Department of Medicine

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

The Division covers a variety of general pulmonary, sleep, and subspecialty clinics across the state of Rhode Island.

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Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

The Division covers a variety of general pulmonary, sleep, and subspecialty clinics across the state of Rhode Island.

Overview

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and its affiliated teaching hospitals offer a 3-year training program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. The medical school faculty of over 40 full time hospital-based Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep clinicians and scholars provide a broad and diverse environment for clinical education and research training. Three hospitals participate in the clinical program: Rhode Island Hospital, the Providence VA Medical Center, and The Miriam Hospital. Research training may be hospital based or conducted on the University campus. Four fellowship positions are offered each year for training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Additional years for research training via a T-32 grant are encouraged to appropriate candidates who wish to pursue an academic career in Pulmonary Medicine. Positions for the fellowship are filled through the National Resident Matching Program for Pulmonary Diseases.

The purpose of the fellowship is to prepare board eligible or certified internists for a career in clinical and/or academic Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. In all aspects of the educational program, the fellow is encouraged to develop an attitude of scholarship and the intellectual curiosity to remain in the informational forefront of the discipline throughout a career. Training is carried out in a scholarly academic atmosphere that provides a wide exposure to clinical Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine as well as clinical and basic science research.

Faculty

  • Jason Aliotta, MD

    Jason Aliotta, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Director, Critical Care Services for Brown University Health
  • Seema Amin, MD

    Seema Amin, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Director, Pulmonary Ambulatory Medicine
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    Sohaib Ansari, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator
  • Roger Auth, MD

    Roger Auth, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Associate Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic Director, Citywide Chest Conference
  • Debasree Banerjee, MD

    Debasree Banerjee, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Teaching Scholar Director, RIH Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • Michael Blundin, MD

    Michael Blundin, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Director, Cystic Fibrosis Adult Program
  • Ghada Bourjeily, MD

    Ghada Bourjeily, MD

    Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice Director of Women’s Health Research
  • Vesna Buntak, MD

    Vesna Buntak, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator
  • E. Jane Carter, MD

    E. Jane Carter, MD

    Professor of Medicine (Teaching Scholar); Past President, The Union (International Union Against Tb and Lung Disease), Paris, France
  • Tiffaney Cayton, NP, APRN

    Tiffaney Cayton, NP, APRN

  • Maya Cohen, MD

    Maya Cohen, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Research Scholar Director, Post-ICU Recovery Clinic Associate Director, ECLS Program, Brown University Health
  • Lauren Cushing, MSN, RNP

    Lauren Cushing, MSN, RNP

  • Rachel Darling, MD

    Rachel Darling, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Assistant Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Medical Director, Rhode Island Hospital, Respiratory Intermediary Care Unit
  • Mark Dunlop, MD

    Mark Dunlop, MD

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    Samuel Evans, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator
  • Andrew Foderaro, MD

    Andrew Foderaro, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Director, Nodule Management and Bronchoscopy
  • Eric Gartman, MD

    Eric Gartman, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine Director of Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Laboratory PCCSM Fellowship Site Director Director, ICU, Providence VA Medical Center
  • Ronald Gilman, MD

    Ronald Gilman, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinical
  • Elizabeth Harrington, PhD

    Elizabeth Harrington, PhD

    Professor of Medicine Associate Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Division of Biology and Medicine
  • Emily Ho, RNP

    Emily Ho, RNP

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    Allyson Hughes, MD

  • Matthew Jankowich, MD

    Matthew Jankowich, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Teaching Scholar Associate Chief of Staff for Education Providence VA Medical Center
  • Alexander “Toby” Jorrin, PA

    Alexander “Toby” Jorrin, PA

  • Melissa Kaiser, PA-C

    Melissa Kaiser, PA-C Kaiser, PA-C

    Rhode Island Hospital, Medical Intensive Care Unit
  • Peter Karczmar, MD

    Peter Karczmar, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
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    Brian Kimble, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor of Medical Science; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
  • James Klinger, MD

    James Klinger, MD, FCCP, ATSF

    Professor of Medicine, Research Scholar Director, Brown University Health Pulmonary Hypertension Center
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    John Ladetto, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator
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    Courtney Lamberton, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
  • Jisoo Lee, MD

    Jisoo Lee, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Assistant Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
  • Andrew Levinson, MD

    Andrew Levinson, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit, Miriam Hospital Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
  • Douglas Martin, MD

    Douglas Martin, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator
  • F. Dennis McCool, MD

    F. Dennis McCool, MD

    Professor of Medicine
  • Richard Millman, MD

    Richard Millman, MD

    Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Teaching Scholar Co-Director, Hasbro Children’s Hospital Sleep Medicine Program Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Centers, Brown Health Hospitals
  • Taro Minami, MD

    Taro Minami, MD

    Associate Professor of Medical Science; Associate Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator
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    Gabrielle Mock, MD

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    Melissa Morgan, PA-S

  • Christopher Mullin, MD

    Christopher Mullin, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Director, Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) Program Associate Director, Rhode Island Hospital Pulmonary Hypertension Center
  • James Myers, MD

    James Myers, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
  • William Oldham, MD

    William Oldham, MD

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Research Scholar Director of Research and Innovation, Brown University Health
  • Rachel Putman, MD, MPH

    Rachel Putman

    Director of Interstitial Lung Disease Program
  • Carla Quadros, NP

    Carla Quadros, NP

  • Olimpia Radu, MD

    Olimpia Radu, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine; Clinician Educator
  • Erin Elizabeth Rose, NP

    Erin Elizabeth Rose, NP

  • Sharon Rounds, MD

    Sharon Rounds, MD

    Professor of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine; Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs; Co-Principal Investigator: CardioPulmonary Vascular Biology Center of Biomedical Research Excellence; Staff Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician, Providence VAMC
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    Nancy Saraiva, NP

  • Caitlin Sarmanian, MD

    Caitlin Sarmanian, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical Education
  • James Simmons, MD

    James Simmons, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Consultation, The Miriam Hospital
  • Navneet Singh, MD

    Navneet Singh, MD

    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Research Scholar Associate Fellowship Program Director of Research
  • Corey Ventetuolo, MD

    Corey Ventetuolo, MD, MS, ATSF, FAHA

    Professor of Medicine and Health Services, Policy, & Practice Director, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Brown University Health Inaugural Director, Center for Advanced Lung Care, Brown University Health Medical Director, ECLS Progr
  • Nicholas Ward, MD

    Nicholas Ward, MD, FCCM

    Associate Professor of Medicine, Teaching Scholar

Fellowship Programs

Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

The purpose of the fellowship is to prepare board eligible or certified internists for a career in clinical and/or academic Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
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Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

The Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program affiliated with Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, and the Miriam Hospital offers a 1-2 year training program for applicants looking for robust critical care training.
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Research Programs

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine of The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University is strongly committed to the academic mission of the Department of Medicine. We have many ongoing funded research projects in a wide variety of fields from clinical research to bench research both within our own department and through collaboration with the other departments in the Brown research community. Each faculty member, whether full-time basic science, clinical research or clinical practice oriented, is encouraged to pursue independent research efforts. Research in our division encompasses a diverse mix of basic science biology, clinical studies, therapeutic trials, health services, and ethics research, which substantiates the division’s commitment to encouraging a broad array of research. The funding of research in our division also comes from a wide area of sources, including the NIH, professional societies, dependent foundations, hospital-based, and industry. The Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellows have participated in many of the research projects and have been lead authors on several publications in peer-reviewed journals as a result of their research efforts. Our Brown Respiratory Research Training Program (funded by an NIH T32 grant) is a demonstration of our commitment to mentoring young investigators in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, and is available to extend training past the first three years in appropriate candidates.

Active Areas of Research Include:

  • Sepsis (mechanisms and treatment)
  • Knowledge translation
  • Acute lung injury
  • Pulmonary vascular disease (mechanisms and treatment)
  • Pulmonary vascular permeability and endothelial dysfunction
  • Extracorporeal life support
  • Sleep medicine
  • Women’s Lung and Sleep Health
  • Systemic vascular co-morbidities of COPD
  • Tuberculosis/NTM
  • End-of-life care in the ICU
  • Ethical and practical aspects of rationing medical care
  • Health-related quality of life
  • Role of Stem Cells, progenitor cells and extracellular vesicles in lung injury repair
  • Pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung diseases