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The Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine, Section of Interventional Pulmonology and Pulmonary Oncology offers a one-year fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology Medicine. Our program is designed to develop and train technically skilled and academic minded interventional pulmonologists in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, percutaneous tracheostomy, and advanced minimally invasive pleural procedures.<\/p>\n

Program Overview<\/h2>\n

Trainees in our fellowship program will gain experience and become proficient in the performance of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopic, pleural procedures and percutaneous tracheostomy tube placement. The trainee will acquire the knowledge and skills required to recognize, investigate, and manage large airway obstructions, malignant and non-malignant intrathoracic and pleural diseases. The fellow will develop advanced expertise in all aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy and Thoracic Oncology.<\/p>\n

The Interventional Pulmonology fellow will actively participate in the weekly multidisciplinary thoracic oncology conference.<\/p>\n

The fellow will be required to complete at least one original research project and is encouraged to present at a national meeting during his or her fellowship year.<\/p>\n

Typical Weekly Fellow Schedule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Monday<\/strong><\/td>\nTuesday<\/strong><\/td>\nWednesday<\/strong><\/td>\nThursday<\/strong><\/td>\nFriday <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7-8 am: Follow up rounds<\/td>\n7-7:30am: Follow up Rounds<\/td>\n7-7:30am: Follow up Rounds\/Consent<\/td>\n7am-8am: Follow up Rounds\/Consent<\/td>\n7-8am: Follow up Rounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8-10 am: Tracheostomy\/PEG or Pleural\/Academic<\/td>\n7:30-8:30am:\u00a0 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Conference (MTOP)<\/td>\n7:30-8am:\u00a0 IP Didactics (20-30 minute presentation by IP fellow, Gen Pulm Fellow, or Attending)<\/td>\n8am-5pm:<\/p>\n

EBUS\/Navigation Bronchoscopy scheduled at 8, 10, 12, 2pm.<\/td>\n

8-10am: Tracheostomy\/PEG or Pleural\/Academic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10am-6pm:\u00a0 Rigid Bronchoscopy\/Other<\/td>\n8:30am-5pm:\u00a0 IP Outpatient Clinic<\/td>\n8:30am-5pm:\u00a0 EBUS\/Navigation Bronchoscopy scheduled at 8:30, 10, 12, 2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n10am-6pm:\u00a0 Rigid Bronchoscopy\/Other<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Pleural disease interspersed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Pleural disease interspersed<\/td>\nPlueral disease interspersed<\/td>\nPleural disease interspersed<\/td>\n\n
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To read more about Interventional Pulmonology at UNC, and the scope of services and procedures offered and taught, please visit our page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eligibility<\/h2>\n

Candidates must have completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine. Applicants must be board certified in Pulmonary Medicine and board eligible in Critical Care Medicine. Applications are accepted through ERAS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Applicants are selected exclusively through the National Residency Matching Program. All candidates must register through Specialties Matching Service (SMS). To register go to: National Resident Matching Program<\/a>. It is anticipated that one fellow will complete the program annually.<\/p>\n

Program Director<\/h2>\n

Jason Akulian, MD, MPH<\/a><\/p>\n

Faculty<\/h2>\n

Benjamin DeMarco, MD<\/a> (Associate Program Director)
\nW. Tyler Smith, MD\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact<\/h2>\n

Melissa Lawrence, Program Coordinator
\nCB# 7020, 130 Mason Farm Road
\n4th Floor Bioinformatics Building
\nChapel Hill, NC 27599
\n919-966-2533 (Phone)
\n919-966-7013 (Fax)
\nmelissa_lawrence@med.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Recent Graduates and Post-fellowship Positions<\/h2>\n

W. Tyler Smith, MD, 2025 – Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n

Maxwell Diddams, MD, 2024 – Private Practice, Concord, NC<\/p>\n

Toribiong Uchel, MD, 2023 – Associate Professor, University of Virginia<\/p>\n

Gregory Grandio, MD, 2022 – Intermountain Health Care<\/p>\n

Shalini Mehta, MD, 2021 – Oklahoma University<\/p>\n

Christina R. MacRosty, 2020 – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University<\/p>\n

Sohini Ghosh, 2019 – Assistant Professor, National Jewish Heath<\/p>\n

David Chambers, 2018 – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Louisiana State University (LSU) at Shreveport, LA<\/p>\n

Adam Belanger, 2017 – Interventional Pulmonary\/Critical Care – FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital at Pinehurst, NC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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