Our educational program for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship is comprised of an 18-month core program and an 18-month subspecialty track.
Core Rotation
You will complete the core curriculum rotations during the first half of your fellowship training, which fulfills ABIM board-eligibility requirements in both pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine (except for your longitudinal clinic experience).
| Rotation |
Year 1 (Months) |
Year 2 (Months) |
Total (Months) |
| Consult |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Primary Pulmonary Service |
1-2 |
0 |
1 |
| Advanced Lung Disease |
1-1.5 |
0 |
1 |
| Bronchoscopy |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
| Sleep |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
| PFT/RT |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
| Pediatrics |
0-0.5 |
0-0.5 |
0.5 |
| Pathology |
0-0.5 |
0-0.5 |
0.5 |
| MICU |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| Trauma |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Other ICU |
0-1 |
0-1 |
2 |
| Intubation |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
| Total |
12 |
6 |
18 |
Subspecialty Tracks
During the second half of your training (18 months), you will choose a subspecialty track. Along with your faculty mentor, who will guide you to have the most meaningful and productive experience possible, you will design your own curriculum based on personal career plans and interests. Your customized track curriculum must be approved by the Institute Education Committee.
View examples of subspecialty tracks below, including general pulmonary, critical care, interstitial lung disease, advanced bronchoscopy, lung transplantation, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary hypertension, and lung cancer.
General Pulmonary Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * In addition to your subspecialty clinic, you will have continuity clinic duties. |
| Hospital Consult |
1 |
| Primary Hospital Service |
1 |
| Advanced Lung Disease |
1 |
| Bronchoscopy |
1 |
| MICU |
1 |
| Subspecialty Clinic |
12-18 |
| Electives |
0-12 |
| Research |
0-12 |
Mentors include any pulmonary or critical care faculty for this track.
Critical Care Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * Research may be conducted through the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Clinical Network (ARDSNet). |
| MICU |
3 |
| Echocardiography |
1 |
| ICU Nephrology |
1 |
| ICU Infectious Disease |
1 |
| Other Non-medical ICU |
1-3 |
| ReSCU |
1 |
| Electives |
0-8 |
| Research |
0-8 |
Mentors may include the following faculty physicians (by last name): Abunasser, Aboussouan, Ashton, Choudhary, Culver, Daoud, Dweik, Guzman, Hanane, Ramsey, Rathz, Reddy, Sasidhar, Wiedemann and others.
Advanced Bronchoscopy Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * In addition to your subspecialty clinic, you will have continuity clinic duties. |
| Advanced Diagnostics |
2-6 |
| Interventional Bronchoscopy |
2-6 |
| Subspecialty Airway Clinic |
6-18 |
| Advanced Lung Disease |
1-2 |
| Research |
0-12 |
Mentors may include the following faculty physicians (by last name): Almeida, Cicenia, Gildea, Machuzak, Mazzone and Sasidhar.
Asthma Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * In addition to your subspecialty clinic, you will have continuity clinic duties. |
| Primary Hospital Service |
1-2 |
| Subspecialty Clinic |
6-18 |
| Research |
0-17 |
Mentors may include the following faculty physicians (by last name): Aronica, Erzurum, Hseih and Lang.
COPD Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * In addition to your subspecialty clinic, you will have continuity clinic duties. |
| Primary Hospital Service |
1-2 |
| Subspecialty Clinic |
6-18 |
| Research |
0-18 |
Mentors may include the following faculty physicians (by last name): Aboussouan and Stoller.
Interstitial Lung Disease Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * In addition to your subspecialty clinic, you will have continuity clinic duties. Cleveland Clinic currently is involved in several large ILD clinical trials. |
| Advanced Lung Disease |
1-2 |
| Subspecialty Clinic in ILD |
12-18 |
| Research |
0-18 |
| Pulmonary Pathology |
0-6 |
Mentors may include the following faculty physicians (by last name): Arrossi, Ashton, Culver, Farver, Olman and Parambil.
Lung Cancer Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * In addition to your subspecialty clinic, you will have continuity clinic duties. |
| Subspecialty Clinic |
6-12 |
| Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy |
1-2 |
| Interventional Bronchoscopy |
0-2 |
| Medical Oncology |
1-3 |
| Radiation Oncology |
1-3 |
| Research |
0-15 |
Mentors may include the following faculty physicians (by last name): Ashton, Gildea, Machuzak, Mazzone and Sasidhar.
Lung Transplantation Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * In addition to your subspecialty clinic, you will have continuity clinic duties. |
| Advanced Lung Disease |
2 |
| Transplant Clinic |
12-18 |
| Advanced Airway Disease |
1-2 |
| Bronchoscopy |
1 |
| Research |
0-16 |
Mentors may include the following faculty physicians (by last name): Akindipe, Budev, Minai, Olbrych, Tonelli and others.
Pulmonary Hypertension Track»
| Rotation |
Months |
| * In addition to your subspecialty clinic, you will have continuity clinic duties. |
| Primary Hospital Service |
1-3 |
| Right Heart Catheterization |
1-2 |
| Echocardiography |
2-3 |
| Subspecialty Clinic |
6-16 |
| Research |
0-16 |
Mentors may include the following faculty physicians (by last name): Dweik, Ezurum, Heresi, Jennings, Minai and Parambil.
Reviewed: 12/10