Fellowships

Infectious Diseases Fellowship

The Carilion Clinic Virginia Tech - Carilion School of Medicine Fellowship in Infectious Diseases welcomed its first fellow on August 1, 2009. The Infectious Diseases Fellowship takes great pride in their faculty, research endeavors, educational programs, service activities, and the medical facilities provided here. The mission of the Section of Infectious Diseases of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine is to: EDUCATE, through outreach, innovation in excellence in teaching and example, students, health care providers and the community at large; SERVE the people through the practice of knowledgeable, compassionate individual patient care and public health activities; conduct quality RESEARCH for the advancement of medical knowledge and the betterment of patient outcomes; maintain ACADEMIC growth through scholarly publications and presentations.

The section of Infectious Diseases has established a close relationship with faculty who hold appointments in other departments, but who share common goals and interests in an effort to promote research, service and education.

Interested applicants who have already completed an Internal Medicine Residency please contact Nancy G, James, Program Administrator, Carilion Clinic Virginia Tech - Carilion School of Medicine Fellowship in Infectious Diseases; 540-981-7120; ngjames@carilionclinic.org


Pulmonary Fellowship

Newly accredited Pulmonary Fellowship Program at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital located in beautiful southwest Virginia. Fellows receive the entire spectrum of pulmonary experiences and training to qualify them with subspecialty knowledge, skills and abilities. These training experiences are balanced between the areas of clinical service, academic research, and technical skills. The rotations on the pulmonary in-patient consult service give fellows proficiency in diagnosing and treating the vast array of lung pathology. Technical proficiencies are developed with specific procedures, such as diagnostic bronchoscopy, thoracentesis and chest tube placement. Additional opportunities are given to learn advanced interventional bronchoscopy procedures, such as laser therapy and airway stenting. The academic training includes the classic involvement in journal clubs, pathophysiology skill sessions, tumor boards and chest conferences. With the establishment of a new medical school (Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine) the required research by fellows is supported with exceptional academic faculty. Close affiliation with primary clinical researchers here in conjunction with PhD research faculty allow fellows choices for establishing their own research interests. Use of an already established "how to do" research program is required during the first year of fellowship. Procedures, patient care, and hands-on skill development prepare the graduating fellow to handle all aspects of the specialty of pulmonary medicine. Finally, outpatient clinics are assigned to educate fellows on how to diagnose and treat conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and pulmonary fibrosis, in an academic ambulatory environment. In this environment, intellectual skills are refined with training on how to approach in a cost-efficient but timely way the various pulmonary problems patients may have.

Interested applicants who have already completed Internal Medicine Residency programs and are available in the next 90-120 days contact Sandra Wiles, Project Administrator, at smwiles@carilionclinic.org with a letter of interest, CV and photo. We are only able to accept JI-visa's at this time. Those interested in applying for July 2011 apply through ERAS.

News

• Carilion Clinic Virginia Tech - Carilion School of Medicine won second place in the jeopardy competition in Norfolk, VA January 2010.

Career

FellowshipsAlan Brijbassie - Gastroenterlogy at University of VirginiaMelvin George - Nephology at University of Virginia
Samira Shojaee - Pulmonary/Critical Care at Dartmouth, New Hampshire
Anishka Rolle - Rheumatology at Brown University, Rhode Island
Shivu Kaushik - Pulmonary/Critical Care in Georgia
Mahendra Mangray - Nephrology in Portland, Maine
2 Alumni from our 2009 Graduating Class are Hospitalist at Carilion Clinic
Alfonso Brochero
Dexter DeLeon

1 Alumni from our 2009 Graduating Class are Primary Care, Carilion Clinic
Sowjanya Kolluri
1 Alumni from our 2009 Graduating Class are Hospitalist at the VA Medical Center in Salem
Roshan Bhowansingh
3 Alumni from our 2009 Graduating Class remained at other local facilitiesChad Henry, Primary Care in Halifax, Virginia
Edward Humerickhouse Hospitalist, Lewis Gale, Salem, VA
Son Nguygen, Primary Care, Lewis Gale, Salem, VA
Smriti Sharma, Chief Resident, Carilion Clinic Internal Medicine

Published

Brijbassie A, Shami VM. Esophageal cancer: ultrasonography. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2009 Mar;38(1):93-104, viii. PMID: 19327569

Abhishek K, Kaushik S, Kazemi M, El-Dika S. An Unusual Case of Hematochezia: Acute Ischemic Proctosigmoiditis. J Gen Intern Med 2008 Sep;23(9):1525-7. PMID: 18521689

Kaushik S, Abhishek K, Sofi U. Spontaneous Dissection of Internal Carotid Artery Masquerading as Angioedema. J Gen Intern Med 2008; 24(1):126-128. PMID: 18839259

Hayes J, Payne J, Ojie J, Cain J. Diffuse proliferative iga post-infectious glomerulonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol 2008 (abstract issue).

Davis SA, Johnson RR, Pendleton JW. J Rheumatol. 2008 Jul;35(7):1469-70. Demyelinating disease associated with use of etanercept in patients with seronegative spondyloarthropathies. PMID: 18609727

Jamison SC, Brierre S, Sweet J, de Boisblanc B. A case of precocious emphysema and lung cancer in a woman with a history of hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis. Chest 2008;133 787-789

Brijbassie A, Bisbal O. Unusual case of gastric diverticulum [abstract]. Am J Gastroenterol 2007;102(S2);S156.
Parashar A. Perioperative stroke [letter]. N Engl J Med 2007;356:2326.

Parashar A, Varma A, Bedi S. Treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids [letter]. N Engl J Med 2007;356:2218

Parashar A. Gastrointestinal safety of NSAIDs versus COX-2 inhibitors [letter]. Lancet 2007;367:1343-4

Parashar A, Varma A. Glycemic durability of monotherapy for diabetes [letter]. N Engl J Med 2007;356:1379