Patient Care
Our nationally respected physicians are experts in every aspect of Pulmonary & Critical Care medicine, practicing at the major hospitals in the Texas Medical Center.
Baylor College of Medicine's primary affiliated teaching hospitals include Ben Taub General Hospital, an acute-care hospital with a Level I Trauma Center operated by the Harris County Hospital District; the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, a state-of-the-art facility with over a thousand beds; St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, a renowned referral hospital especially for cardovascular medicine; The Methodist Hospital, a 1,250-bed international referral center with premier standing in the Southwest; and Kindred Hospital-Houston, a long-term acute-care hospital for patients requiring near-ICU level care.
Our faculty are actively involved in a wide variety of clinical services through which fellows rotate. These include: intesive care units, pulmonary disease consult and continuity clinics at Ben Taub General Hospital, and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. Several other significant rotations include pulmonary transplant, pulmonary hypertension, adult cystic fibrosis, and interventional pulmonary services. In addition, long-term acute care, ventilator management, and pulmonary rehabilitation, experienced at Kindred Hospital-Houston and a pulmonary function lab rotation which includes asthma diagnosis and management experience are part of the fellowship training. Options for elective rotations include Pediatric Pulmonary, Neonatal ICU, Surgical Critical Care, Anesthesia, Trauma, Emergency Medicine, Non-invasive Cardiology, Radiology, Pathology, and Sleep disorders. Additional electives may be developed in cooperation with other College sections or departments and institutions such as The University of Texas-Houston, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Rice University and others.
Fellows can gain experience with subspecialty procedures in many pulmonary and critical care practice settings. In keeping with changes in the healthcare environment and priorities of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a substantial effort is devoted to continuity care and ambulatory pulmonary medicine.
Our physicians see patients in a variety of locations, including:
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Baylor Clinic. Baylor Clinic, a state-of-the-art adult outpatient healthcare facility. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Baylor Clinic provides comprehensive services for patients with illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing.
- Baylor College of Medicine(BCM) Sleep Center. The BCM Sleep Center offers one of the Southwest’s most comprehensive, state-of-the-art sleep medicine programs. Our renowned team of physicians includes one of only 75 doctors worldwide – and the only one in the state of Texas – certified in Behavorial Sleep Medicine by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).
- Ben Taub General Hospital
- The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Kindred Hospital
- St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
- The Methodist Hospital