Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

With the ability to personalize 8-12 months of the 36-month training program, fellows will work closely with a mentor to gain expertise in an area of interest within pulmonary and critical care medicine. While receiving excellent clinical education in all aspects of pulmonary and critical care medicine, fellows will have the opportunity to choose an academic track and clinical focus to allow the development of expertise within specific niches within the field. Fellows will also have protected time to complete a Master’s degree or Graduate Certificate program with a 90% tuition benefit offered by Thomas Jefferson University.

Academic Tracks

Master Clinician – A fellow in the Master Clinician track will choose a primary and secondary clinical focus. The fellow will attend subspecialty clinics in their chosen clinical interest and integrate themselves into the teams. Fellows will develop a retrospective research project in their chosen field and participate in a group QI project. Fellows will have the option to incorporate health informatics into their training.

Clinician Educator – This track is for fellows who seek a career in medical education whether it be in GME or UME administration, education, or research. Graduates of the Clinician Educator track will gain experience in medical education pedagogy and research techniques. Fellows will attend a three-day Simulation Facilitators Workshop and complete coursework to obtain a Health Professions Teaching & Learning Graduate Certificate. Fellows have the option to obtain a Master of Science in Health Professions Education degree. Fellows will engage in educational lectures for the residency program, develop a medical education related research project and participate in a group QI project.

Clinician Investigator  - The clinician investigator track introduces fellows to variety of research studies. In additional to traditional bench or translational research, fellows have the opportunity to gain skills in clinical research or epidemiological research methods through unique tracks. Fellows in each of these research tracks will work closely with a research mentor of their choosing.

Clinical Research – Fellows in this track will learn the methods for development, design and implementation of clinical trials. Fellows will attend a Clinical Trials Bootcamp with weekly didactics over 4 months and develop a pilot clinical trial eligible for internal pilot funding. 

Epidemiology & Public Health – Fellows in this track will receive dual mentorship by their clinical focus mentor and MPH advisor.  Fellows interested in this track are strongly encouraged to complete a Master of Public Health degree program, which includes Capstone project in area of Clinical Focus. Fellows will also attend subspecialty clinics in their chosen clinical interest and integrate themselves into the teams.

Basic & Translational Clinician Investigator - Fellows who choose this track will spend 12 months dedicated to investigative study in a basic science or translational lab in the fields of ILD, Airway Biology, or an affiliated non-pulmonary laboratory.

Clinical Foci

• Parenchymal Lung Diseases
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Lung Transplantation
• Airways Diseases
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Non-CF Bronchiectasis
  • Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
• Pulmonary Vascular Disease
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Advanced Echocardiography
  • Right Heart Catheterization
• Interventional Pulmonology
  • Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
  • Percutaneous Tracheostomy
  • Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy
  • Robotic Bronchoscopy
  • Rigid Bronchoscopy
  • Airway Stents
  • Endobronchial
  • Pleural Procedures
• Lung Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lung Nodules
  • Lung Cancer Screening
  • Smoking Cessation
• Critical Care
  • Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography
  • ECMO
  • Advanced Airway Skills
  • Advanced Procedural Skills
  • ARDS
  • PERT
  • Post-ICU Clinic (PICS Clinic)