Department of Medicine

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 30 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.

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Pulmonary & Critical Care

 

Fellowship Information

Our Fellows

PGY-4

  • 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

  • Julio Piedra Butina, MD

    Medical School: Universidad Catolica de Cuenca Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Ecuador
    Residency: Saint Peter’s University Hospital, Rutgers University

  • Alexis Jacobson, MD

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

PGY-5

  • Mark Dunlop

    Medical School: New York Medical College
    Residency: Internal Medicine, Harvard University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  • Gabrielle Mock, MD

    Medical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine
    Residency: Internal Medicine, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital

  • Alexis Sherman-Roe

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

  • Shreya Vakharia

    Medical School: Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, India
    Residency: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

PGY-6

  • Sara Aijaz, MD

    Medical School: Lew Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
    Residency: Boston University Medical Center

  • Meghan Snuckel, MD

    Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
    Residency: University of Connecticut

  • Claire Ronan, MD

    Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
    Residency: Boston University Medical Center

  • Tariq Sallam, MD

    Medical School: University of Jordan Faculty of Medicine
    Residency: Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University

Former Fellows & Initial Position Post-Fellowship

  • 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

It is 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 present informal conferences to residents and medical students rotating on the pulmonary elective and the ICU. Our fellows organize and teach a third-year medical student course in chest x-ray reading. Additionally, many of our fellows participate in the small group teaching sections of the medical school Pulmonary Pathophysiology course.

The first 12 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. In the second year of the program there is more focus on advanced Critical Care training in tertiary Medical Intensive Care Units (ICUs), Surgical ICUs, a Respiratory Care Unit, and a Neurosurgical ICU. Half-way through the second-year fellows begin a minimum of 12 months of research. After the research block has 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.

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

There are a variety of conferences available for fellows across the hospital systems, which are covered in the table below.

Pulmonary Conferences

Tumor Board at Rhode Island Hospital

Interstitial Lung Disease Conference (twice a month)

Brown City-Wide Chest Conference

Sleep Case Conference (prior to sleep clinic)

Fellow's Didactic Conference

Journal Club (monthly)

Radiology Case Conference

Critical Care & Medicine Conferences

Medicine Grand Rounds

MICU/ED Combined Conference (monthly)

MICU/SICU Combined Case Conference

Ultrasound Conference (monthly)

Critical Care Conference (twice a week)

Physiology Conference with University of Limerick Collaboration

MICU M&M Conference (monthly)

Research Conferences

Brown Investigators of Respiratory Disease (BIRDs) Conference (monthly)

CardioPulmonary Vascular Biology and Vascular Research Laboratory Meeting

Brown Pulmonary Research Conference

Some notable conferences include…

Case Management Conferences
These weekly conferences are held by the pulmonary staff for all fellows. Difficult current cases are presented. The diagnosis and management of a variety of topics are discussed.

Pulmonary Grand Rounds
This weekly teaching conference is held on the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University campus with the entire faculty and with pulmonary specialists in the practicing community. This conference begins in September and is preceded during the summer by an introductory lecture series for the clinical fellows. The conference focuses on important topics in clinical pulmonary medicine through a case presentation format. Annotated bibliographies are distributed to provide an updated reference base.

Brown Pulmonary Research Seminar Series
This weekly conference is designed to allow pulmonary fellows, Brown faculty and visiting speakers to present their research to an audience that includes clinicians and researchers, both clinical and basic science. These conferences serve as an excellent forum for work-in-progress seminars.

Pulmonary Oncology Conference
This multidisciplinary conference is held twice a month at Rhode Island Hospital and attracts faculty from the Divisions of Hematology/Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Thoracic Surgery, Radiology, Pathology and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine. Discussions focus on the management of patients with thoracic tumors.

Combined Medical/Surgical/Trauma Critical Care Rounds
This conference affords fellows the opportunity to present cases in a interdisciplinary context. The conference usually centers around a case presentation that highlights the different approach between medical and surgical critical care. The strong collaborative relationship between medical and surgical/trauma critical care is one of the clear strengths of the program.

Journal Club
Held monthly, this evidence-based medicine journal club is intended to teach fellows to evaluate critically the current literature in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and assess the likelihood of it changing clinical practice.

Pulmonary Physiology Conference
This conference is held weekly at the Providence VA where journal articles are discussed, CPET are interpreted and fellows learn complex physiology concepts under the guidance of Dr. Eric Gartman. Articles are frequently reviewed and discussed along with pulmonary physiologists at the University of Limerick in Ireland, who collaborate via video conferencing.

CardioPulmonary Vascular Biology Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Research Seminar
This conference is held biweekly at the PVAMC and features research performed by faculty in the areas of cardiovascular and pulmonary vascular diseases. In addition, there is a rich and robust program of visiting professors from other departments at Brown and other universities.

The Vascular Research Laboratory
The PVAMC holds biweekly research seminars in which faculty and trainees present work in progress.

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.

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. Dr. Mitchell Levy has been a leader in the creation of international professional organization-based sepsis guidelines for over 20 years and the co-director of the Ocean State Clinical Coordinating Center, which manages large, multi-center international RCTs in sepsis. There is significant expertise in the division around developing protocols for large sepsis RCTs. We have also 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 was recently 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 care of these patients in the medical ICU and have the opportunity for additional advanced training during their fellowship.

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
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.

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.

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

We feel that direct involvement of the fellows in a research program will greatly enhance their scholarly development, provide a foundation for logical and critical thinking, and encourage lifelong habits of continuing scholarship. One goal of this experience is to foster potential interest in a career in academic medicine. Through their research experience, our fellows:

  1. Learn the design and interpretation of research studies
  2. Learn to evaluate investigative methods and the interpretation of their data
  3. Develop competence in critical assessment of the medical literature and of the results of their work.

The first-year fellows are introduced to the research areas of the faculty at our weekly research conferences. During the early springtime of the first year, each first-year fellow will discuss projects with various faculty members and then decide on a research theme. Research opportunities are available in both clinical and basic science within the department in the areas of Sleep, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine. In addition, ample opportunities exist outside the department for joint research projects.

One faculty member acts as preceptor for the research project and meets frequently with the fellow to review their work. In addition, fellows, and faculty meet at weekly work-in-progress seminars to discuss ongoing projects. Visiting faculty from both American and International institutions visit the Pulmonary Division, meet with faculty and fellows, and lecture at pulmonary research conferences. It is expected that a fellow will initiate and complete 1-2 projects during their fellowship experience.

Fellows who desire to pursue an academic career are urged to stay beyond the third year to continue their research endeavors under the preceptorship of one of the faculty. Fellows are eligible for our T32 institutional research training grant via the NIH, which provides funding to obtain a Master’s degree through Brown University in the appropriate school as well as continued clinical experience, research mentorship, and career networking. Applicants interested in such a career are encouraged to express this interest on their application.

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”

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

To view additional faculty interviews, please visit our YouTube page.

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

Roger Auth, MD – Graduated 2023

  • 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 2023

  • 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.