Michael Guertin, MD, MBA
- Program Founder, Executive Leadership and Business in Anesthesiology Fellowship
About the program
The Department of Anesthesiology offers a unique and innovative anesthesiology fellowship that is devoted to providing fellows with firsthand clinical exposure to the preoperative, intra-operative and post-operative anesthetic care of patients in the fast-growing field of anesthesiology. The fellow is trained and exposed to the various business and administrative demands that go along with managing patients and staff. Further distinguishing the fellowship is the opportunity to earn an Executive MBA from the Ohio State Fisher College of Business, providing fellows with first hand training in the executive and administrative components of anesthesiology.
The program is a two-year commitment with 50% of the fellow’s time devoted to clinical anesthesiology as an attending managing a wide variety of anesthesia cases including several OSU outpatient facilities. The other 50% of the fellow’s time is spent in non-clinical work including research, administrative meetings and the completion of a 17-month Executive MBA.
Application Process
Application requirements
- Current CV
- Completion of ACGME-approved anesthesiology residency
- Three letters of recommendation (one from program director)
- Completion of fellowship application (PDF) with attached photo
- Personal statement describing interest in anesthesia and business
Application deadline
- Rolling admission beginning September of preceding year
How to apply
To apply, submit all required materials to Taylor Stein at Taylor.Stein@osumc.edu.
- Completion of a 17 month Executive MBA program at Fisher College of Business (beginning in December) to further cultivate leaders who seek a high-quality business management education
- Attend executive/leadership meetings in management of an outpatient surgical center
- Attend executive meetings pertaining to the development of perioperative management services and resource utilization of the medical center
- Attendance at SAMBA, practice management conferences
- Emphasis on outpatient anesthesiology for surgeries including orthopaedics, general surgery, ophthalmology, ENT, urology, plastic surgery, gynecologic, podiatric and pediatric
- Emphasis on selection criteria/triage for appropriate patients
- Provide perioperative anesthesia care and medical management of patients in an office-based preoperative management clinic
- Perform regional anesthesia via a variety of regional anesthetic techniques specifically with use of ultrasound guided neuraxial techniques
- Ability to staff and run OR scheduling
- Supervision of anesthesia personnel in multiple OR rooms including working with residents and CRNAs
- Perform clinical research in an ambulatory setting
- Participation in at least one clinical research trial with a specific focus on ambulatory anesthesia, preferably in an institutional review board clinical trial
- Participation in a least one business/administrative research trial
- At least two research publications in at least one of each of the above mentioned research trials (one clinical and one business)
- Presentation of at least one research poster at a major clinical and/or business meeting i.e. SAMBA
- Participation in at least one departmental grand rounds and/or morning report for residents
- Active participation in at least one didactic lecture to residents with a focus on ambulatory anesthesia
- Participation in at least one leadership/professionalism lecture/workshop for residents
- Participation in a practice management workshop for residents
- Ohio State’s Eye and Ear Institute
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Same day center, University Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, Ross Heart Hospital)
- Jameson Crane Sports Medicine Institute
- Nationwide Children’s Surgery Center
- Outpatient Surgery Management Center
- Fisher College of Business (Executive MBA)
Our Leaders
Jarrett Heard, MD, MBA
- Program Director, Executive Leadership and Business in Anesthesiology Fellowship
Fellowship Graduates
Dr. Heather Ozga, MD, MBA, our 2024 graduate, is an Assistant Professor - Clinical of Anesthesiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She is the Associate Anesthesia Clinical Operations Director for Ambulatory Surgical Services where she helps improve efficiency and fiscal sustainability, as well as support the long-term growth of the health system. She is a clinical lead at our outpatient surgical pavilions, The Eye & Ear Institute and Outpatient Care New Albany. She has led workshops and lectures at both the Ohio Society of Anesthesiologists (OSA) and Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) annual meetings. Her goals are to continue to grow in leadership skill, experience, and responsibility through the implementation of the organizational knowledge she feels fortunate to have gleaned from her fellowship and MBA experience.
Sanjay Mohan, MD, MBA, our 2022 graduate, worked as the Director of Clinical Operations at University of Tennessee Health Science Center for two years. In 2024, he joined the University of Minnesota faculty with a focus on clinical operations and increased involvement in professional advocacy at the state and national level.
Timothy Del Rosario MD, MBA, is our 2020 graduate. He is currently an up and coming partner at Anesthesia Consultants of Augusta (Augusta, GA), a growing private practice group that covers multiple facilities, including the Joseph M. Stills Burn Center—one of the nation's largest dedicated burn facilities, housing 8 Burn ORs and 23 Burn ICU beds.