Paediatrics
This one-year fellowship is intended to provide trainees with academic and clinical educational opportunities in the perioperative management of pediatric patients undergoing anesthesia.
Our program provides comprehensive exposure to pediatric anesthesia. This includes exposure to the full range of surgical specialties including thoracic, ENT/airway, neuro, craniofacial, orthopedic, spine, urological and renal transplant. Fellows will have excellent exposure to neonatal anesthesia including index cases. We have busy acute and complex/chronic pain programs as well as a thriving regional anesthesia practice. One to two months of pediatric cardiac anesthesia exposure is achieved through our associations with the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton (University of Alberta) and the BC Children's hospital in Vancouver (University of British Columbia). Elective time in pediatric intensive care is available for interested fellows.
Approximately 20% of time is protected for non-clinical work and research. We have educational rounds for the fellows as well as weekly departmental academic rounds.
One to two fellowships positions are offered per year, typically starting each July. Alternative start dates can be considered.
Perioperative Medicine Fellowship Contacts
Dr. Scott Else
Email: Scott.Else@ahs.ca
Dr. Scott Else, MD, is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Alberta Children’s Hospital. He earned his medical degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. After completing his anesthesia residency at the University of Calgary, Dr. Else received fellowship training in pediatric anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University.
In addition to being the fellowship director for pediatric anesthesia, Dr. Else is the part of the ACH Difficult Airway Working Group, is co-director of The ACH Pediatric Airway Course and is involved in the development of ERAS protocols for neonatal surgery.