Division of  Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program

Welcome

At Pittsburgh, we don’t just train physicians. We prepare future leaders who will shape the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine. Building on a legacy of medical firsts, from the development of the polio vaccine to pioneering advances in resuscitation science, our program combines rigorous clinical training with groundbreaking research opportunities that span the laboratory bench, the patient bedside, and the translational space between.

Here, you will find more than a fellowship. You will find mentorship, innovation, and a community dedicated to advancing discovery and improving lives.

We invite you to explore our program, connect with us, and envision your place in in the evolution of this tradition of excellence.

Who should apply?

We invite applications from individuals aiming to build careers in academic medicine and who seek a fellowship program with rigor in both the clinical and research arenas. We receive around 500 applications per year to fill a class of seven fellows per year. Our program is designed to train outstanding clinicians in both the pulmonary and critical care arenas interested in developing tangible skills in research: ranging from basic and translational science to clinical research and health services investigation, and medical education research. Our program leadership and faculty will accompany you on the journey of discovering your own career path and link you to the abundant resources available here to spark your curiosity, build your network, and develop your professional identity as a scholar in our field. While you will gain unparalleled clinical training with us here, we emphasize the research training as heavily as we do the clinical education, and thus we advise those whose goals is exclusively clinical practice to evaluate if their fellowship time should weigh research as heavily as we do here at Pitt/UPMC.

What does the program entail?

See here for details about our clinical and research training programs.

When does the training occur?

ABIM requires three years of training for board certification, and thus the UPMC ACGME-accredited PCCM fellowship runs for 36 months. A majority of our fellow graduates remain as post-doctoral scholars to continue developing skills and ongoing mentorship needed to launch their research careers effectively.

Where is the fellowship based?

See here our training sites and more about the city of Pittsburgh and western PA.

How to apply

You are welcome to apply to our UPMC Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program via ERAS. Our interviews are all virtual via Thalamus on select Mondays and Thursdays in September and October.

For information on our sister programs please see the following:

Critical Care Medicine (for applicants interested in CCM-only fellowship opportunities)

Sleep Medicine

Allergy/Immunology

Fellows Tour

GME Overview

For more information, please contact: 

Brittany Manning
Fellowship Coordinator
412-648-3098
manningb2@upmc.edu