DEPARTMENT HEAD'S MESSAGE
Message From Our Department Head
The Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Manitoba, together with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Program, endeavors to provide exemplary anesthesia services, education, and research. We currently deliver clinical services at nine distinct clinical sites across the city and provide services to over 80,000 patients per year. We have an excellent faculty of approximately 110 anesthesiologists, 35 anesthesiology residents, multiple fellows, and physician extenders including anesthesia clinical assistants (ACAs)and 8 ophthalmic sedation practitioners (OSPs).
In addition to providing clinical services in the operating room, our faculty provide the majority of chronic pain services for patients in the province of Manitoba, hard a large presence in the division of Critical Care Medicine, Palliative Care and Echocardiography. Our clinical portfolio is led by Dr. Trevor Lee, Associate Head - Clinical Operations.
Dr. Rob Brown, Association Head - Educational Affairs leads our teaching portfolio which includes postgraduate education, undergraduate education, fellowships and CME activities.
The residency program under the directorship of Dr. Craig Haberman, remains one of the core educational activities in our Department. Our residents are educated at all of the clinical sites in the WRHA. The current residency program is fully accredited and provides an exemplary educational program. In addition to the usual programming, we have developed opportunities for our residents to all experience an international elective. Currently opportunities exist in India and China, as well as with the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society and other philanthropic organizations involved in providing anesthesia services in less developed parts of the world. These programs have been well received by residents and have been "life changing events for some residents".
Our role in undergraduate education continues to evolve. All medical students currently do a two week rotation in anesthesia, but as or even more importantly, is our expanding role in teaching the undergraduate curriculum at large. It is our strong believe as a Department that increasing engagement in undergraduate medical education at large is crucially important important for the future of the specialty. We are currently engaged in several other projects that will likely place our specialty in a leadership position within the UGME portfolio.
Our research operations have continued to thrive. Under the leadership of Dr. Stephen Kowalski, Associate Head - Research and Academic Affairs and Dr. Alan Mutch (previous Associate Head), a high functioning research office has been established. It assists residents, fellows, faculty and other researchers in developing and day-to-day management of protocols. The research operation is funded through multiple sources including an academic overhead expense (contributed to by the majority of anesthesiologists in the Department), the WRHA and the University. The Research Office now has a substantial budget to support the development of research. Our highly successful internal grants are a reflection of this innovative approach.
In summary we have a Department that is thriving in the clinical, teaching, and research domains. We will continue to go from strength to strength. Our challenge over the next few years is to develop and establish endowed research and teaching "professorships" which will further protect faculty to advance the specialty of anesthesia. Only through the creation and dissemination of knowledge will our profession continue to thrive. We all have a responsibility to do this and our Department is delighted to be participating.
About Our Department Head
Dr. Jacobsohn comes to Winnipeg from Washington University in St Louis where he was the Head of the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and the Director of Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Dr. Jacobsohn graduated from the University of Cape Town Medical School in 1984, and after completing an internship there, emigrated to Canada in 1986. After initially practicing in rural Newfoundland, he relocated to Virden, Manitoba in 1986. After Anesthesiology residency (1989 -1993) and Critical Care fellowship (1993-1994) at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Jacobsohn trained in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester (1994-1995). In 1995, he was the recipient of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Medical Education Scholarship which enabled him to do a Masters Degree in Medical Education at the University of Illinois. In 1997, he returned to the University of Manitoba where he had a clinical practice both in Anesthesiology and Critical Care, as well as being Program Director of the Critical Care training program. In 2000, he was recruited to Washington University as Chief of Cardiothoracic Critical Care. He also became Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia before being recruited back to his current position in Winnipeg.
In addition to an active clinical practice, Dr. Jacobsohn is active in clinical research, both in Perioperative outcomes and critical care. He teaches extensively at the medical school, and lectures nationally and internationally.
The Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Manitoba, together with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Program, endeavors to provide exemplary anesthesia services, education, and research. We currently deliver clinical services at nine distinct clinical sites across the city and provide services to over 80,000 patients per year. We have an excellent faculty of approximately 110 anesthesiologists, 35 anesthesiology residents, multiple fellows, and physician extenders including anesthesia clinical assistants (ACAs)and 8 ophthalmic sedation practitioners (OSPs).
In addition to providing clinical services in the operating room, our faculty provide the majority of chronic pain services for patients in the province of Manitoba, hard a large presence in the division of Critical Care Medicine, Palliative Care and Echocardiography. Our clinical portfolio is led by Dr. Trevor Lee, Associate Head - Clinical Operations.
Dr. Rob Brown, Association Head - Educational Affairs leads our teaching portfolio which includes postgraduate education, undergraduate education, fellowships and CME activities.
The residency program under the directorship of Dr. Craig Haberman, remains one of the core educational activities in our Department. Our residents are educated at all of the clinical sites in the WRHA. The current residency program is fully accredited and provides an exemplary educational program. In addition to the usual programming, we have developed opportunities for our residents to all experience an international elective. Currently opportunities exist in India and China, as well as with the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society and other philanthropic organizations involved in providing anesthesia services in less developed parts of the world. These programs have been well received by residents and have been "life changing events for some residents".
Our role in undergraduate education continues to evolve. All medical students currently do a two week rotation in anesthesia, but as or even more importantly, is our expanding role in teaching the undergraduate curriculum at large. It is our strong believe as a Department that increasing engagement in undergraduate medical education at large is crucially important important for the future of the specialty. We are currently engaged in several other projects that will likely place our specialty in a leadership position within the UGME portfolio.
Our research operations have continued to thrive. Under the leadership of Dr. Stephen Kowalski, Associate Head - Research and Academic Affairs and Dr. Alan Mutch (previous Associate Head), a high functioning research office has been established. It assists residents, fellows, faculty and other researchers in developing and day-to-day management of protocols. The research operation is funded through multiple sources including an academic overhead expense (contributed to by the majority of anesthesiologists in the Department), the WRHA and the University. The Research Office now has a substantial budget to support the development of research. Our highly successful internal grants are a reflection of this innovative approach.
In summary we have a Department that is thriving in the clinical, teaching, and research domains. We will continue to go from strength to strength. Our challenge over the next few years is to develop and establish endowed research and teaching "professorships" which will further protect faculty to advance the specialty of anesthesia. Only through the creation and dissemination of knowledge will our profession continue to thrive. We all have a responsibility to do this and our Department is delighted to be participating.
About Our Department Head
Dr. Jacobsohn comes to Winnipeg from Washington University in St Louis where he was the Head of the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and the Director of Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Dr. Jacobsohn graduated from the University of Cape Town Medical School in 1984, and after completing an internship there, emigrated to Canada in 1986. After initially practicing in rural Newfoundland, he relocated to Virden, Manitoba in 1986. After Anesthesiology residency (1989 -1993) and Critical Care fellowship (1993-1994) at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Jacobsohn trained in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester (1994-1995). In 1995, he was the recipient of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Medical Education Scholarship which enabled him to do a Masters Degree in Medical Education at the University of Illinois. In 1997, he returned to the University of Manitoba where he had a clinical practice both in Anesthesiology and Critical Care, as well as being Program Director of the Critical Care training program. In 2000, he was recruited to Washington University as Chief of Cardiothoracic Critical Care. He also became Chief of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia before being recruited back to his current position in Winnipeg.
In addition to an active clinical practice, Dr. Jacobsohn is active in clinical research, both in Perioperative outcomes and critical care. He teaches extensively at the medical school, and lectures nationally and internationally.
Dr. Eric Jacobsohn