Diverse ICU Experience

• 58-bed ICU with broad range of pathology and acuity
• Subspecialty medical ICU exposure – including transplant ICU and bone marrow transplant ICU
• Veterans Affairs Hospital medical ICU exposure
• Access to latest critical care techniques and equipment, including top ultrasound machines, utilization of bio-reactance in fluid management, video laryngoscopy and portable bronchoscopy

Large Procedural Experience

• Very high procedural volume:
  • Endobronchial Ultrasound
  • General Bronchoscopy with Biopsy
  • Thoracentesis
  • Chest Tube Placement
• Significant exposure to interventional pulmonology, including:
  • Rigid Bronchoscopy
  • Navigational Bronchoscopy
  • Cryobiopsy
  • Argon Plasma Coagulation Therapy
  • Tumor Debulking and/or Stenting
  • PleurX Catheter Placement
• Without Interventional Pulmonology fellowship, fellows get a broad range of hands-on exposure to these advanced procedures

Robust Simulation Program

Zamierowski Institute for Experiential Learning

• Central Line Placement
• Airway Task and Team Training

Multi-disciplinary simulation program with nurses, respiratory therapists, faculty to learn techniques for basic and advanced airway placement

Strong Ambulatory Clinic Experience

• Fellows Clinic Wednesday afternoons – staffed by two faculty
  • Fellows provided their own patient panel to follow and care for autonomously with guided supervision

• Exposure to sub-specialty clinics:
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Occupational Lung Disease, Transplant
  • Adult Cystic Fibrosis

Divisional Wellness Committee

Group that includes faculty and fellows that works to promote social activities, well-being and burnout prevention.