Neuroanesthesia
Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) is a level 1 trauma centre that provides a full spectrum of subspecialty neurosurgical care to patients from southeastern British Columbia, southern Alberta, and southern Saskatchewan. In addition, FMC is an internationally recognized centre for interventional neuroradiology and stroke care as well as home to the largest comprehensive spine surgery program in the country. Anesthetic services for these procedures are provided by the department of anesthesiology at FMC.
The section of neuroanesthesia at FMC is comprised of seven fellowship-trained neuroanesthesiologists. We support colleagues in the department by providing advice for complex cases and disseminating pertinent information on neuroanesthetic topics. Our group collaborates with the surgical services on quality assurance and international research initiatives. We exclusively staff the intraoperative MRI theatre as well as provide anesthetic care for patients undergoing awake craniotomy. We receive at least two neurosurgical or spine surgery assignments per week.
A complex spine anesthetic group comprised of five members exclusively provides anesthetic care to patients undergoing adult deformity surgery (cases over 6 levels, over 3 levels combined anterior and posterior approaches, oncology cases, and cases involving vertebrectomy or pedicle subtraction osteotomy). The group contributes to monthly multidisciplinary clinical rounds and operates a preoperative assessment for patients undergoing complex spine surgery.
Finally, we coordinate resident education in neuroanesthesia which includes junior and senior clinical rotations as well as a series of lectures for the resident core program. We run a one-year fellowship program where fellows receive dedicated exposure to neurocritical care and neuroradiology in addition to comprehensive training in contemporary neuroanesthetic practice.
Perioperative Medicine Fellowship Contacts
Dr. Kyle Rogan
Email: kyle.rogan@ahs.ca
Dr. Kyle Rogan (MD FRCPC) is a neuroanesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at the Cumming School of Medicine. He underwent undergraduate training in physiology followed by medical school at the University of Alberta. He subsequently completed residency training in anesthesiology at the University of Calgary and subspecialty training in neuroanesthesia at Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Rogan is currently the anesthesia site-lead for ERAS in spine surgery. His research interests include spinal cord stimulators in spinal cord injury, dexmedetomidine target controlled infusions, and pain management after spinal surgery.