Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Greenville - Director's Message
"Having had the opportunity to be a partner in several different types of practice settings, I have had the benefit of seeing what makes someone successful in both a private practice group and an academic group. It is my hope that I can use this experience so our fellowship can foster and develop the traits and characteristics found not only in competent and well-trained pulmonary and critical care physicians, but also in physicians who remain satisfied and happy throughout their career. Creating a supportive environment for learning which is structured and builds a collegial atmosphere among our fellows is important to us.
We have an outstanding and diverse group of clinicians at Prisma Health Upstate who want to share their knowledge and experience with the next generation of physicians in our field. One of the strengths of our program is that Prisma Health Upstate has attracted physicians who enjoy practicing medicine as much as teaching medicine. Our faculty serve as role models for our fellows in how to be successful in a hybrid setting that involves a robust clinical practice while still being actively involved in training future physicians.
Our faculty has extensive knowledge in various aspects of pulmonary and critical care medicine and serve as valuable mentors for our fellows depending on their specific interests. We want to graduate physicians who will be exceptional clinicians in both the ICU and outpatient clinic settings while also getting exposure to research during their fellowship. The field of medicine will always be evolving, and our goal is to provide our fellows with the skills to be successful throughout their careers so they can adapt to changes that they will face. We also realize that the practical aspects of medical education will continue to evolve as well so our fellowship will need to continually assess how we train our fellows in order for us to achieve our vision of producing pulmonary and critical care physicians that any private practice or academic group would want to recruit."
