The fellowship is devoted exclusively to clinical training and research in heart-lung and lung transplantation and is designed to prepare trainees for academic careers in transplantation. Direct supervision and teaching is provided by the medical and surgical faculty of the Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation Program. The duration of the fellowship is one to two years. Applicants must have completed a residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Equivalent experience in related areas may also be given consideration.
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They organize the clinics, orchestrate the complex task of bringing pre-transplant candidates to formal listing, and coordinate organ procurement. The team s designated clinical social worker plays a critical role in the initial and ongoing psychosocial assessment of transplant patients and shares the role of patient education with the rest of the transplant team. These functions are performed principally at the weekly pre-transplant clinic and at weekly conferences attended by the medical, surgical, radiology, psychiatric, and social services staff. Patients are referred from across the nation and represent an exceptional variety of lung and heart pathophysiology. Inpatient and outpatient management and long term follow-up of transplant recipients.