Cardiac Anesthesiology & Perioperative Echocardiography

Overview

The Heart Center at St. Paul’s Hospital is the provincial referral centre for highly complex cardiac care, including heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, adult congenital procedures, laser lead extractions, and septal myectomies.

Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU)

St. Paul’s Hospital’s Cardiac Anesthesiologists are experts in managing these patients through extensive experience in the cardiac operating rooms, transesophageal echocardiography, and the cardiac surgical intensive care unit (CSICU).

In 2021, we performed:

  • Over 1000 open-heart surgeries,
  • 250 transcatheter valve implants,
  • 60 lead extractions,
  • 40 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) initiations,
  • 20-25 heart transplants,
  • 15-20 Ventricular assist device (VAD) implantations,
  • 5 Thoracic endovascular aortic repairs (TEVAR).

Fellowship Opportunities

Learn more about Fellowship opportunities or contact us at sph-anae.fellowships@ubc.ca

Currently Recruiting Research Studies

Bilateral paravertebral blockade for improvement of quality of recovery following cardiac surgery(P-QOR): A randomized controlled trial PI: Dr. Terri Sun

The efficacy of pecto-intercostal fascial plane catheters for reduction of sternal pain in cardiac surgery patients with complete median sternotomy: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial PI: Dr. Ron Ree and Dr. Tim Ting Han Jen

CODEX Trial: Cognitive outcomes after Dexmedetomidine sedation in cardiac surgery patients PI: Dr. Raja Rajamohan

Leadership

Dr. Anne-Marie Madden
Physician Lead, Cardiac Anesthesia
Dr. Matthew Coley
Physician Lead, Cardiac Surgery
Intensive Care Unit (CSICU)
Dr. Matthew Klas
Physician Lead, Trans-esophageal Echocardiography
Dr. Kevin Rondi:
Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Fellowships
Dr. Simon Bruce
Physician Lead, Cardiac Procedures (5CD)