Message from the Director

Thank you for your interest in the Mount Sinai Beth Israel fellowship program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. This is an exciting time for us as we expand our faculty, clinical programs, curriculum, and research opportunities. As Program Director, I am incredibly proud of our fellows and the commitment, enthusiasm and integrity that they bring to our community.

I feel that we offer a unique opportunity to train at a world-class setting in the heart of New York City. We care for an incredibly diverse patient population with a wide range of diseases. Our fellows work directly with faculty experts in pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, sleep disorders, asthma, COPD, lung cancer, pulmonary physiology, pulmonary rehabilitation and palliative care. Our busy ICU is staffed by dedicated educators who practice medicine at the cutting edge, incorporating interdisciplinary rounds, patient safety and quality metrics, and point-of-care ultrasound.

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel has always been at the center of educational innovation. We are dedicated to a hands-on mastery learning approach to education by integrating simulation-based education with bedside learning and traditional didactics. This approach has led to our fellows developing expertise and teaching in the areas of airway management, code and RRT management, and point-of care ultrasound.

We are committed to training physicians to become leaders in pulmonary and critical care medicine by integrating excellence in patient care, innovative education, research training and leadership opportunities. Once you complete the core requirements for certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, we offer the flexibility to develop an individualized pathway to meet your career goals. Our fellows have used this time to advance their clinical expertise, develop teaching and leadership skills, participate in system-wide quality improvement projects and complete scholarly projects.

We encourage you to take a closer look at our program. If you are pursuing a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, we invite you to apply through ERAS. Those who visit us will immediately notice the strong sense of community and engagement in our fellows and faculty.

Paru Patrawalla, MD
Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary)

Fellowship Administration

Fellowship Program Director: Dr. Paru Patrawalla, an accomplished teacher and widely invited lecturer with an extensive background in using Medical Simulation Training techniques as well as a national expert in the growing field of Critical Care Ultrasonography.

Associate Program Director/MSSL Site Director: Dr. Mirna Mohanraj, a passionate educator committed to novel education techniques, innovative curriculum design and trainee well-being.

Program Coordinator: Ms. Rashida Callender

Core Faculty: The combined core faculty in the Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at MSSL, MSW and MSBI include more than two dozen full-time, internationally recognized faculty members who possess a broad array of clinical and research interests covering the major aspects of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. Fellows interact with core faculty on a daily basis through bedside rounds, daily clinical conferences, journal clubs, didactic sessions and research projects.