FEATURE
“The Pat O’Brien Invitational Charity Golf Tournament was
instrumental in helping us build the foundation for this program.
Having fellows allows us to deliver the most advanced, timely care and
remain on the cutting edge of pulmonary and critical care medicine.”
– Dr. Randall Rosenblatt
“The Pat O’Brien Invitational Charity Golf Tournament was
instrumental in helping us build the foundation for this program,”
Dr. Rosenblatt said. “Having fellows allows us to deliver the most
advanced, timely care and remain on the cutting edge of pulmonary and critical care medicine.”
Baylor’s medical education programs provide residents and fellows a combination of real-world applications and a robust academic environment. Fellowships are vital in training the next generation of pulmonologists.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship: A Closer Look
Pulmonary medicine is a sub-specialty of internal medicine.
Physicians in this sub-specialty are trained to treat diseases of the
lung, such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, pulmonary
hypertension, lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia and
other infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis.
“Our program has the added benefit of being a lung transplant
center, which provides our fellows with an additional experience,” Dr. Rosenblatt said. “And the critical care
medicine component of the Pulmonary-Critical
Care division focuses on patients in the intensive care units. These patients may have
unstable cardiovascular systems, such as
congestive heart failure or low blood pressures, respiratory failure, bleeding disorders, strokes, renal failure or severe
infections.”
Fellows in the pulmonary and critical care
medicine fellowship program are graduates of internal medicine residency programs and seeking sub-specialization
in respiratory diseases and managing
patients in the critical care units.
“The fellows, who are already
board certif ied in internal
medicine, will be in the hospital and increase the availability of
physicians to the patients,” he continued. “They will also be
involved in various clinical research projects, which should
enhance our patient care and allow us to improve our quality and
delivery of medical care.”
Dr. Rosenblatt also explained that a significant shortage of pulmonary-critical care physicians exists in our community and
nationwide. “With the development of our fellowship, we will help
address this shortage,” he said. And as health care reform tightens
budgets, philanthropy is more important than ever to this new
program.
For more information about the
pulmonary and critical care
medicine fellowship program
and Baylor’s medical education
initiatives, contact Susan
McSherry at 214.820.3417
or Susan.McSherry@
BSWHealth.org.
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