Pulmonary Medical Division

The Duke Fellowship Training Programs in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine produce outstanding physicians who are fully prepared to pursue careers in academic medicine.

Our combined Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship program is a three-year program. Upon completion of training, fellows are eligible for dual certification in pulmonary and critical care medicine. The American Board of Internal Medicine requires a minimum 18 months of clinical training for board certification in both of these disciplines. All fellows in our combined program engage in scholarly activity and receive robust mentorship from our world-renowned faculty. We offer a fourth year of fellowship for trainees seeking advanced research training.

Our combined fellowship program accepts 5 fellows each year.

The division also offers a 1-year Critical Care Medicine fellowship program for trainees eligible for certification via The American Board of Internal Medicine "Pathway A". The ACGME accredited Duke IM-CCM program is built upon the division's tradition of excellence in training future leaders in academic medicine. Trainees enjoy a rigorous clinical training experience in a collaborative and collegial environment while working with renowned experts in the management of respiratory failure and complex cardiovascular disease. The program offers advanced training in state-of-the-art and emerging strategies for management of respiratory and circulatory failure. Trainees gain extensive experience in managing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation at one of the nation's highest volume extracorporeal life support centers.

Our critical care medicine fellowship program accepts 2 fellows each year.

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Latest News

Grand Rounds 7/22/2011: John Sundy on gout

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., July 22 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature John S. Sundy, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine) and director of the Global Proof of Concept Unit Network at Duke Clinical Research Institute. Dr.

Lung Transplant Foundation Golf Tournament

Registration is now open for the 1st Annual Lung Transplant Foundation Golf Tournament that will take place June 5, 2011 at the Duke University Golf Club. This is a Captains Choice event where handicaps will also be assigned by the Duke University Golf pros.

Barry Stripp introduces his research

Dr. Stripp will present "Manipulation of Epithelial Stem/Progenitor Cells to Develop Novel Therapies for Lung Disease" at Medicine Research Conference Fri., Jan. 28, 2011 at 12noon (lunch is provided, and all Medicine research faculty are strongly urged to attend).

Battleship Asbestos

Wayne Tsuang, MD, pulmonary and critical care fellow, recently presented cases at the Interdisciplinary Chest Conference (meets each Wednesday at 8:30 am in Radiology conference room), including one involving asbestos exposure and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Among the resources Tsuang cited was this graphic of a WWII battleship showing the levels of risk of asbestos exposure by zone of the ship -- imagine the big 16-inch guns rattling the ship and asbestos dusting the sailors: