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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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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.

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.

If you’re looking to find out what Rhode Island has to offer for your time outside of the hospital, please visit the Life in RI page or the Internal Medicine Residency’s Why Providence? page.

Our Fellows

PGY-4

  • Ameen Al-Aghil, MD

    Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
    Residency: Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Fellowship: Geriatric Medicine at at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  • Mohammed Alsaud, DO

    Medical School: New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
    Residency: Internal Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Morningside and West

  • Elsa Kassardjian, MD

    Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
    Residency: Internal Medicine at Albany Medical Center
     

  • Maham Vaqar, MD

    Medical School: Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan
    Residency: Internal Medicine at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

PGY-5

  • Sahil Chaddha, MD

    Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
    Residency: Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center

  • Tekle Didebulidze, MD

    Medical School: Tbilisi State Medical University Faculty of Medicine, Georgia
    Residency: Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Brigham, Salem Hospital
    Fellowship: Sleep Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

  • Uzair Malik, MD

    Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, School of Medicine
    Residency: Internal Medicine at Albany Medical Center

  • Harsha Taluru, MD

    Medical School: M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, India
    Residency: Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center

PGY-6

  • Emma Albert-Stone, MD

    Medical School: University of Massachusetts
    Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Michigan

  • Jacob Brown, MD

    Medical School: St. George’s University
    Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Rutgers University

  • Alexis Jacobson, MD

    Medical School: University of Massachusetts
    Residency: Internal Medicine, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital

Former Fellows & Initial Position Post-Fellowship

  • Mark Dunlop, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Gabrielle Mock, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Alexis Sherman-Roe, MD – T32 research fellowship through Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine at Brown University 
  • Shreya Vakharia, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Penn Medicine
  • Sara Aijaz, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai Queens in Astoria, NY, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Clare Ronan, MD – South Shore Hospital, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Tariq Sallam, MD– Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of New Mexico, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Meghan Snuckel, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Roger Auth, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Grant Cagle, MD – St. Bernard’s Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Rachel Darling, MD– Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Greg Millio, MD – University of Miami Medical Group, Miami, Florida, Pulmonary and Critical Care Faculty
  • Rob Simmons-Beck, MD – University of Toronto, 1 year Critical Care Fellowship
  • Daniel Dustin, DO – Pulmonary and Critical Care, Salem Hospital, Salem, MA, affiliated with Mass General Brigham
  • Michael Simon, MD – Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, South Coast Health, Fall River, MA
  • Chris Theroux, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Emory University, Georgia
  • Maya Cohen, MD – T32 research fellowship through Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine at Brown University
  • Julia Munchel, MD – Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts
  • Navneet Singh, MD- T32 research fellowship through Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine at Brown University
  • Evan Smith, MD – Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, California
  • Katherine Cox-Flaherty, MD – T32 research fellowship through Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine at Brown University
  • Nicholas Nassikas, MD – Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts
  • Mark Slootsky, MD – Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Muri Pulmonary Critical Care, Walnut Creek, California
  • Yevgeniy Vayntrub, MD – Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Pulmonary Consultants, PLLC, Tacoma, Washington
  • Abhinav Misra, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, Pulmonary practice
  • Zoe Vazquez, MD – Pulmonary and critical care, South Coast Hospital, Rhode Island
  • James Ferguson, MD – Pulmonary, Newport Hospital, Rhode Island
  • Jisoo Lee, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, Inpatient pulmonary and critical care
  • James Simmons, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, Inpatient pulmonary and critical care
  • Mohammed Nayeemuddin, MD – Pulmonary and critical care and Director of Endobronchial Ultrasound at St. Anne’s Medical Center, Washington State
  • Andrew Schiff, MD – Pulmonary and Critical Care at Virtua Medical Group, New Jersey
  • Rajiv Patel, MD – Pulmonary and Critical Care, Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital, New Mexico
  • Chris Dado, MD – Faculty at Oakland University William Beaumont, Michigan
  • Ryan Bohle, MD – Pulmonary and Critical Care, Parkview Regional Medical Center, Indiana
  • Michael Prodromou, MD – Pulmonary and Critical care, Mount Sinai Hospital, Long Island, NY
  • Daniel Gutman, MD – Asheville Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates, North Carolina
  • Tim Amass, MD – T32 fellowship at Brown University, now Assistant Professor of Medicine at Colorado University School of medicine, Pulmonary and critical care
  • Andrew Foderaro, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brown University, Pulmonary and Critical Care
  • Janelle Baptiste, MD – Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Pulmonary and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess, MA
  • Amanpreet Kaur, MD – Sleep medicine fellowship at University of Chicago

Medical Education

Our fellows have a structured curriculum over the course of their three years of training, providing a foundation of knowledge in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine before moving to develop in-depth expertise. During their first year, our fellows partake in a procedural simulation course, attend an ultrasound teaching course in Boston, and complete a “summer lecture series” to rapidly provide this foundation.  Then, throughout their training, fellows attend a weekly three-hour protected educational period for program didactics, as well as multiple other recurring conferences as stated below, in order to provide breadth and depth of knowledge.   The fellowship also provides resources for asynchronous learning and board preparation. It is also our philosophy that honing teaching proficiency is a vital skill and an essential aspect of fellowship training. Each fellow, therefore, is encouraged to participate in the training of Internal Medicine residents and medical students in a variety of ways. Fellows prepare lectures and formally present at multiple conferences during their training, including division grand rounds, research conferences, journal clubs, morbidity and mortality conferences, and shared conferences with trauma and surgery critical care, cardiology, and thoracic radiology. Fellows present informal conferences to residents and medical students rotating on the pulmonary elective and the ICU. Additionally, many of our fellows participate in the small group teaching sections of the medical school Pulmonary Pathophysiology course.

The first 18 months of the fellowship are relatively structured and devoted to clinical activities. Fellows rotate through the core training hospitals during the first year. The curriculum includes a mix of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with an emphasis on Pulmonary early on. In the second year of the program there is more focus on advanced Critical Care training in tertiary Medical Intensive Care Units (ICUs), Mixed Medical ICUs, a Respiratory Care Unit, a Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and a Neurosurgical ICU. Half-way through the second-year fellows begin a minimum of 12 months of research with a dedicated research curriculum spanning all three years of the program. After the research blocks have been completed, fellows resume clinical rotations in the second half of their third year and may also have time for elective rotations or additional research blocks. There is some flexibility in the choosing of third year rotations such that more time can be spent on topics of interest or research if desired. If fellows wish to pursue additional research years, they may apply for the T32 training grant that would take place following graduation of this program.

DateTopicSpeaker
July 9Difficult Airway Course 
July 12Lung Cancer/Nodule ManagementAndrew Foderaro, MD
July 13No Lecture – VA Clinic 
July 14Sleep ConferenceAlice Bonitati, MD
July 15PFT/BroncoprovicationDennis McCool, MD
July 16BronchoscopyAndrew Foderaro, MD
July 19Pulmonary RehabLinda Nici, MD
July 20No Lecture – VA Clinic 
July 21ILDBarry Shea, MD
July 22Cystic FibrosisMichael Blundin, MD
July 23COPDJohn Ladetto, MD
July 26PneumoniaAndrew Levinson, MD
July 27No Lecture – VA Clinic 
July 28Pulmonary EmbolismChristopher Mullin, MD
July 29Pulmonary HypertensionJames Klinger, MD
July 30TuberculosisE. Jane Carter, MD
August 2AsthmaNicholas Ward, MD
August 3No Lecture – VA Clinic 
August 4Intro to ICU/RSIJason Aliotta, MD
August 5RHC/HemodynamicsChristopher Mullin, MD
August 6SepsisJames Simmons, MD
August 9No Lecture – Victory Day 
August 10No Lecture – VA Clinic 
August 11Sleep ConferenceKatherine Sharkey, MD
August 12Mechanical Ventilation IMitchell Levy, MD
August 13Mechanical Ventilation IIMitchell Levy, MD
August 16ECMOCorey Ventetulo, MD
August 17No Lecture – VA Clinic 
August 18ARDSGerardo Carino, MD
August 19Ultrasound Course 
August 20Ultrasound Course 
August 23End of Life CareMitchell Levy, MD
August 24No Lecture – VA Clinic 
August 25How to Give a Scientific TalkDebasree Banerjee, MD
August 26EthicsNicholas Ward, MD
  • Grand Rounds - Brown City-wide Chest Conference
  • Pulmonary Topical Didactic Conference
  • Critical Care Topical Didactic Conference
  • Journal Club
  • Ultrasound Conference
  • Combined MICU / SICU Conference
  • Thoracic Radiology Case Conference
  • Miriam Hospital Pulmonary and Critical Care Literature Review Conference
  • Sleep Clinic Conference
  • Interstitial Lung Disease Case Conference
  • Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  • Physiology Conference
  • Shared MICU/ Cardiology Conference
  • Brown Investigators in Respiratory Disease Conference

Brown University is committed to maintaining an inclusive environment for the entire Brown community, and our division and its associated training programs specifically seek to promote an atmosphere of respect and facilitate a sense of belonging in all interactions, whether virtual or in person. To that end, we have multiple resources for faculty and trainees to help manage challenges related to racism, diversity, equity, justice and inclusion, as well as formal curriculum for our group in the forms of Bias Reduction in Internal Medicine (BRIM) training and the JEDI curriculum, of which Dr. Banerjee of our division is the director.

  • Brown University Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity
  • Brown Advocates for Social Change and Equity (BASCE)
  • Brown Minority Housestaff Association (BMHA)
  • Brown University – Diversity & Multicultural Affairs
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  • Bias Reduction in Internal Medicine (BRIM Initiative)

Clinical Experience

Our Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship Program is a 3 year, ACGME certified training program that includes intensive instruction in clinical medicine. During their 3 years, our fellows will gain extensive experience with in-patient and out-patient pulmonary medicine as well as critical care training in ICUs that range from general community based to the highest-level tertiary care ICU in the region. Pulmonary education will include extensive exposure to pulmonary hypertension, interventional pulmonary, interstitial lung diseases, cystic fibrosis, advanced sleep disorders, pulmonary physiology, as well as general pulmonary diseases. Critical care training will give fellows experience in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, state of the art ventilator technique, trauma critical care, neuro-critical care as well as general medical critical care. If desired, fellows can take extra clinical months for training in elective topics which can occur at our institution or at other institutions. Our program emphasizes competence at a wide variety of pulmonary and critical care procedures and our fellows typically graduate proficient in endotracheal intubations, pulmonary artery catheterization, chest tubes, and many advanced elements of interventional bronchoscopy including endobronchial ultrasound.

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Who We Are

 

Graduate Medical Education

Sepsis
Our division has a long history of research into the causes and treatment of sepsis. We have  been involved in national and State-wide initiatives in sepsis performance improvement programs and are major contributors to the national SEP-1 mandated reporting with sepsis measures. In addition, we have been collecting samples for a sepsis and ARDS biobank for the past 6 years.

Interventional Pulmonology
We offer extensive training for the fellows in bronchoscopy and pleural procedures and have expanded our practice and training in interventional pulmonology. We are performing a variety of interventional bronchoscopic procedures including endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), navigational bronchoscopy, endobronchial brachytherapy, electrocautery, and various biopsy techniques. In addition to these procedures, our fellows gain extensive experience with large and small chest tube placement.

Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
Rhode Island Hospital is an accredited as a Pulmonary Hypertension Comprehensive Care Center. Drs. Corey Ventetuolo, Christopher Mullin, and James Klinger lead a team that diagnoses and manages hundreds of cases each year as well as conducts significant bench and clinical research in the field. Fellows will work with them on several rotations and perform or assist in all right heart catheterizations and vasodilator trials done on these patients.
In addition, Drs. Matthew Jankowich and Gaurav Choudhary (Cardiology) manage a multi-disciplinary Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic at the Providence VA Medical Center, performing right heart catheterizations and managing patients with primarily Group 2 and Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension.

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program
Along with members of the division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery our division runs the Rhode Island Hospital (RIH) ECMO service. RIH is  accredited as an ECMO Center of Excellence, and this service provides care to patients in all ICUs who need this therapy for respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, or other severe illnesses. We are one of the most active centers in our region and a major referral center. Our fellows will actively participate in the advanced care of these patients and ECMO training in the medical ICU.

Interstitial Lung Disease

With the opening of our Center for Advanced Lung Care, we have a state of the art academic and clinical center for the care and study of patients with various interstitial lung diseases.  Led by Dr. Rachel Putman, our Director of Interstitial Lung Disease Program, our fellows will contribute to the inpatient and outpatient care of patients with ILD and have the option of contributing to research in the field.

Sleep Medicine
Sleep medicine is a major part of the training of the Pulmonary Division. There is a separate Sleep Clinic which the fellows attend staffed by Sleep specialists. In addition, fellows have sleep training in the Pulmonary Clinic at the VA Medical Center. Fellows who want a more extensive experience in sleep medicine may elect to do research related to sleep disorders in their second year.

Pulmonary Physiology Training
Fellows interpret the various pulmonary function studies done in the laboratory including the results of spirometry, lung volumes, diffusing studies, arterial blood gases, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, bronchial inhalation challenges, and sleep studies. A pulmonary staff physician reviews the interpretation of the pulmonary fellow on a daily basis. Fellows participate in weekly physiology conferences to enrich their understanding of complex concepts related to lung physiology and pathophysiology.

Pulmonary Clinic and Outpatient Experiences
The fellow obtains longitudinal experience in the pulmonary and sleep ambulatory continuity clinics weekly held at both the Providence VA Medical Center and Rhode Island Hospital. An attending physician is an on-site preceptor while the fellow is seeing his or her patients. Fellows also have rotations that provide them the opportunity to see patients in subspeciality clinics, including interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary nodules, tracheostomy care, cystic fibrosis, tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria, CTEPH, and others.

End of Life Care and Ethics
Our division has been involved in multiple research projects for improving end of life care in the critically ill and improving communication for caregivers during end of life conversations. Dr. Nick Ward has a special interest in ethics and has also led several initiatives for physician/patient ratios in the ICU.

The Miriam Hospital
The Miriam is a 247-bed, acute care general hospital in Providence and is a major teaching site for the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The ICU is a 16-bed, combined medical/surgical/cardiac unit which provides a very broad educational experience with an emphasis on collaborative rounds with these varied services. In addition to the medically ill patients critically ill cardiac patients are taken care of in this unit and provide extensive experience in cardiogenic shock, intra-aortic balloon pumps, hemodynamic monitoring, and pacing. Extensive experience with critically ill post-operative patients is also obtained here. The fellow’s pulmonary consult service covers all parts of the hospital which includes surgical services, a robust oncology services, and many medical services, all which provide diverse opportunities for trainee experience. An outpatient nodule clinic is run through the on-site cancer center to provide fellows more exposure to pulmonary nodule and oncology issues in the outpatient setting.

Rhode Island Hospital
A 721-bed tertiary care hospital with a broad spectrum of pulmonary and critical care diseases, it is the state’s largest hospital and the third largest hospital in New England. The 18-bed Medical Intensive Care Unit at Rhode Island Hospital (link) has a high turnover of acutely ill patients with multi-system failure and was recognized by the National Coalition on Healthcare as one of the ten best in the country. It serves as a referral center for many hospitals throughout southern New England and is an ECMO center of excellence. Our MICU serves as the intensive care unit for Womans & Infants hospital, which provides the fellow with important experience with critically ill obstetric patients. There are numerous other specialty critical care units staffed by specialists in other divisions that provide elective opportunities as well, including a cardiothoracic ICU, neurology/neurosurgery ICU, trauma, surgical ICUs, and a coronary care unit. Our division also staffs a respiratory intermediate care unit that manages complex respiratory patients as well. The fellow’s pulmonary consult service covers all parts of the hospital and is generally a busy service with many opportunities for procedural experience and complex patient management. The longitudinal fellow’s pulmonary clinic is located in an ambulatory center here, which all fellows will attend every other week during training.

The Center for Advanced Lung Care (CALC) is a new program and facility in Providence supported by Brown University Health and Brown Medicine that offers comprehensive care for patients with advanced lung and heart-lung diseases and unexplained difficulty breathing. Center for Advanced Lung Care | Brown University Health

Providence VA Medical Center
The VAMC of Providence is a 100-bed teaching hospital staffed by internal medicine residents from all of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University affiliated programs. The pulmonary fellow is responsible for all ICU admissions, oversees an active consultation service with consults from the Medical, Surgical, and Psychiatric services, actively participates in a robust Lung Cancer Screening Program, and performs all pulmonary procedures including EBUS bronchoscopy. The VA system offers a unique educational experience for the pulmonary fellow by providing an environment with autonomy in decision making and a large number of patients with a variety of lung diseases willing to participate in clinical research. Critically ill patients are cared for in the recently constructed 9-bed Medical Intensive Care/Coronary Care/Surgical Intensive Care Unit. The pulmonary fellow makes daily rounds in this ICU. The VA Medical Center has a large ambulatory pulmonary service and fellows attend a once-a-week clinic as part of their longitudinal experience of outpatient pulmonary care.


 

Research

Direct involvement of fellows in a structured research program is a cornerstone of our fellowship training. We believe this experience enhances scholarly development, builds a foundation for logical and critical thinking, and fosters lifelong habits of continuing scholarship. A central goal is to cultivate interest in and prepare fellows for careers in academic medicine. Through their research experience, our fellows:

  • Learn the design and interpretation of research studies
  • Develop skills in research methodology, biostatistics, and data management
  • Build competence in scientific writing, abstract preparation, and manuscript publication
  • Complete training in the responsible conduct of research and research ethics

The research curriculum is structured across all three fellowship years, with dedicated protected research time in each year. In the first year (1 month research), fellows are introduced to the research program, identify a primary research mentor and topic, begin assembling a Mentor Committee, and start work on their Career Development Plan. The second year provides 7 months of protected research time and marks the start of active investigation. Fellows present their research plan at the Brown Research Conference in the fall, begin monthly check-in meetings with the Associate Program Director for Research in January, and complete Responsible Conduct of Research training. In the third year (6 months research), fellows focus on completing their projects and disseminating their work. In the fall, fellows present at Brown University Health Research Day and submit original abstracts to the American Thoracic Society or another national meeting. The Brown Research Conference presentations, T32 applications, and final Mentor Committee meeting all occur in the spring. By the end of the third year, fellows are expected to have submitted at least one peer-reviewed first-authored publication.

Research and scholarly activity opportunities span the full spectrum of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, with projects available across basic science, translational, and clinical investigation. Fellows have access to research infrastructure at Rhode Island Hospital (including the Coro Laboratories and the Center for Advanced Lung Care), The Miriam Hospital, the Providence VA Medical Center (home of the CPVB COBRE), and Brown University. Ample opportunities exist for joint projects with investigators outside the division.

It is expected that fellows will contribute to 1–2 original projects during their training, culminating in peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national meetings including ATS, CHEST, or SCCM. Fellows are also expected to submit an abstract of original research to the annual Brown University Health Research Day and present at the Brown Research Conference.

Fellows who wish to pursue an academic career are encouraged to apply for the Brown Respiratory Research and Training Program (BRRTP, T32 HL134625) in their third year of fellowship.  This is a two-year post-doctoral research training program done after the completion of the three year fellowship, which provides 75% protected research time, sponsorship of a graduate degree through Brown University, and mentored preparation for NIH K awards and foundation fellowships. Applicants interested in an academic research career are encouraged to express this interest in their fellowship application.

Active Areas of Research Include:

  • Sepsis 
  • Acute lung injury and extracorporeal life support
  • Pulmonary vascular disease 
  • Interstitial lung disease and pulmonary fibrosis
  • COPD and pulmonary physiology
  • Lung cancer and screening
  • Sleep disordered breathing
  • Pregnancy-related pulmonary disorders
  • End-of-life and palliative care in the ICU
  • Post-ICU recovery and survivorship
  • Medical education and quality improvement

Please refer to our Research Programs page for more in-depth information regarding the diverse and varied research opportunities available through our division.

Below are publications which one or more fellows worked on or completed during their fellowship at Brown.

Shreya Vakharia, MD – Graduated 2026

  • Ayub N, Vakharia S, Tanzer JR, Lantini R, Rosen RK, Banerjee D. Feasibility of an interactive, iterative zoom-based anti-racism course for academic neurology faculty. BMC Med Educ. 2026 Apr 6. doi: 10.1186/s12909-026-08998-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41942991.

Alexis Sherman- Roe, MD – Graduated 2026

  • Ventetuolo CE, Sherman-Roe AE. Sex differences in pulmonary (arterial) hypertension: does it matter? Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2025 Sep 1;31(5):411-428. doi: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000001197. Epub 2025 Jul 23. PMID: 40767089; PMCID: PMC12331139.

Sara Aijaz, MD – Graduated 2025

  • Banerjee D, Aijaz S, Nassikas NJ, Singh P, Lakshman S, Boyd C, Brown Q, Mathew A, Rosen RK, Lantini R, Andrea SB, Walsh SR, Gartman EJ, Levinson A, Carino G, Braun L. Perspectives on Using Race in Pulmonary Function Testing: A National Survey Fellows and Program Directors. Respir Care. 2024 Oct 25;69(11):1371-1379. PMCID: PMC11549632. Rachel Darling, MD – Graduated 2023

Roger Auth, MD – Graduated 2024

  • Auth R, Klinger JR. Emerging pharmacotherapies for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2023 Jul-Dec;32(11):1025-1042. doi: 10.1080/13543784.2023.2274439. Epub 2023 Nov 24. PMID: 37881882.
  • Auth R, Catanese S, Banerjee D. Integrating Primary Care into the Management of Cystic Fibrosis. J Prim Care Community Health. 2023 Jan-Dec;14:21501319231173811. doi: 10.1177/21501319231173811. PMID: 37158604; PMCID: PMC10176593.
  • Rhoads S, Auth R, Chambers A, Blundin M, Mahoney L, McLaughlin S, Banerjee D. Perceptions and Use of E-cigarettes among Young Adults with Cystic Fibrosis: An Observational Study. R I Med J (2013). 2023 Aug 1;106(7):58-63. PMID: 37494629.
  • Boyd C, Auth RD, Blundin M, Banerjee D. Updates on the Management of Cystic Fibrosis: Development of Modulators and Advancement of Antibiotic Therapies. R I Med J (2013). 2021 Sep 1;104(7):20-25. PMID: 34437661.

Rachel Darling, MD – Graduated 2024

  • Jang D, Darling R, Choudhary G, Jankowich M. Hemorrhagic Adverse Events of Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of the Lung in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2024 Apr 27:S1051-0443(24)00319-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2024.04.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38685471.
  • Khawaja HR, Greene SM, Darling R. Redesigning the sub-internship experience in internal medicine. Med Educ. 2023 May;57(5):480. doi: 10.1111/medu.15034. Epub 2023 Feb 22. PMID: 36814070.

Daniel Dustin, MD – Graduated 2023

  • Dustin D, Martin D. The Evolving Continuum of Diagnosis in the Modern Age of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. R I Med J (2013). 2021 Sep 1;104(7):36-41. PMID: 34437664.

Michael Simon, MD – Graduated 2023

  • Simon M, Simmons JE. A Review of Respiratory Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) and the Potential Benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation. R I Med J (2013). 2022 Sep 1;105(7):11-15. PMID: 35930484.

Christoper Theroux, MD – Graduated 2023

  • Theroux CD, Aliotta JM, Mullin CJ. High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: Current Evidence-Based Practices. R I Med J (2013). 2019 Dec 2;102(10):43-47. PMID: 31795534.

Maya Cohen, MD – Graduated 2022

  • Monaghan SF, Fredericks AM, Jentzsch MS, Cioffi WG, Cohen M, Fairbrother WG, Gandhi SJ, Harrington EO, Nau GJ, Reichner JS, Ventetuolo CE, Levy MM, Ayala A. Deep RNA Sequencing of Intensive Care Unit Patients with COVID-19. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2021 Jan 13:2021.01.11.21249276. doi: 10.1101/2021.01.11.21249276. PMID: 33469603; PMCID: PMC7814849.
  • Cohen M, Monaghan SF. Hemorrhagic shock and fluid dynamics. Physiol Rep. 2021 Mar;9(6):e14813. doi: 10.14814/phy2.14813. PMID: 33769690; PMCID: PMC7995542.

Julia Munchel, MD – Graduated 2022

  • Munchel JK, Shea BS. Diagnosis and Management of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. R I Med J (2013). 2021 Sep 1;104(7):26-29. PMID: 34437662.

Navneet Singh, MD – Graduated 2022

  • Singh N, Dorfmüller P, Shlobin OA, Ventetuolo CE. Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension: From Bench to Bedside. Circ Res. 2022 Apr 29;130(9):1404-1422. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.121.319970. Epub 2022 Apr 28. PMID: 35482836; PMCID: PMC9060386.
  • Singh N, Ventetuolo CE. Prime Time for Proteomics in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Risk Assessment? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 May 1;205(9):988-990. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202201-0040ED. PMID: 35143371.
  • Singh N, Mullin CJ. Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension. R I Med J (2013). 2021 Sep 1;104(7):30-35. PMID: 34437663.

Evan Smith, MD – Graduated 2022

  • Smith EJ, Gartman EJ. The Clinical Utility of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing. R I Med J (2013). 2021 Sep 1;104(7):14-19. PMID: 34437660.

Nicholas Nassikas, MD – Graduated 2021

  • Nassikas N, Malhame I, Miller M, Bourjeily G. Pulmonary considerations in pregnant women. Clinics in Chest Medicine (in press).
  • Fann N, Nolte C, Sarofim M, Martinich J, Nassikas N. Associations between simulated future changes in climate, air quality, and human health. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jan;4(1).
  • Anenberg S, Haines S, Wang E, Nassikas N, Kinney P. Synergistic health effects of air pollution, temperature, and pollen exposure: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence. Environ Health. 2020 Dec; 19(130).
  • Nassikas N, Monteiro JFG, Pashnik B, Lynch J, Carino G, Levinson AT. Intensive care unit rounding checklists to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Mar 4:1-4.
  • Nassikas N, Spangler K, Fann N, Nolte CG, Dolwick P, Spero TL, Sheffield P, Wellenius GA. Ozone-related asthma emergency department visits in the US in a warming climate. Environ Res. 2020 Jan 31;183:109206.
  • Nassikas N, Baird G, Duffy C. Improving Advance Care Planning in a Resident Primary Care Clinic. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2020 Mar;37(3):185-190.

Yevgeniy Vayntraub – Graduated 2021

  • Vayntrub, Y., Gartman, E., Nici, L., Jankowich M.D. Diagnostic Performance of the Herder Malignancy Risk Prediction Model in Veterans Undergoing Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans for Pulmonary Nodule Evaluation. American Thoracic Society International Conference. May 2021. ePoster Presentation.
  • Vayntrub, Y., Banerjee, D. Disseminated Mucormycosis in a Young Patient with Diabetic Ketoacidosis. American Thoracic Society International Conference. May 2021. ePoster Presentation.
  • Yee, D., Cangemi, R., Osler, B., Cox, K.E., Vayntrub, Y., Mullin, C.J. Profound Shock from Metformin-Induced Lactic Acidosis in a Patient with End Stage Liver Disease and Hepatic Encephalopathy. American Thoracic Society International Conference, Philadelphia, PA. May 2020. Poster Presentation.

Zoe Vazquez, MD – Graduated 2020

  • Vazquez ZGS, Klinger JR. Guidelines for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Lung. 2020 Aug;198(4):581-596.
  • Vazquez ZGS, Sodha NR, Devers C, Ventetuolo CE, Abbasi A. Prevalence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Patients Supported With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. ASAIO J. 2021 Jan 11.

Jisoo Lee, MD – Graduated 2020

  • Lee J, Ward NS. Emerging Ethical Challenges in Critical Care for the 21st Century: A Case-Based Discussion. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;40(5):655-661.
  • Lee J, Levy MM. Treatment of Patients with Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Current Evidence-Based Practices. R I Med J (2013). 2019;102(10):18-21. Published 2019 Dec 2.
  • Lee J, Banerjee D. Metabolomics and the Microbiome as Biomarkers in Sepsis. Crit Care Clin. 2020;36(1):105-113.

Mohammed Nayeemuddin, MD – Graduated 2019

  • Corl KA, Azab N, Nayeemuddin M, et al. Performance of a 25% Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility in Detecting Fluid Responsiveness When Assessed by Novice Versus Expert Physician Sonologists [published online ahead of print, 2019 Oct 14]. J Intensive Care Med. 2019;885066619881123.
  • Abbasi A, Nayeemuddin M, Azab N, et al. Respiratory Variation in Carotid Artery Peak Systolic Velocity Is Unable to Predict Fluid Responsiveness in Spontaneously Breathing Critically Ill Patients When Assessed by Novice Physician Sonologists [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 29]. J Intensive Care Med. 2020;885066620934392.

Andrew Schiff, MD – Graduated 2019

  • Gartman E, Jankowich M, Baptiste J, Schiff A, Nici L. Outcomes of the First Three Years of a Lung Cancer Screening Program at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018;15(11):1362-1365.

James Simmons, MD – Graduated 2019

  • Simmons J, Ventetuolo CE. Cardiopulmonary monitoring of shock. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2017;23(3):223-231.

Christopher Dado, MD – Graduated 2018

  • Dado CD, Levinson AT, Bourjeily G. Pregnancy and Pulmonary Embolism. Clin Chest Med. 2018;39(3):525-537.
  • Corl KA, Dado C, Agarwal A, et al. A modified Montpellier protocol for intubating intensive care unit patients is associated with an increase in first-pass intubation success and fewer complications. J Crit Care. 2018;44:191-195.

Michael Prodromou, MD – Graduated 2018

  • Corl KA, Prodromou M, Merchant RC, et al. The Restrictive IV Fluid Trial in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock (RIFTS): A Randomized Pilot Study. Crit Care Med. 2019;47(7):951-959.

Daniel Gutman, MD – Graduated 2018

  • Raghunathan V, Pelcovits A, Gutman D, Carino G. Cardiogenic shock from coronary vasculitis in granulomatosis with polyangiitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2017;2017:bcr2017220233. Published 2017 Jun 29.

Tim Amass, MD – Graduated 2017

  • Corl KA, Dado C, Agarwal A, Azab N, Amass T, Marks SJ, Levy MM, Merchant RC, Aliotta J. A modified Montpellier protocol for intubating intensive care unit patients is associated with an increase in first-pass intubation success and fewer complications. J Crit Care. 2018;44:191-195.
  • Amass T, Cumplido J, Aswad B, Whittenhall M, Ventetuolo C, Klinger J. Rapid development of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure due to large vessel intravascular microcrystalline cellulosis in an intravenous drug user. Pulm Circ. 2020;10(1):2045894020907871. Published 2020 Apr 6.
  • Amass TH, Villa G, OMahony S, et al. Family Care Rituals in the ICU to Reduce Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members-A Multicenter, Multinational, Before-and-After Intervention Trial. Crit Care Med. 2020;48(2):176-184.

Andrew Foderaro, MD – Graduated 2017

  • Foderaro A, Ventetuolo CE. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and the Sex Hormone Paradox. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2016;18(11):84.
  • Foderaro AE, Reagan JL. Hodgkin lymphoma mimicking lung abscess. Blood. 2016;128(25):3011.
  • Baird GL, Archer-Chicko C, Barr RG, Bluemke DA, Foderaro AE, Fritz JS, Hill NS, Kawut SM, Klinger JR, Lima JAC, Mullin CJ, Ouyang P, Palevsky HI, Palmisicano AJ, Pinder D, Preston IR, Roberts KE, Smith KA, Walsh T, Whittenhall M, Ventetuolo CE. Lower DHEA-S levels predict disease and worse outcomes in post-menopausal women with idiopathic, connective tissue disease- and congenital heart disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2018;51(6):1800467. Published 2018 Jun 28.

Janelle Baptiste, MD – Graduated 2017

  • Gartman E, Jankowich M, Baptiste J, Schiff A, Nici L. Outcomes of the First Three Years of a Lung Cancer Screening Program at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018;15(11):1362-1365.
  • Balachandran JS, Thomson CC, Sumter DB, Shelgikar AV, Lachapelle P, Pamidi S, Fall M, Lal C, Baba RY, Shah N, Fields BG, Sarmiento K, Butler MP, Shea SA, Baptiste JV, Sharkey KM, Wang T. ATS Core Curriculum 2016: Part I. Adult Sleep Medicine. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016;13(4):549-561.
  • Okereke IC, Bates MF, Jankowich MD, Rounds SI, Kimble BA, Baptiste JV, Ng TT, Nici LL. Effects of Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening at One Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Chest. 2016;150(5):1023-1029.

Amanpreet Kaur, MD – Graduated 2017

  • Pengo MF, Banerjee D, Kaur A, Bourjeily G. Sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy: Food for thought. Obstet Med. 2016;9(4):153-155.
  • Kaur AP, Levinson AT, Monteiro JFG, Carino GP. The impact of errors on healthcare professionals in the critical care setting. J Crit Care. 2019;52:16-21.
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