DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY ANNUAL REPORT

EDUCATION
Catherine K. Lineberger, M.D.
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor of
Anesthesiology
It is a pleasure to once again summarize
the many contributions our faculty
and residents and fellows contribute in
the arena of education. One of the
three major charges of any academic
Department, our educational mission
has thrived in 2000.
Graduate Medical Education
Internship
In the year 2000 match we matched our
third group of interns. The internship
was established in the 1998-1999 academic
year to meet the needs of applicants
to our program that wished to
pursue the entire postgraduate education
curriculum in one location. Each
year we have enrolled eight interns,
and the program continues under the
capable leadership of the Assistant
Program Director, John B. Eck, M.D.
The internship is a rotating internship
designed to meet the educational
needs of future anesthesiologists. It is a
unique program at Duke, and unlike
many transitional internships, is limited
to interns who plan anesthesia careers
at Duke. The internship emphasizes
general medicine, surgery and pedi-
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atrics, with a particular emphasis on
critical care medicine. Interns rotate
through nine mandatory rotations and
have elective opportunities as well.
Notable events regarding the
internship include the addition of an
anesthesiology rotation as a required
rotation. The interns, in conjunction
with Dr. Eck, decide what aspects of
our Department they would like to feature,
and the rotation is constructed
accordingly. Some of the interns have
opted to spend valuable time on the
acute pain service, or have gained
experience with starting IVs, basic intubation
and airway skills, etc. The
hyperbaric medicine elective continues
to be popular, and gives the interns an
exposure to one of the unique aspects
of the Department.
The faculty have now had the
opportunity to work with two classes
of graduates from our internship. These
interns have had the benefit of knowledge
of the institution and colleagues
from other departments, and have the
appropriate medical knowledge for the
specialty of anesthesiology. In addition,
our interns' performance on the medicine,
surgery, emergency medicine and
pediatric services has been evaluated
quite favorably. This was evidenced in
2000 when the Department of Medicine
looked to our Department for intern
support of its plan to add a team on the
General Medicine Service at Durham
Regional Hospital.
Residency
In May of 2000 the anesthesiology
residency, critical care fellowship and
pain fellowship underwent their respective
reviews by the Anesthesiology
Residency Review Committee of the
Accreditation Council for Graduate
Medical Education. The quality of all
three programs was affirmed by the
ACGME's decision to accord continued
full accreditation status to the three programs.
Preparation for these reviews is
a time-consuming process and the contributions
of Christopher C. Young,
M.D., FCCM, Joel S. Goldberg, M.D.,
John B. Eck, M.D., Catherine K.
Lineberger, M.D., Ms. Patsy Clifton,
Ms. Laraine Tuck, and Mr. Edward
Cousineau were critically important to
the successful outcome. The reviewer
met with many of the interns, residents
and faculty from the Department and
their time and effort is also appreciated.
The American Board of Anesthesiology
released figures from 1995-1999
and demonstrated that the Duke Anesthesiology
residency graduates have a
collective board certification rate of
97% in that time interval, compared
with 81% nationally. This includes the
period of time when interest in anesthesiology
as a career dropped precipitously.
These data support the outstanding
efforts of our faculty and residents in
the development of one of the country's
best residency programs.
For the 2000 Match we received
980 applications, and interviewed
88 medical students. We ranked 75 students
and once again, filled all of our
requested positions in the match. The
overall quality of the applicant pool
increased this year, as did the size of
the pool. Our graduating class of residents
pursued fellowships in cardiac
anesthesia, pain management, and private
practice opportunities in locations
across the country.
2000 Graduate Residents
Randy P. Brewer, M.D.
Pain Fellowship, Mayo Jacksonville,
FL
Andrea L. Crawford, M.D.
Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA
B. Will Curtis, M.D.
Private Practice, Austin TX
Adil J. Kamal, M.D.
Pain Fellowship, Duke
Christopher M. Kerr, M.D.
Private Practice, Salinas, KS
Robert R. Panten, Jr., M.D.
Cardiac Fellowship, Duke
Garrett W. Scales, M.D.
Private Practice, Austin TX
Bo Wu, M.D.
Cardiac Fellowship, Duke