As part of NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, our fellows participate in rotations through a variety of ambulatory clinics to gain extensive experience in pulmonary disease management.

VA NY Harbor Healthcare System Pulmonary Clinic

Schedule: half day per week during the first year

James Tsay, MD
Supervisor

All first-year fellows attend continuity clinic on Monday afternoons at the Manhattan VA NY Harbor Healthcare System under the supervision of pulmonary faculty. This clinic serves as an introduction to “bread and butter” pulmonary outpatient medicine prior to transitioning to Bellevue Chest Clinic in the second and third years. Fellows see an average of five patients each session including one-to-two new patients and four follow-ups. Weekly VA radiology conference presented by VA pulmonary faculty is a highlight of this rotation.

Bellevue Pulmonary Function Tests Lab, Respiratory Failure

Beno W. Oppenheimer, MD
Supervisor

All first-year fellows rotate through the André Cournand Cardiopulmonary Physiology Lab. On this rotation, the fellows get a formal introduction to respiratory physiological principles and techniques that they apply to the diagnosis and management of patients with a variety of respiratory problems. They interpret all pulmonary function testing done at Bellevue during their rotation and act as the respiratory failure consult for the wards. The PFT and physiology lab are named in honor of Dr. André Cournand, who received the Nobel Prize in 1956 for work developing the use of the right heart catheterization to understand cardiopulmonary physiology.

Bellevue Chest Clinic

Caralee E. Caplan-Shaw, MD, and Angeliki Kazeros
Supervisors

All second-year fellows have afternoon continuity chest clinic at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue. Fellows see an average of three new patients and five follow-ups per week. Patients in the Bellevue Chest Clinic have a wide variety of pulmonary pathology including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, and tuberculosis.

Bellevue Asthma Clinic

Joan Reibman, MD
Supervisor

All third-year fellows have one biweekly morning asthma clinic under the guidance of Dr. Reibman. Asthma clinic has its own educational lecture series. Bellevue is able to offer a variety of biologic therapies for the patients in asthma clinic.

Bellevue Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic―Elective

Rany Condos, MD, and Nathaniel C. Nelson, MD
Supervisors

Third-year fellows can choose to attend the interstitial lung disease clinic once a month at the Bellevue where advanced lung disease patients are cared for. Patients with advanced lung disease have also been referred from this clinic to have received lung transplants at the patient care at NYU Langone.

Bellevue Bronchiectasis Clinic―Elective

Ashwin Basavaraj, MD, and Shivani Singh
Supervisors

Third-year fellows can choose to attend the Bellevue Bronchiectasis Clinic with Dr. Basavaraj and Dr. Singh. Fellows are involved in the workup and management of patients with bronchiectasis, and many have resistant non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections with complex therapeutic plans.

Sleep Rotation

Schedule: two to four weeks

Nishay Chitkara, MD
Supervisor

Fellows spend time between the NYU Faculty Group Practice Neuro Sleep Center, the Bellevue Sleep Clinic, the Men’s Health Clinic, and the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System Sleep Clinic. Fellows will have the opportunity to both read sleep studies and also to evaluate patients in the outpatient setting.

Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy

Jamie L. Bessich, MD
Supervisor

Fellows have the opportunity to observe and learn all interventional pulmonary procedures including rigid bronchoscopy, pleuroscopy, pleural catheters, etc. First-year fellows focus on the basics of bronchoscopy under the directions of our interventional pulmonology team, while senior fellows have the opportunity to broaden their procedural skillset during additional elective time.

Lung Transplant―Elective

Luis F. Angel, MD and Jake G. Natalini, MD
Supervisors

Fellows rotate with the lung transplant service in the second year. During this rotation the fellows attend outpatient transplant clinic where they have exposure to the pre-transplant evaluation as well as post-transplant follow up visits. The fellows also spend one day per week performing routine post-transplant surveillance bronchoscopies on post-transplant patients. Fellows also attend listing meetings and gain exposure to the allocation process.

Pulmonary Hypertension

Roxana Sulica, MD
Supervisor

Second-year fellows spend time rotating with the pulmonary hypertension service. The fellows rotate in both NYU Langone and Bellevue Pulmonary Hypertension clinics and gain exposure to the workup and management of Pulmonary Hypertension, including medication management. They spend one afternoon per week in the cardiac catheterization lab performing right heart catheterizations.

Bronchiectasis Clinic―Elective

Doreen J. Addrizzo-Harris, MD
Supervisor

Third-year fellows can choose to attend the NYU Langone bronchiectasis clinic with Dr. Addrizzo-Harris. Fellows are involved in the workup and management of patients with bronchiectasis, and many have resistant non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections with complex therapeutic plans.