The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine comprises of 29 full-time faculty members who have an extensive range of clinical and research interests. This allows us to offer ample opportunities for one-on-one faculty-fellow mentorship while also delivering breadth and depth of expertise. Our aim is to provide exceptional care to our patients as well as outstanding clinical and research training to our fellows.
Our division treats patients with a range of pulmonary and respiratory ailments, including obstructive airway diseases such as asthma and COPD, restrictive lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and occupationally acquired lung disease, sleep-related breathing disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, and acute lung injury in the critical care setting. Our interventional colleagues work closely with Oncology to diagnose and treat lung cancer patients. The Transplant Pulmonary group evaluates patients who are being considered for lung transplant and cares for post-operative transplant patients.
The Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at UVA is a three-year program that provides a strong background in clinical pulmonary medicine and the management of critically ill patients. At least 12 months of research experience is provided in the clinical research track. A second 18-month research experience is offered for fellows interested in the academic research track. Research may be in either clinical or basic science.
We are an ACGME-accredited clinical Sleep Medicine Fellowship program that spans 12 months. The overarching goal of the UVA Sleep Medicine Fellowship is to provide a supportive learning environment for our fellows to become comprehensive experts in sleep medicine. Upon completing the fellowship program, our fellows will be board-eligible in Sleep Medicine.
Faculty Spotlight: To Learn Grace Under Pressure, Study Dr. Taison Bell, Master of Flow
The medical ICU requires the ability to move fluidly from step to step. One way to accomplish that, Bell said, is to reduce stress prior to encountering it. “If the patient starts to breathe poorly, let’s have a plan for what we’re going to do,” he tells his team. “If their blood pressure goes down, let’s work out what we’re going to do. And let’s do it now, while our heart rates are normal, we’re not stressed out, we’re drinking our coffee.”
Dr. Kyle Enfield talks with WRIC in Richmond to dispel the myth that you’ll catch a cold by going outside during winter.
“Everyone’s grandmother probably has said something like that,” said UVA Professor of Medicine, Dr. Kyle Enfield in an interview with 8News on Wednesday. However, according to experts like Dr. Enfield, that’s not necessarily true. Each winter, cases of covid, flu and RSV spread at heightened rates as people hide indoors.
Imre Noth, MD, Research In Motion
Imre Noth, MD, Professor in the Department of Medicine, investigates interstitial lung diseases using translational biology and clinical trials to develop and monitor new treatments. "I work in a rare and uncommon set of diseases called interstitial lung diseases. These can be deadly with a high mortality, and I’ve had the benefit of living through two approved therapies, with more coming, from an era that had none." —Imre Noth, MD, Professor of the Department of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
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