Department
of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary-Critical Care -- 2001-2002
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Faculty Walter J. O’Donohue, Jr., M.D. Chief Harvey Hopkins, M.D. Number of Fellows: 4 Number of Staff: 4.94 FTE |
The Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine provides comprehensive care for critically ill patients, as well as those with a full spectrum of pulmonary disorders. At Creighton University Medical Center, the faculty conducts busy outpatient clinics in addition to supervising the Respiratory Care Department of the hospital, the medical-surgical intensive care unit and managing the pulmonary function lab. They also manage a busy inpatient service and provide consultative support to other services. The Division co-administrates the Sleep Lab with the Department of Neurology. At the Omaha Veterans Administration Medical Center, the faculty directs the Pulmonary Medicine Service, staff the inpatient consultative service, the sleep lab, and the Critical Care Unit, along with physicians from the Creighton Division of Nephrology and Critical Care physicians from the University of Nebraska. Research interests of the faculty include long-term oxygen therapy and COPD outcomes and management. The Division also has a three-year fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Medicine. Resident Involvement: This rotation remains one of the most popular months with the residents. Most of the residents will rotate through the Pulmonary Division as a first year resident and all residents rotate through during their second or third year. An attending physician, one pulmonary fellow, two residents and three to five senior students staff the service at Creighton University Medical Center. At the Omaha Veterans Administration Medical Center primarily the senior resident, under the supervision of a pulmonary fellow and an attending physician, manages the service. At the Omaha Veterans Administration Medical Center the residents learn how to interpret pulmonary function tests, under faculty supervision. The Pulmonary Division has received the award of excellence in resident education more than any other division in the Department of Medicine. |
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