I was at Washington Hospital Center from June until January, I pumped 118 cases and had 40 opCAB or Trans-apical/trans-femoral. The staff is great, they are willing to help you out with anything. There are 11 perfusionists (you only work with 5 or 6 of them) the average day was show up at the hospital between 6 and 6:30 set up and get ready for your case. You must be ready because the cardiac team is very fast (example AVR on bypass 50 min, CABGx4 on bypass 45 min, HeartWare HVAD implant, on bypass 62 min). If you are the only student there you can get in at least 2 cases per day. If there are two students there you can get 2 in if you want to stay later. Overall an excellent site. The staff is very interested in the latest technology and is open minded enough to look at other products and materials to achieve better patient outcomes. On Tuesday mornings you are able to go the their cardiac conferences which are very informative. Great rotation site would recommend it to anyone.
I started at Johns Hopkins Hospital just over a week ago. It is so much different. It is a teaching hospital with many medical student and fellows. The cases are much longer and the variety of cases are more in depth. They use roller pumps. You will spend a lot more time at Hopkins, the student MUST be in the OR before 6am! You are also required to pump 2 cases per day. Depending on the day you could get out anywhere between 6pm and 8pm. The staff is very helpful and willing to help you in anyway. I look forward to the remainder of my time at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Gregory Kitchen
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