Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has a unique identity as both a public safety-net and major teaching hospital of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The fellowship program in the Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine offers a challenging and rewarding experience with strengths in respiratory physiology, advanced bronchoscopy, and overall clinical experience.

The community and patients that this institution serves affords fellows experience with a wide range of pulmonary disease and critical illness. Additionally it allows those that train at Harbor-UCLA the privilege and opportunity to work with a racially and socioeconomically diverse population.

Clinical problems encountered include the full range of acute and chronic diseases (airways disease, interstitial lung diseases, infections, and malignancies) that are common to the specialty. In addition, we care for difficult-to-manage tuberculosis and other conditions represented in the global population of Southern California. We offer many interventional pulmonary services including guided bronchoscopy of peripheral nodules, mediastinal staging, therapeutic interventions for airway obstructions, and management of pleural disease. On the critical care service, fellows and attending physicians lead a team of interns and residents managing all aspects of critical illness while maintaining a priority on teaching. Rotations to our affiliate institutions afford fellows additional experience in highly specialized pulmonary services, multidisciplinary approaches to critical care, and opportunities to work within a range of health care provider models.