Message from the Program Director
Mark T. Warner, MD, FCCP, CMQ
Program Director
Thank you for spending time visiting us!
We offer dynamic, fellow-centric busy clinic training in the Texas Medical Center. Our fellows learn comprehensive critical care in the Medical, Cardiac, Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Failure, and Abdominal Transplant Intensive Care Units. We also offer electives in the Neurotrauma ICU and the Shock Trauma ICU. Our fellows are also exposed to the breadth of lung diseases, from ambulatory care to pulmonary consultative care, including advanced bronchoscopy and lung transplantation. Our fellows gain skills and procedural competency in mechanical circulatory support, point-of-care ultrasound, and extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation.
Aims
- Enhance our high-quality, diverse training in intensive care medicine to equip our fellows as outstanding physicians in critical care medicine.
- Develop experienced Pulmonologists who can care for the spectrum of inpatient and ambulatory lung diseases.
- Develop experienced Intensivists who can care for subspecialty critical care patients.
- Refine our interactive curriculum and didactic education, preparing fellows for Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine certification.
- Equip our fellows with procedural skills in basic and advanced bronchoscopy and the gambit of intensive care procedures.
- Mentor and enhance fellows’ involvement in scholarly activities, including research, patient safety, and quality improvement.
- Support our fellows’ development as they become well-rounded leaders and life-long learners.
Elective Experiences
Fellows are encouraged to pursue elective experiences based on their interests and career goals. In addition to a wide range of clinical experiences, fellows may participate in the Physician Educator Certificate Program (PECP) and the Certificate in Healthcare Management Program.
The Physician Educator Certificate Program, sponsored by the Office of Educational Programs, was launched in 2016 and is currently available to residents and fellows interested in developing their teaching skills. The 8-month program includes monthly workshops covering a variety of topics (e.g., Effective Communication with Challenging Learners and Small Group Teaching Strategies). Participants complete peer observations of their own teaching and write a reflection paper based on the feedback they receive.
The Healthcare Management Certificate Program, sponsored by the University of Houston and Rice University, aims to give participants the tools they need to make informed management decisions in their healthcare careers. This month-long course covers a variety of topics, including Negotiation Techniques, Personal Finance, and Strategic Healthcare Planning.
Our fellowship provides rich clinical experience across key rotation sites. At Memorial Hermann-TMC, fellows train in critical care, pulmonary, and sleep medicine at a leading trauma center. Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital offers hands-on experience with underserved populations, while MD Anderson Cancer Center focuses on pulmonary care for cancer patients. Kindred Hospital emphasizes long-term care skills, including ventilator management, and Memorial Hermann-TIRR provides unique training in pulmonary care for spinal and neurological injuries.
Learn More About Our Rotation Locations
Our fellowship offers outstanding clinical training in an environment geared to support various career paths, including community and academic settings. Our program is designed as follows:
- Two (2) Distinct Fellowship Tracks : Categorical fellows rotate through a 36-month combined PCCM fellowship rotations, while our Critical Care fellows rotate through a 24-month curriculum. Our goal is to equip and empower the next generation of pulmonologists and Intensivists to care for patients through the entire spectrum of critical illness and pulmonary diseases.
- Procedural Expertise: Our Pulmonary fellows are well-versed in basic and advanced bronchoscopic and pleural procedures. All fellows encounter subspecialty critical care patients in medical, cardiac, cardiovascular surgery, neurologic trauma, trauma surgery, and solid organ transplantation. Through rotations at Memorial Hermann-TMC, our fellows have exposure to high acuity cardiac critical care including mechanical circulatory support devices, including veno-arterial ECMO Fellows also gain comprehensive experience in the application and management of veno-venous ECMO for acute respiratory failure.
- Career Development: Fellows on both tracks are thoroughly prepared to be future leaders in the ICU, and they are equipped for careers in either academic practice or private/community practice. We provide comprehensive didactics as well as training in quality improvement and clinical research with our affiliated hospitals. In addition, our fellows also grow as educators throughout their fellowship, with significant exposure to teaching medical students, residents, and other fellows in critical and pulmonary topics, in procedural skills, including point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).
- Subspecialty Training: Additionally, our division is also home to an excellent Sleep Medicine fellowship, and our Pulmonary and Critical care fellows spend at least one month rotating throughout high-volume high-acuity sleep lab as well as outpatient sleep medicine. They will also gain exposure and participate in interventional pulmonary procedures at several sites including MD Anderson Cancer Center. Additional dedicated years for both sleep medicine and interventional pulmonary fellowships at present at our sites. Our trainees will interact and learn from subspecialty fellows, and for those with interest, mentoring for subsequent application can be arranged.
- Scholarly Activity: Our fellows submit to and attend local, regional, and national conferences within the subspecialty to gain broader exposure to the disciplines. We support and encourage fellow publications with case reports, original research, educational innovations and quality improvement.
For further information on the Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, please contact:
Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
6431 Fannin Street | MSB 1.434 | Houston, Texas 77030
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Senior Fellowship Coordinator
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
6431 Fannin Street | MSB 1.282 | Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-4887 tel | 713-500-6829 fax
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