairs and Clinical Director, Pediatric Anesthesia Division  
Riva Ko, MD, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Fellowship Training Program
Tatiana Kubacki, MD, Director, Pediatric Bariatric Surgical Anesthesia
Susan Lei, MD
Susumu Ohkawa, MD, Director, Pediatric Regional Anesthesia
Leila Pang, MD, Residency Program Director & Vice Chairman of Education, Department of Anesthesiology
Teeda Pinyavat, MD
Neeta Saraiya, MD, Director, Pediatric Solid Organ Transplantation
John Saroyan, MD, Associate Director, Pediatric Palliative Care
William Schechter, MD, Director, Pediatric Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
Arthur Smerling, MD

Case Conference/Journal Club/Morning Report
Friday morning, 7:00-7:30 a.m.
Babies Conference Room, BN 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 prior to the conference. All residents, fellows and faculty participate in this conference.

Pediatric Anesthesia Fellows’ Conference
Thursday morning, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. 
Babies Conference Room, BN 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.

Resident Conference
Tuesday morning, 7:00-7:30 a.m.
Babies Conference Room, BN 441
Topics outlined in the new ABA Pediatric Anesthesiology Examination are presented by fellows to the residents as a part of their didactic curriculum during the rotation.

Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Every first Monday morning of the month 6:45-7:30 a.m.
Babies Conference Room, BN 441

For further information, write or contact:
Ms. Vicki Risser
Administrative Assistant
Columbia University
Department of Anesthesiology
622 West 168th Street PH-5
New York, NY 10032
Tel: 212-305-2413
Email: vr2274@columbia.edu

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