Welcome to the Lung Transplant Fellowship
We invite you to learn a little more about us and what we offer for our fellows at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. We aim to train future leaders in the field of lung transplantation and provide a robust training program to facilitate exceptional clinical experience and knowledge acquisition. We promote opportunities for leadership, education and research.
The strength of our one-year Transplant Pulmonology Fellowship is to provide clinical experience in the care of patients with advanced lung disease, evaluation of potential transplant candidates, and the entire spectrum of care for lung transplant recipients.
The program is a collaboration between The Ohio State University’s Comprehensive Transplant Center and the nationally ranked Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Fellows are active members of the multidisciplinary lung transplant team, working closely with colleagues specializing in pulmonary medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, infectious disease, pathology, anesthesia and critical care.
Program highlights
- Comprehensive nationally ranked transplant center allowing for multidisciplinary collaboratives
- Multiple groundbreaking industry and investigator-initiated research endeavors
- Extensive transplant experience in all phases of care, including ECLS bridge to transplant
- The ability to create a unique curriculum to fit ones’ unique goals and future aspirations
Program overview
Our fellows participate in all aspects of inpatient and outpatient transplant care. By the end of their program year, they gain clinical expertise in:
- Assessing patients with end-stage lung disease
- Evaluating their eligibility for lung transplant
- Managing their medical needs through the transplant period
- Providing lifelong post-transplant care
They will also be provided with opportunities to complete training which would make them eligible for UNOS certification to be a lung transplant program director. This would include observation of transplant surgeries, procurements, bronchoscopies and longitudinal patient care.
Inpatient lung transplant service (4-5 months)
- Inpatient rounds
- Consults
- Inpatient procedures – bronchoscopies, thoracentesis
- Observe procurement and transplant surgeries
- Observe Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP), if available
- First call during the day (nursing, floors, consultants)
Outpatient clinics (3-4 months)
- Attend 3 lung transplant clinics per week (held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons)
- Outpatient bronchoscopies
- Tissue typing lab and (micro/gross) pathology
- Can include clinic time in our advanced lung disease/lung transplant palliative clinics
Electives tailored to fellow’s areas of interest (2 months)
- Transplant infectious disease consult service
- Pediatric lung transplant at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio
- Advanced lung disease management, including COPD, interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension
- HLA / immunology lab
- Pulmonary rehab
- Organ procurement organization
- Social work/psychology
- External rotations at another transplant center for breadth of experience
Academic time (2 months)
- Opportunities for research (clinical, translational) and quality improvement projects
- Opportunities for Masters-level classes, such as immunology, biostatistics, research design and grant writing (organized by The Ohio State University’s semester schedule)
- CTC Grand Rounds
- Lung Transplant Quality/Compliance Committee(s)
- Lung Transplant Education Conference
- Lung Transplant Selection Committee
- Lung Transplant Clinical Review Meeting
July
- Inpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
- HLA Laboratory (2 weeks)
August
- Inpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
- Outpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
September
- Inpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
- Outpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
October
- Research/ Conference
November
- Inpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
- Outpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
December
- Inpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
- Outpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
January
- ILD Clinic/ Research
February
- Transplant ID
March
- Cystic Fibrosis and Pediatric Lung Transplantation
April
- Outside transplant rotation (2 weeks)
- Research (2 weeks)
May
- Inpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
- Outpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
June
- Inpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
- Outpatient Transplant (2 weeks)
The Ohio State University Lung transplant fellowship enrolled their first fellow in 2019.
Meet our former fellows:
- 2024-2025: Kashika Goyal, MD
- 2022-2023: Verai Ramsammy, MD
- 2020-2021: Molly Howsare, MD
How to apply and requirements
The following is a list of the required documents necessary to complete the application for our Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship:
- USMLE Step 1, 2, 3 or COMLEX Scores
- A letter from your residency program director (submitted via ERAS)
- Three reference – one must be from a pulmonary or critical care faculty member or pulmonary and critical care fellowship program director
- A recent photograph of the applicant
Please submit the required materials to:
Dena Baird
Dena.Baird@osumc.edu
Fellowship Coordinator, Transplant Pulmonary Fellowship
- MD, DO, or equivalent degree
- Be eligible for an Ohio training certificate or permanent medical license
- Have successfully completed a pulmonary and critical care fellowship in an ACGME-accredited Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship program prior to the start of the Transplant Pulmonology
- Fellowship
- Hold U.S. citizenship, permanent residency or current ECFMG certificate