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Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology provides training in all aspects of ediatric anesthesia at both the resident and fellow level. The operating room suite at Children’s Hospital of New York (formerly Babies and Children’s Hospital) currently has eight operating rooms. All surgical specialties are represented. The children served have both primary care and tertiary care surgical problems. Our Division is the only full time pediatric anesthesia service in the metropolitan area. 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. Approximately 7000 pediatric procedures are performed each year. In addition to cases in the operating rooms, there are one to three sites outside the operating room where our division provides anesthesia services each day. These sites include the MRI suite, neurointerventional radiology, radiation therapy, interventional radiology and cardiac catheterization laboratory. We also run an Acute Pain Pediatric Service, and a small chronic pain clinic.

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

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

Monday afternoon, 5:00-6:00 p.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.

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Conference

Alternate Wednesday morning, 7:00-7:30 a.m.
Babies Conference Room, BN 441

Topics related to children with heart disease are presented at this conference. Reading material is distributed before the conference. All residents are invited to attend this conference.

Pediatric Pain Service Conference

Alternate Wednesday morning, 7:00 — 7:30 a.m.
Babies Conference Room, BN 441

Morbidity and Mortality Conference

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

Pediatric Anesthesia Research Meeting

Every second Wednesday of the month at 3 PM
Babies Conference Room, BN 441