A Highly Specialized Anesthesia Team
In the Children’s Heart Center, a highly specialized team of anesthesiologists
and supporting staff provide the expertise necessary to complete complex, lengthy
open-heart surgeries. These physicians specialize entirely in congenital heart
defects. This expertise is critical to success because individual defects result
in unique responses to anesthesia.
"When we’re successful in our jobs, it means there’s one more
child who gets to have a childhood. One more family that gets to have a child.
One more adult who got to grow up. That’s why we can put in an 18-hour
day, be home for an hour and be happy when we get called back in to do a surgery
or a transplant."
Michael L. Schmitz, M.D.
Director of Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
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Michael L. Schmitz - M.D.
Director of Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesia |
| Medical School: |
University of California at San Francisco Medical Center 1986 |
| Residency 1: |
Pediatrics 1989
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| Residency 2: |
Anesthesia 1991
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center |
| Fellowship 1: |
Pediatric Anesthesia/Cardiac Anesthesia/Crit. Care 1992
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| Research Activities: |
Pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric pain management, pediatric cardiovascular
anesthesiology |
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Sana Ullah - M.D. |
| Medical School: |
University of Dundee, Scotland |
| Internship: |
Internal Medicine 1999
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
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| Residency 1: |
Anesthesiology 1996
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| Residency 2: |
Anesthesiology 1999
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital |
| Fellowship 1: |
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia 2002
Arkansas Children’s Hospital |
| Fellowship 2: |
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology 2001
Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
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William Watkins - M.D. |
| Medical School: |
University of Tennessee-Memphis 1988 |
| Internship: |
Transitional 1989
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
| Residency 1: |
Anesthesiology 1992
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Luis Zabala - M.D. |
| Medical School: |
Central University Venezuela 1998 |
| Internship: |
| Transitional 2000 |
| Tufts New England Medical Center |
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| Residency 1: |
| Anesthesiology 2003 |
| New England Medical Center |
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| Fellowship 1: |
| Anesthesiology 2004 |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University
of Pennsylvania |
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