The Perioperative Medicine Fellowship focuses on comprehensive medical care from the time surgery is contemplated through the perioperative period to full recovery. This fellowship aims to provide extensive experience and build expertise in the preoperative evaluation, optimization, and postoperative follow-up of high-risk surgical patients, especially those with multiple comorbidities or frail conditions undergoing complex procedures.
Objectives
Develop and organize plans to maximize patient perioperative outcomes.
Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary perioperative medicine team.
Obtain the necessary knowledge and skills to manage complex patients in acute settings and chronic patients with acute exacerbations of their diseases.
Clinical Training
Fellows will gain hands-on experience in various settings:
Operating Room
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
Preoperative Clinic
Follow-up on high-risk postoperative cases in PACU, surgical wards, and ICUs.
Participate in the Pain Service team to manage acute postoperative analgesia.
Research and Education
One day per week is allocated for protected non-clinical time dedicated to research projects and preparation for educational rounds.
Fellows will engage in an iterative and collaborative intellectual process with their supervisor to produce a research report or a submission-ready journal article.
Findings will be presented to academic and professional audiences during conferences and departmental grand rounds.
Advanced Training Opportunities
Opportunities for advanced training in Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) or regional anesthesia can be discussed with the fellowship director.
Applications
If you are interested in applying for the perioperative fellowship at St. Michael's Hospital, please complete the corresponding online application form.
Dr. Filipe Nadir Caparica Santos
Coordinator, Fellowship Program
St. Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street, 6F-501 Donnelly South
Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8 Filipe.CaparicaSantos@unityhealth.to
Dr. Sakshi Gandotra
Director, Perioperative Medicine Fellowship (SMH)
St. Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 1W8 Sakshi.Gandotra@unityhealth.to
