Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program
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Program Overview

Our program is designed to provide outstanding training in clinical medicine and an academic training plan for each fellow that is tailored to meet their career goals.

Preview of 2024–2025

July 2024: Class of 2024 Welcome Reception

July - August 2024: Summer Learning Series Lectures

August 2024: F2 Research Retreat

September - June 2025: Core Curriculum Lectures

November 2024: F1 Fall Research Retreat

December 2024: Fellowship Grand Rounds (MGH)

January 2025: F2 Individual Training Plans Finalized

February 2025: DOM F1 Retreat

March 2025: Fellowship Grand Rounds (BIDMC)

April 2025: F1 Spring Research Retreat

April 2025: F3 Research Retreat

May 2025: ATS Convention, Harvard Alumni Reception

June 2025: Graduation

 

Year 1 Clinical Fellow (F1)

In the F1 year, our trainees rotate on pulmonary consults, physiology, interventional pulmonary and in medical and non-medical intensive care units. Additionally, fellows have a weekly general pulmonary clinic, which continues through the third year. Fellows complete our Core Curriculum and are introduced to our Academic Pathways as well as potential mentors and projects.

 

Year 2 Clinical Fellow (F2)

The F2 year builds on the foundation of the F1 year, with a focus on increased autonomy in the ICU, exposure to lung transplantation and other pulmonary sub-specialties, airway training and selective rotations in non-medical intensive care units. Individualized academic training plans are finalized for each trainee.

 

Year 3 Research Fellow (F3)

Fellows have protected academic time to complete their training plans and career development sessions. Elective time is available for those interested in further sub-specialty training.

 

Year 4 Research Fellow (F4)

A fourth year of fellowship is optional and available to trainees pursuing training in basic, clinical or translational research on the Investigation Pathway. Trainees making substantial progress toward independent funding may be offered further protected time for research as junior faculty for an additional two years.

Current Fellows, Year 1

stephanie cabral, MD

Undergrad: Johns Hopkins (Biomedical Engineering, Applied Math & Statistics)

MD: University of Maryland

Residency: BIDMC

alexis coolidge, MD

Undergrad: Middlebury College (Molecular Biology & Biochemistry)

MD: Harvard Medical School

Residency: MGH

chelsea gaviola, MD,

Undergrad: Johns Hopkins (Public Health Studies)

MD: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Residency: Duke University

daniel leisman, MD

Undergrad: Brandeis University (Health: Science, Society & Policy)

MD: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Residency: MGH

margaret lie, MD

Undergrad: Rice University (Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

MD: Baylor College of Medicine

Residency: BIDMC

alexandra steverson, MD, MPH

MD: Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

Residency: UCSF

Fellowship: Stanford (Cardiovascular Medicine)

sarah tait, MD

Undergrad: University of Virginia (Spanish)

MD: Duke University

Residency: MGH

 
 

Current Fellows, Year 2

KRISHA DESAI, MD

Undergrad: Yale University (Chemical Engineering)

MD: University of Pennsylvania

Residency: Emory University

john fountain, MD

Undergrad: Binghamton University (Cellular & Molecular Biology)

MD: Norton College of Medicine/SUNY Upstate Medical University

Residency: NY Presbyterian/Columbia University

tiffany gardner, MD

Undergrad: Oregon State University (Microbiology)

MD: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine

Residency: University of Colorado

laura mcnamara, MD

Undergrad: University of Rochester (Brain & Cognitive Sciences)

MD: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Residency: BIDMC

eduardo padrao, MD

Undergrad/MD: Universidade de Sao Paolo

Faculdade de Medicina (FMUSP)

Residency: University of Connecticut

thomas quinn, MD

Undergrad: Northeastern University (Behavioral Neuroscience)

MD: UMass Chan Medical School

Residency: BIDMC

darshali vyas, MD

Undergrad: Harvard University (Social Studies, Global Health Policy)

MD: Harvard Medical School

Residency: MGH

 
 

Current Fellows, Year 3

robert arao, MD

Undergrad: Dartmouth College (History & Biology)

MD: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Residency: MGH

Academic Training: Academic Clinician Pathway (Interstitial Lung Disease)

Christopher Cosgriff, MD, MPH

Undergrad: Baruch College (Biology/Chemistry)

MD: NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Residency: University of Pennsylvania

Academic Training: Investigation Pathway (Clinical/Bioinformatics Research, Critical Care)

Sirus Jesudasen, MD

Undergrad: Rice University (Biochemistry & Cell Biology)

MD: Baylor College of Medicine

Residency: MGH

Academic Training: Academic Clinician Pathway (Lung Transplant)

Alnardo Lora, MD

Undergrad: Villanova University (Project Management)

MD: Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE) School of Medicine

Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Academic Training: Investigation Pathway (Basic/Translational Research, Asthma/COPD Immunology)

angela ma, MD

Undergrad: MIT (Biology)

MD: Johns Hopkins University of Medicine

Residency: Johns Hopkins

Academic Training: Academic Clinician Pathway (Interstitial Lung Disease)

Louisa Mounsey, MD

Undergrad: Duke University (Public Policy Studies)

MD: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Residency: MGH

Academic Training: Investigation Pathway (Clinical Research, Pulmonary Hypertension)

 

Current Fellows, Year 4

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Stephen Mein, MD

Undergrad: University of Virginia (Biomedical Engineering)

MD: University of Virginia School of Medicine

Residency: BIDMC

Academic Training: Investigation Pathway (Health Services Research, Health Disparities)