Pulmonology + Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
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Fellowship training in pulmonary + critical care medicine in Boston at Tufts Medical Center

The Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Tufts Medical Center offers comprehensive training that prepares physicians for board certification and lasting success in academic or clinical careers. Fellows gain hands-on clinical expertise and meaningful research experience in a collaborative, high-acuity environment.

What makes our fellowship different:

  • Dual training in pulmonary and critical care
  • Board eligibility in both subspecialties
  • Strong academic and research support
  • Collaborative clinical environment

Fellows train alongside expert faculty and internal medicine residents, with access to research opportunities across Tufts University School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and Brown University’s Alpert Medical School.

Our program integrates clinical care, education and research to support your growth from day one. We recognize that there are many ways to define success and help each fellow build a personalized path—whether toward academic medicine, investigation or clinical leadership.

Our faculty are deeply committed to mentorship, providing the guidance and expertise needed to support your goals through every stage of training.
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Angela Blair
Program Coordinator
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Pulmonary, Critical Care + Sleep, Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington Street
Biewend Building, 3rd floor
Boston, MA 02111
Pulmonary + critical care training by the numbers
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Pulmonary disease and critical care medicine
Board certifications
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Fellows gain hands-on experience in Tufts Medical Center’s high-acuity intensive care units, including a 35-bed Medical-Surgical ICU and 10-bed Surgical ICU, where they care for a diverse, complex patient population alongside expert faculty.

This three-year fellowship offers comprehensive training that leads to dual board eligibility in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, with individualized mentorship and access to more than 150 full-time faculty across the Department of Medicine.

Fellows are encouraged and supported to pursue meaningful clinical or basic science research in collaboration with Tufts University, the USDA Human Nutrition Center on Aging and Brown University’s Alpert Medical School.
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