BWH Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Program

Welcome from our Program Director

Thank you for your interest in the Brigham and Women's Adult Cardiothoracic Fellowship program. We are truly proud of the fellowship experience we have developed at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Our program is committed to the highest quality medical care in an intellectually stimulating environment. The BWH Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Division has renowned faculty who are dedicated to teaching, seek to nurture the talents of our fellows so that they will achieve competency in all areas, and are committed to training leaders in the field of cardiothoracic anesthesiology. We are fortunate to have an unmatched diversity in cardiothoracic surgical cases, an advanced structural heart program, and a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiography and research curricula, enabling our fellows to achieve their potential as physicians, procedural echocardiographers, and researchers.

Please find more information about our curriculum and facilities on this website. We look forward to hearing from you.

Lauren Cornella, MD
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director

Overview

The Adult Cardiothoracic fellowship is structured to provide fellows with a comprehensive perioperative clinical experience balanced with formal didactics, conferences and research. Fellows should develop sufficient depth of understanding and proficiency in the perioperative evaluation, management and follow-up of complex cardiothoracic and structural heart patients so they can serve as expert consultants to our surgical, medical and anesthesiology colleagues.

Curriculum

The Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital offers education to the fellows both in the operating room and lecture room setting.

The didactic curriculum includes:

• Cardiac Anesthesia lecture series
• Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) lectures and Case Review
• Clinician Research Scientist Curriculum
• Quarterly Boston Area Combined Echo Conference
• Multidisciplinary (CT Surgeons, Cardiologists, Intensivists, CT Anesthesiologists) Cardiac Complex Conferences
• Advanced structural heart team meetings
• Anesthesia Grand Rounds
• Journal Club
• Advanced Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Certification preparation

Clinical Experience

The cardiac and thoracic anesthesia services of Brigham and Women’s Hospital provide perioperative care to approximately 4,000 surgical patients each year.  This provides our fellows with a comprehensive patient care experience in the full spectrum of health conditions related to cardiovascular and thoracic disorders.

Clinical fellowship rotations:

• 7 months on Cardiac Anesthesia
• 6 weeks on Thoracic Anesthesia
• 2 two-week rotations on an Intensive Perioperative Echocardiography rotation
• 2 two-week rotations in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

2 two-week elective rotations include but are not limited to:

• Transthoracic Echocardiography
• Inpatient/Outpatient cardiology or pulmonary medicine
• Invasive cardiology
• Adult congenital cardiology service
• Medical or surgical ICU
• Extracorporeal perfusion technology
• Pediatric CT anesthesia
• Focused academic project
• Private practice cardiac anesthesia

How to Apply

This training program will merge with the MGH Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship for a single integrated MGB training program. Recruitment will begin in late 2026 for positions scheduled to start 7/1/2028. Please click the green button at the top of this page to learn more about the inaugural integrated fellowship and how to apply.

Program contacts

Lauren Cornella, MD
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Program Director
lcornella@bwh.harvard.edu

Chinyere Archie, MBBS
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Associate Program Director
carchie1@bwh.harvard.edu

Gabriela Querejeta Roca, MD
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Associate Program Director
gquerejetaroca@mgb.org

Aymee Beaudoin
Fellowship Program Manager
abeaudoin1@bwh.harvard.edu