Conferences are held on a regular basis and all fellows participate actively in the planning and preparation of these conferences.
Pulmonary Physiology and Pathophysiology Conference – Weekly conference with in depth discussion from faculty and fellows that cover topics of pulmonary physiology, sleep medicine and disease pathophysiology.
Critical Care Conference– Weekly Conference that covers different topics in Critical Care medicine (e.g. shock , sepsis , delirium , neurocritical care , surgical emergencies etc..)
Simulation – Sim-Lab training. Simulation sessions related to various topics such as intubation, chest tube placement, providing bad news etc is run by Dr. Jagpal.
Clinical Case Conference – Weekly conference with presentation of 2 interesting cases (either from the pulmonary service or intensive care unit).
Journal Club – presentation and discussion of current interesting and/or controversial articles in pulmonary and critical care medicine
Pathology didactics – Biweekly conference with review of chest pathology in collaboration with our pathology department.
Pathology Conference – Bimonthly joint conference with the pathology department where 4-5 cases are presented with interesting pathological findings and review by the chest pathologist at our hospital.
Interstitial Lung Disease Conference– Bimonthly joint conference with pathology and radiology department to discuss ILD cases / diagnosis.
Cystic Fibrosis and non CF Bronchiectasis Conference– Bimonthly Conference where challenging cystic fibrosis or non CF bronchiectasis cases are presented.
Critical Care Grand Rounds – Monthly joint conference with the surgery critical care and neurocritical care department with discussion of 2 interesting cases
Radiology – conference with a Radiologist to improve the knowledge in chest radiology.
Research/Lab Meetings: Fellows in research rotations will present their current research progress and participate in monthly research discussions.
Multidisciplinary Conferences:
1. Tumor Board (Thursday morning)
2. Art of Medicine Lecture Series
3. Medicine Research Lecture Series
4. Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
5. Morbidity and Mortality Conference
6. Quarterly Interdisciplinary Fellows conference
7. Monthly Critical Care Grand Rounds