Next available start date: July 2025/January 2026
The Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics at the University of British Columbia offers a 12-month Adult Cardiac Anesthesia and Echocardiography Fellowship based at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia. The Royal Jubilee Hospital is a busy tertiary care hospital that serves as the regional referral centre for Vancouver Island.
Our Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowship prepares fellows for independent cardiac anesthesia practice by providing an opportunity to develop skills in clinical care, judgment, teaching, and quality assurance. The strength of our educational program stems from our highly motivated team of cardiac anesthesiologists who provide comprehensive care in a wide variety of clinical settings including the cardiac operating rooms, the cardiac intensive care unit, and the interventional cardiology/electrophysiology labs. The team also provides direct clinical support to our non-cardiac anesthesiology colleagues for complex vascular and thoracic anesthesia cases and also provides perioperative transesophageal echo support for all operating rooms.
Each year, we perform approximately 700 cardiac surgical procedures utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass.
We offer a broad-based clinical experience including:
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- valve repair and replacement (sternotomy-based and minimally invasive)
- major aortic reconstructive surgery, including cases requiring deep hypothermic cardiac arrest
- laser lead extraction
- intra- and post-operative care for thoracic endovascular aneurysm repairs (TEVAR) including the placement and management of transvenous pacers and spinal drains
- comprehensive care in the cardiac ICU for patients recovering from cardiac surgery
- extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Transfemoral aortic valve replacements (TAVIs)
- transesophageal echo performance and interpretation for:
- all cardiac cases for which there is no contra-indication.
- non-cardiac operating rooms as indicated
- all cases requiring trans-septal puncture in the electrophysiology labs
Broader anesthetic skills will be developed and maintained by working in the non-cardiac operating rooms throughout the fellowship, an average of 1.5 days per week. Academic opportunities are available and cardiac fellows are expected to teach, pursue research or quality assurance endeavours, and to present at academic rounds and echo case rounds. 4 weeks of vacation and funding to attend a major cardiac anesthesia meeting are provided. Salary is $102,000 CAD annually.
Interested applicants can submit their curriculum vitae and a cover letter to: (electronic submissions are preferred):
Dr Steve Head, MD FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Therapeutics, University of British Columbia
Cardiac Fellowship Director, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria BC
1952 Bay Street
Victoria BC
V8R 1J8
email: steevhead@yahoo.ca,
Ph: 778-676-7330