Conferences

Several clinical and research conference seminars are offered at Yale-New Haven Medical Center and many of the affiliated hospitals each week. Among these are five conferences: a two hour weekly State Chest Conference, a one hour difficult clinical problems case conference, two research seminars and a fellows' journal club for presentation of clinical or research topics of their choice.

Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellow
Educational & Clinical Teaching Conferences

Mondays

12:15-1:15 pm

Pulmonary Fellows & Faculty Case Conference
LCI 104
Opportunities for clinical fellows to present interesting cases of the week

Or, Monthly Physiology Conference
LCI 104
Case-based education and didactic teaching on various pulmonary and critical care physiology such as PFTs, CPET, mechanical ventilation physiology, hemodynamics, physiology of sleep

Or, Monthly Journal Club Presentations
LCI 104
Journal article reviews

4:00-5:00 pm

Interstitial Lung Disease Multidisciplinary Conference
WWW 208
Multidisciplinary case-based discussion and education led by ILD specialists, including in-depth review of cases with radiologist and pathologist

Tuesdays

4:00-5:00 pm

West Haven Fellows Clinic Case Conference
WHVA
Case-based discussion and education on various pulmonary and sleep physiology

Wednesdays

2:30-3:30 pm

State Chest Conference
Fitkin Amphitheater
Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds on various topics including pulmonary, critical care and sleep

3:30-4:30 pm

Fellows' Case Presentations
Fitkin Amphitheater
(Critical Care Case Conference, Mortality & Morbidity
Rounds, Journal Club)
Fellow driven interactive case-based education and didactic evidence-based teaching on various pulmonary and critical care physiology, review of current literature, biannual morbidity and mortality case analysis

Thursdays

8:30-9:30 am

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Fitkin Amphitheater
Department of Internal Medicine weekly conferences by Yale faculty and invited speakers

4:00-5:30 pm

Thoracic Oncology Tumor Board
Greenspan Room
Multidisciplinary case-based discussion and didactic teaching on challenging thoracic oncology and thoracic surgical cases attended by faculty and fellows in departments of pulmonary, oncology, cardiothoracic surgery, therapeutic radiation oncology, radiology, pathology and social work

Fridays

1:00-2:30 pm

Thoracic Oncology Tumor Board
TAC N211
Multidisciplinary case-based discussion and didactic teaching on challenging thoracic oncology and thoracic surgical cases attended by faculty and fellows in departments of pulmonary, oncology, cardiothoracic surgery, therapeutic radiation oncology, radiology, pathology and social work

3:00-4:00 pm

Pulmonary Research Conference
TAC 447
Faculty and fellow research in progress presentations