Ellen Iannoli, M.D. is the director of the hemodynamic monitoring elective. This popular elective provides the students with a hands-on understanding of invasive hemodynamic monitoring and how to interpret the information in a clinical context of the operating room. The learning objectives for the course are:

1. Understand the technical aspects of arterial line and pulmonary artery catheter insertion.
2. Understand the clinical applications, complications and preventive measures involved in invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
3. Interpret hemodynamic data.
4. Apply the hemodynamic data to the care of the surgical patient.
5. Understand the role of transesophageal echocardiography for intraoperative hemodynamic monitoring.

All of the cardiac faculty (Drs Chhangani, Eaton, Glance, Iannoli, Pasternak, Shapiro, and Stern) participate heavily in this elective.

An additional 4th year elective titled “Successful Interning: Diagnosis and Management of Hemodynamic Shock” has been taught by several members of the Anesthesiology Department for many years (most recently by Drs. Dooley, Papadakos, Stern, and Ward). The popular, highly-rated course consists of an interactive didactic session, followed by hands-on case management by the students using the patient simulator.

Dr. Dooley also participates in the Shock elective in the Bench to Bedside program and teaches medical students as they rotate through the Surgical Intensive Care Unit.