The number of case that occur each day can range from 0-5. There were only 3 days when I was there that there wasn't any cases. They only allow 1 student to rotate there at a time so if you go there plan on pumping a least 1 case a day. I got over 120 cases in the 6 months that I was there. There are 3 surgeons and 5 perfusionist. They make you take call 1 weekend a month and at least 1 day during the week. On call during the week means that if a surgeon has a to-follow case you would pump both cases. When pumping 2 case in 1 day you will usually be at the hospital from 6am until 8 or 9 at night. The perfusionist are very nice and always willing to help. They use the Terumo System 1 with a centrifugal arterial pump. They do not have a VAD or ECMO program. A typical day would be getting to the hospital around 6am and leaving around 4pm. They just acquired a liver transplant program so I was able to see 1 liver transplant. The surgeons for the liver transplant said they will typically not use veno-venous bypass but there is a perfusionist in the OR room during the surgery with the pump ready. Overall this was a very good site to do my first rotation and I learn alot.
Brian Perfette
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