Our curriculum allows fellows to leave our program capable of providing science-driven, patient-centered care, confident in performing even the most advanced pulmonary and critical care procedures. 

During their three years of training, our Pulmonary and Critical Care fellows train at each of our hospital sites, where they gain exposure to New York’s diverse patient population. Each site offers a different pathologic and socioeconomic demographic, which allows trainees to build their respective diagnostic and therapeutic styles. Fellows become proficient in various procedures necessary for pulmonary medicine, such as bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound and various pleural-based interventions. 

Montefiore Medical Center has a robust and experienced Interventional Pulmonary Program, capable of performing basic and advanced bronchoscopic and pleural procedures in our newly constructed, state-of-the-art bronchoscopy suite on the Moses Campus. Faculty work very closely with the medical oncologists and thoracic surgeons to provide top-notch lung cancer care to our patients and are heavily invested in training our fellows to be outstanding proceduralists.

Our ICU Without Walls offers Pulmonary and Critical Care fellows a unique opportunity to work with a particularly ill patient population and develop the art of critical care triage on the consult services. Trainees can also head physician teams and direct patient care in our Cardiothoracic, Neurologic, Surgical and Medical ICUs, where they have the chance to advance their skills as future teachers and leaders. During their training, fellows become proficient in critical care procedures, such as intubations and management of difficult airways; central, arterial and dialysis lines; and point-of-care ultrasonography.

Fellows work at one of our three major outpatient facilities for the duration of their three-year fellowship. Each site offers a different style of outpatient pulmonary medicine, allowing trainees to feel empowered in their independent clinical decision-making skills and appreciate continuity of care with their patients. Additionally, fellows can spend time in Montefiore Einstein’s growing subspecialty clinics, including our Pulmonary Hypertension, Sleep Medicine, Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis, Thoracic Oncology and Lung Transplant clinics. 

Several faculties within the Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine are involved in translational, epidemiological, clinical trials and outcomes and health disparities research. During the first year of fellowship, fellows are encouraged to meet and discuss interests and projects with prospective research mentors. Some fellows also opt to supplement their research skill-set by taking graduate-level courses in bioinformatics, public health, statistics, programming and epidemiology. During training, fellows are expected to present their scholarly work at national meetings and are encouraged to prepare a manuscript and publish their research findings.