Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Fellowship Training Program
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The Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine fellowship training program at the University of Florida seeks to train sub-specialists for clinical and research activities in the fields of pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, lung transplantation, and sleep medicine. Fellows are trained to develop the skills necessary for a successful career in academic medicine. Qualifications for the pulmonary training program include one year of internship and two years of residency in internal medicine.
The Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine training program at the University of Florida is under the direction of Dr. Michael Jantz. The division chief is Dr. Veena Antony. Other faculty include: Drs. O. Akindipe, H. Alnuaimat, M. Baz, R. Berry, A. J. Block, E. R. Block, M. Brantly, R. J. Gonzalez-Rothi, E. Harman, M. Lauzardo, K. Mohammed, N. Najmunissa, E. Olson, J. Patel, P. Sriram, Y. Su, R. Walia, J. Zhang and S. Zharikov. The fellowship includes rotations at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida and the Gainesville Veterans Administration Medical Center. Fellows are thereby exposed to a wide variety of patients and have excellent facilities for procedural training.
Both Shands Hospital at the University of Florida and the Gainesville VA medical center are fully equipped with state of the art pulmonary function testing and bronchoscopy facilities. Fellows are taught how to perform bronchoscopy, bronchial brushing, bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial lung biopsy, and transbronchial needle aspiration. Fellows are also taught how to perform thoracentesis, closed pleural biopsy, and chest tube insertion. Instruction regarding the interpretation of methacholine challenge testing, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, shunt study calculation, and polysomnogram interpretation is provided. For those fellows who are interested in interventional pulmonology, experience with endobronchial laser therapy, endobronchial electrocautery, stent placement, transtracheal oxygen catheter placement, and thoracoscopy is provided. While rotating in the MICU, fellows are taught intubation, chest tube insertion, arterial line placement, central line placement, and Swan-Ganz catheter placement. The fellows perform procedures under faculty supervision.
A number of conferences are held weekly, including:
- Didactic teaching conference covering core topics in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
- Clinical case management conference in conjunction with Radiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Radiation Oncology, and Medical Oncology
- Pulmonary grand rounds
- Research conference
In addition, journal club and pulmonary board review conferences are held once a month.