DMC interview cards – Flashcards

Our overall goal is to graduate board-certified anesthesiologists capable of practicing in any setting and serving as consultants in a variety of subspecialties. In our department, we provide an environment that promotes the acquisition of the knowledge, skills, clinical judgment, and attitudes essential to the practice of anesthesiology. We teach our residents to work effectively as members of a health care team.

98% Written Board passing rate 85% Oral Board Passing rate How do residents prepare for board exams are there prep classes offered throughout the year, is it merely through didactics offered?

58% of DMC grads go to Fellowships: Pain 38% Cardiac 8% Critical Care 5% Pediatric 5% Regional 2% Are all grads matching into fellowships offered at DMC or are they also matching at other outside programs

Ask about research and what kind of research is done

What is involved in the medical consult services rotation?/ What do you do on medical consult services rotation?

Dr. Chidiac is a Board-Certified Anesthesiologist who completed his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Chidiac's major research interests are in regional anesthesia procedures, which include peripheral nerve blocks for upper and lower extremity surgeries and continuous peripheral nerve blocks with indwelling catheters and disposable pumps. Program Director, DMC/WSU Residency Program Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine

Ask about pain fellowship program at DMC Ask about how many regional blocks we will get to perform Ask about opportunities for clinical research

Dr. Jeffrey K. Clark is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist in both Anesthesia and Critical Care. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, and fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. Interim Specialist In-Chief, Department of Anesthesiology Director of Cardiac Cath and Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab Director, Anesthesia Medical Education Associate Clinical Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Medicine

Ask about TEE and other cardiac procedures performed during training Ask about didactics, board prep, and fellowship

Dr. Yeldo is a Board-Certified Anesthesiologist who completed internship and residency at Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He also holds board certifications in Critical Care Medicine and Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and completed both fellowships at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Yeldo's research and other interests include resident education, blood transfusion protocols in cardiac surgery and application of resident simulation in operative and critical care settings.

Dr. Romeo Kaddoum is a Board-Certified Anesthesiologist who completed his Anesthesia residency at the DMC/WSU program and a fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesia at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Kaddoum's current areas of research interest include: resident implementation of the ACC/AHA guidelines on preoperative cardiac evaluation and effects of polysubstance abuse in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.

Ask about research opportunities at DMC Ask about cardiac anesthesia and how to optimize pt outcomes Ask about how best to care for cardiac pts

Dr. Pallekonda is a Board-Certified physician in Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine. He finished his Internal Medicine training at Henry Ford Hospital after which he served as the Director of the Cardiology Telemetry Floor there. He subsequently finished his Heart Failure/Transplant and Critical Care fellowships at Stanford University School of Medicine. He then returned to Michigan and completed his Anesthesiology residency at University of Michigan. His academic interests are peri-operative heart failure outcomes, perioperative simulation, and cardiac imaging in the perioperative period.

Ask about cardiothoracic anesthesia and how to best optimize patient care

Dr. Chakrabortty is a Board Certified Anesthesiologist and Board Certified Pain Medicine Physician. He completed his Anesthesiology residency at the Wayne State University and Pain Medicine Fellowship at University of Michigan. He has a Ph.D. in Neurosurgery and has authored many publications, which have been printed in international peer reviewed Journals. Dr. Chakrabortty's areas of clinical interest include chronic pain, neuropathic pain, facial pain, radiofrequency ablation, neuromodulation, intrathecal drug delivery, discography and kyphoplasty. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Associate Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship, DMC/Wayne State Universary

Ask about pain fellowship and pain medicine Ask about karmanos pain medicine opportunities