This fellowship is unique because of the people.
We have a terrific, diverse group
of faculty and fellows.
We're blessed with getting
some of what I consider to be
the best fellows in the country, frankly.
Our goal here is to build and form leaders.
What I look for fellows is a growth mindset,
people who are not afraid of taking a challenge,
and also people who are team players.
When I came here for my interview,
I just felt like the people here were just so so nice,
and it definitely felt like a very collegial environment
where I knew what was important to me
is that I wanted to get a lot of experience,
I wanted to see a lot of different patients.
One of my passions is health disparities
and I definitely wanted to make sure that I was
taking care of people that looked like me
in addition to taking care of others
and then I also wanted the exposure
to be able to do things like research
and things of that nature.
Probably our biggest strength is how
well that we mesh,
both the fellows and the faculty,
you know, the support staff,
and you know, you'll you'll see that.
I think it's just a very friendly,
warm environment and it's it's pretty vibrant.
This is a great fellowship
for both clinical training and research.
We have diverse experiences for clinical training.
We train across four hospitals:
the VA, Eskenazi, University and Methodist.
So you get a little different flavor for
how care can be provided
and that provides some versatility
to fellows as they move forward.
You know, the first year of fellowship
is really clinically heavy.
You're learning to be a pulmonary
and critical care physician.
We do a really good job at that.
The hard part about fellowship is that
I can turn you into a great
pulmonary and critical care physician,
but I need you to help drive the process 
of where you want to go in the end
so that we can create a fellowship
experience that will get you there.
I think i describe it as like, as a place for growth.
That's the only way that I can encompass
the level of warmth that is present here,
but at the same time, the challenge
you have to rise to.
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Your fellowship experience
in the first year is amazing.
You learn so much
and you are really seen as the frontline provider
and the pulmonary critical care specialist
by both our colleagues in internal medicine
neurology and other specialties,
and you're also seen as the
leading provider by your patients.
They're seen as people who deliver
amazing care at the bedside
and it really is a confidence booster.
With that, you have so much
experience with procedures
and handling different scenarios
that by the time you're
six months into your
first year of fellowship,
you're pretty much ready to handle
just about anything.
Some of the things that
people worry about, you know,
are they going to get enough intubations, bronchoscopies, chest tubes?
I mean a lot of those things
you're going to be
comfortable with within
the first six months.
Naturally, the first year coming out of residency
and into, you know, basically a faculty position
as a, as a fellow, it is a change.
And you see a lot of maturity
in those years as well.
We've had fellows who have gotten
master's degrees in clinical research
during their fellowship.
We have had people work on their
Masters in Public Health.
We've got a clinical educator track
if people have interests in that.
So the program can be flexible enough that
no matter where you ultimately want to end up,
chances are really good we can create
a track, a pathway to get you there.
You get the best of pretty much everything here.
The best in terms of seeing different
difficult cases,
procedures is really important,
mentorship, research.
So, I'm very happy with my decision.
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