The Post-Cardiac Arrest Service is committed to advancing the science of recovery for our patients. We benefit tremendously when scholars visit from around the world to share knowledge and practices. Over the past two decades, we have hosted short and long-term visiting professors or students from Korea, Japan, Colombia, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, and other regions.
Visiting clinicians are not allowed to practice clinically in our system. Instead, we try to arrange collaborative clinical or basic research projects with visiting scholars. These are most successful when some advanced planning is done before a visit. Observation and discussion of our local practice, from EMS to rehabilitation, are encouraged.
Arranging a visit requires scheduling and, depending upon the duration, may require a visa. Please contact us directly to discuss details if you are interested.
Medical Students
PCAS provides a medical student elective with our unique service for senior-level (generally 4th-year) medical students (Post Cardiac Arrest Service - EMED 5466). Clinical rotations for medical students provide intensive training in post-arrest physiology and the spectrum of care for cardiac arrest patients, as well as exposure to the PCAS service's research and QA programs. Investigative interests include: neuroprognostication, optimal duration of and temperature for therapeutic hypothermia, seizure prevention, inflammatory effects of therapeutic hypothermia, and mitochondrial injury during the post-arrest phase.
Pitt Med students must have completed the Adult Inpatient Medicine Clerkship AND the Medical Intensive Care Unit or Critical Care Medicine Elective. A MICU AI will count for both requirements. Visiting students must apply through the School of Medicine via VLSO and must complete equivalent courses at their home institutions. All rotations must be approved by the course director prior to scheduling. Please contact Dr. Ankur Doshi (doshiaa@upmc.edu) for more information.
Post-Graduate Rotations
PCAS invites post-graduate medical trainees to rotate with our service. Presently, we train roughly 15 Emergency Medicine residents, Neurology residents, and Critical Care Fellows per year. Trainees from these programs at UPMC are welcome to contact their program leadership to schedule a rotation with us. Trainees from other institutions will be considered on an individual basis, but must arrange these rotations with a valid Program Letter of Agreement (PLA) with the UPMC Emergency Medicine Residents. Please contact Dr. Ankur Doshi (doshiaa@upmc.edu) for more information.