EDUCATION

American Thoracic Society

BackgroundFellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) is a demanding endeav-or. Depending on the training program, fellowship candidates may have as little as 18 clini-cal months in which to learn inpatient pulmonary, outpatient pulmonary, as well as critical care medicine. To meet this need, in 2014 the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Resident Boot Camp (RBC) was created in an effort to better equip pulmonary and critical care incom-ing fellows with the information and skills needed to flourish during day one of fellowship.

Course ObjectivesThe goal of this course is to prepare physicians who are starting their adult and pediatric pulmonary and critical care fellowship in the coming academic year. The course provided hands-on training of skills that they can use day-one of fellowship with an emphasis on:

• Airway management including endotracheal intubation• Fiberoptic bronchoscopy and accompanying procedures• Noninvasive and invasive ventilator management• Thoracentesis• Calibration and operation of hemodynamic recording systems• Supervision of the technical aspects of pulmonary function testing• Insertion and management of chest tubes• Proficiency in use of ultrasound

Curriculum DesignThe RBC course includes didactic presentations, small breakout session, and hands-on skill-base workshops. To facilitate near-peer learning, as well as to train the next generation of edu-cators, most breakout and hands-on sessions are taught by senior and junior faculty known to be experts in the field, paired with fellows serving as apprentice educators. The fellows led these sessions with assistance and direction provided by the faculty co-teacher. In 2015, the ATS RBC was expanded to include a pediatric pulmonary and critical care-specific curriculum.

International Boot CampIn 2018, the Boot Camp expanded its curriculum to include an International track. The course had representation from fellows from Indonesia.

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2018 Boot Camp Leadership

Geoffrey Connors, MDAdult Track Chair

Edith Zemanick, MDPediatric Track, Chair

Deborah Liptzin, MDPediatric Track, Chair

Matt Drake, MDChair of Large Group Sessions

Kristin Burkart, MD, MScAdvisor of Large Group Sessions

Nirav Shah, MDChair of Hands On Sessions

Laura Crotty Alexander, MDRBC Leadership and Founder

Jennifer Ingram, PhDAdvisor of Small Group Sessions

Patricia Kritek, MD, EdMRBC Leadership

May Lee, MDRBC Assessment and Course Evaluation

Isabel Pedraza, MDChair of Small Group Sessions

Samir Makani, MDChair of Hands on Sessions

Brendan Clark, MD, MSInternational Boot Camp Chair

RBC Leadership

Ryan Good, MDChair of Hands On Session

(Peds Track)

Eileen Larsson, Lauren Lynch &Jennifer Siegel-Gasiewski

ATS Staff

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Lectures & Small Group TeachingAdult Track

Expert Lead & Interactive Workshops ICU EmergenciesAndrew Luks, MD

Top Pulmonary ConsultsJennifer McCallister, MD

Primer for the Pulmonary ClinicJames Beck, MD

How to Run a CodeTisha Wang, MD

How to Read a Chest CTJonathan Chung, MD

Small Group Discussions

PFT InterpretationLeaders: Drs. Tristian Huie and Maryl Krieder

Critical Care WaveformsLeaders: Drs. Patricia Kritekand Talal Dahhan

Pulmonary PhysiologyLeaders: Brendan Clark, MD, MS

Pragmatics of Pulmonary MedicineLeaders: Drs. Isabel Pedraza and Jennifer Possick

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Hands on WorkshopsAdult Track

Bronchoscopy 101 & Bronchoscopy for HotshotsLeaders: Drs. Samir Makani and Rosemary Adamson

“I feel more empowered to use ultrasound on my patients

and feel more comfortable with the bronchoscope”

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Airway 101 & Difficult Airway ManagementFaculty Leaders: Drs. Anna Brady and Frank Schembri

“The Difficult Airway station was really great because never before have I had the opportunity to attempt all the different ways of securing an airway in a no-stakes situation. But after today, I feel that if I have such a situation on my first day of fellowship I can approach it with more confidence and with actual tools

to handle the situation (especially loved the critical airway card)”

Hands on WorkshopsAdult Track

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“The Resident Boot Camp made me feel like ATS really cares about its learners which makes me more excited, in general, to be at the conference and continue

to go to the conference in years to come”

Hands on WorkshopsAdult Track

Mechanical VentilationFaculty Leaders: Drs. Ren Ashton

and Neal Chaisson

Non-Invasive Positive Pressure VentilationFaculty Leaders: Drs. Amy Atekson

and Tyler Albert

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“I feel a base level of competence in ultrasound assessment and it put me in touch with other people going through the same transition as I am in”

Hands on WorkshopsAdult Track

Cardiac UltrasoundFaculty Leaders: Drs. Lydia Chang

and Antonio Gomez

Lung and Pleural UltrasoundFaculty Leaders: Drs. Amit Parulekar

and Dan Sweeney

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Lectures & Expert Lead Workshops Pediatric Track

Lectures

Pulmonary PhysiologyJordan Retting, MD

Chest ImagingDon Hayes, MD

How to Run a CodeRyan Good, MD

Top Five PediatricPulmonary ConsultsDeb Liptzin, MD

Heart and Lung InteractionsChristopher Baker, MD

Top Five Pediatric Breathing EmergenciesEric Zee, MD

Top Five PICU EmergenciesErin Powell, MD

Cystic FibrosisEdith Zemanick, MD

Expert Lead Workshops

Approach to Acute andChronic Respiratory FailureB. Louise Giles, MDErin Powell, MDMarc Schecter, MD

Physiology Case StudiesHeather Hock, MDChantal Spencer, MDBeth Allen, MD

Case Studies in Sleep MedicineBen Hughes, MDIgnacio Tapia, MD

Keys to SuccessStephanie Davis, MDRoss Myers, MDHeather Hoch, MDRyan Good, MD

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“The Resident Boot Camp gave me more confidence in US and airway management, which are crucial in situations where I may not be able to wait for backup in an emergency. It was also nice to see the proficiency levels of

other residents from other programs to know what my relative strengths and weaknesses are compared to my peers. It was also nice to handle a

Hands on WorkshopsPediatric Track

Airway 101Faculty Leaders: Drs. Ryan Good, Jordan Rettig and David Spielberg

Bronchoscopy 101Faculty Leaders: Drs. Dan Benscoter, John Brewignton and Emily DeBoer

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“The Resident Boot Camp was amazing! I feel so much more confident (despite still being nervous) about starting fellowship. These topics were awesome; the faculty

were great teachers. I had a lot of fun was glad to see people I had met on the interview trail”

Hands on WorkshopsPediatric Track

Non-Invasive Position Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Faculty Leaders: Stephen Hawkins and Ignacio Tapia

Pulmonary Function TestingFaculty Leaders: Drs. Stephanie

Davis, Lindsay Caverly and Margaret Rosenfeld

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“I enjoyed the Resident Boot Camp course. I gained a wealth of knowledge and made some new friends. I am glad I got to be a part of the Resident Boot Camp

and look forward to working with the ATS in the future”

Hands on WorkshopsPediatric Track

Line Placement and Chest TubesFaculty Leaders: Drs. Ryan Good

and Erin Powell

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Faculty Leader: Jordan Rettig, MD

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“The Resident Boot Camp was extremely useful in preparing for first year fellowship! The course improved my overall experience at ATS 2018 by setting up a framework for Pediatric Pulmonary. The course helped me navigate my personal strengths and needed areas for improvement within the Pediatric

Pulmonary curriculum!”

Hands on WorkshopsPediatric Track

Mechanical VentilationFaculty Leaders: Drs. Eric Zee and

Christopher Baker

Airway ClearanceFaculty Leaders: Drs. Michelle Trivedi

and Ross Myers

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2018 ATS Resident Boot Camp Faculty 2018 Boot Camp Class

Rosemary Adamson, MDMark Adelman, MDTyler Albert, MDLaura Crotty Alexander, MD* Elizabeth Allen, MDAbdul Hamid Alraiyes, MDAnthony Andriotis, MDCasandra Arevalo-Marcano, MDRen Ashton, MDAmy Atkeson, MDJenelle Badulak, MDSaqib Baig, MDChristopher Baker, MDCameron Baston, MDJames Beck, MDSarah Beesley, MDDan Benscoter, MDMatthew Bernens, MDAnna Brady, MDJohn Brewington, MDEmily Brigham, MDKristin Burkart, MD, MSc*W. Graham Carlos, MDLindsay Caverly, MDNeal Chaisson, MDMatt Champion, MDSubani Chandra, MDLydia Chang, MDColleen Channick, MDDavid Chu, MDJonathan Chung, MDBrendan Clark, MD, MS*Alison Clay, MDIvan Co, MDGeoffrey Connors, MD (Chair, Adult)Talal Dahhan, MDCarolyn D’Ambrosio, MDStephanie Davis, MDEmily DeBoer, MDJavier Diaz-Mendoza, MDKathleen Doo, MDMathew Drake, MD*Adel El Boueiz, MDOleg Epelbaum, MDRania Esteitie, MDSaadia Faiz, MDZachary Fulkerson, MDGuillermo Garrido, MDGarth Garrison, MD

Shekhar Ghamande, MDZena Ghazala, MDBrenda Louise Giles, MDAntonio Gomez, MDRyan Good, MD*Andy Goodwin, MDBridget Graney, MDStephen Hawkins, MDDon Hayes, MDHeather Hoch, MDBen Hughes, MDTristan Huie, MDJennifer Ingram, PhD*Shazia Jamil, MDMeshell Johnson, MDJessica Johnson, MDViren Kaul, MDJonathan Keller, MDDanai Khemasuwan, MDJames Knepler, MDMaryl Kreider, MDPatricia Kritek, MD, EdM*Rebecca Krochmal, MDArmin Krvavac, MDPhillip Lamberty, MDAnthony Lanfranco, MDCharles Lanks, MDMay Lee, MD*Barb Levarage, MDDeb Liptzin, MD (Chair, Peds)Andrew Luks, MDKenneth Lyn-Kew, MDPatrick Lyons, MDSamir Makani, MD*Hal Manning, MDBrenda Marsh, MDStephanie Maximous, MDJennifer McCallister, MDRishi Mehta, MDKathryn Melamed, MDMichael Mendez, MDBart Moulton, MDUma Munnur, MDRoss Myers, MDFaria Nasim, MDAnna Neumeier, MDJaime Palomino, MDTrisha Parekh, MDAmit Parulekar, MD

Pujan Patel, MDIsabel Pedraza, MD*Katie Pendleton, MDJennifer Possick, MDErin Powell, MDNavitha Ramesh, MDMeghan Ramsey, MDGregory Ranches, MDJordan Rettig, MDJeremy Richards, MDLeslie Ridall, MDCarleen Risaliti, MDKathryn Robinett, MDJeff Robinson, MDReza Ronaghi, MDMargaret Rosenfeld, MDZeenat Safdar, MDLekshmi Santhosh, MDMarc Schecter, MDFrank Schembri, MDNitin Seam, MDNirav Shah, MD*Roozbeh Sharif, MDMichelle Sharp, MDBriana Short, MDAhmed Shozab, MDJoshua Sill, MDAmik Sodhi, MDMorgan Soffler, MDGeorge Solomon, MDPeter Sottile, MDChantal Spencer, MDDavid Spielberg, MDNick Stollenwerk, MDDan Sweeney, MDIgnacio Tapia, MDKrittika Teerapuncharoen, MDJames Town, MDMichelle Trivedi, MDTisha Wang, mDIan Weir, MDNatalie Yip, MDMichelle Yu, MDEric Zee, MDEdith Zemanick, MD* (Chair, Peds)

* Indicates 2018 ATS Boot Camp Leadership

RESIDENT BOOT CAMP FACULTY

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2018 Boot Camp Class

Farrukh Abbas, MDAhmed Abdelbasit, MDDionne Adair, MDMuhammad Ali, MDNancy Allen, MDDagny Anderson, MDJuan Barron, MDSarah Bauer, MDMoeezullah Beg, MDZubin Bham, MDClaudine Brown, MDLeigh Cagino, MDMary Card, MDCarlos Cardenas, MDHugo Carmona, MDJason Carr, MDSara Carson, MDChristian Castaneda, MDChristopher Chan, MDJiwoon Chang, MDCatherine Charron, MDKshitij Chatterjee, MDRohini Chatterjee, MDSiddique Chaudhary, MDMwelwa Chizinga, MDJunad Chowdhury, MDNaem Chowdhury, MDAdrienne Conger, MDStephanie Cull, MDAmy Dettori, MDKunwardeep Dhillon, MDZachariah Dorey-Stein, MDBrittany Duchene, MD

Natasha Dudiki, MDIheanacho Emeruwa, MDToni-Denise Espina, MDRania Farhat, MDMarlene Farinacci Vilaro, MDBen Fernandes, MDAlexandra Filippi, MDFran Flanagan, MDChristopher Fowler, MDNatalie Francis, MDRodrigo Garcia, MDAlberto Goizueta, MDSuzanne Gouda, MDHimmat Grewal, MDSigfus Gunnlaugsson, MDSean Gunther Maher, MDPallav Halani, MDGena Han, MDKelley Hill, MDKelsey Hills-Evans, MDJacqueline Hirsh, MDAndrew Holt, MDAbdurrahman Husain, MDShaikh Muhammad Noor Husnain, MDJennifer Im, MDOki Ishikawa, MDMaki Ishizuka, MDRia Itty, MDStephanie Iusim, MDYameena Jawed, MDForrest Jespersen, MDEnambir Josan, MD

Lakshmi Kallur, MDPaul Kannarkatt, MDAdnanul Karim, MDJacob Kaslow, MDSai Katta, MDAmarpreet Kaur, MDFiras Khaims, MDHumnah Khudayar, MDLisa Ha-Yeon Kim, MDRashi Kochhar, MDWiktoria Kowacz, MDJennifer Krall, MDShweta Kukrety, MDTrevor Lane, MDStefi Lee, MDPatricia Lenhart-Pendergrass, MDNatalia Levytska, MDHung-I Liao, MDTaylor Lincoln, MDGilboa Lombardi, MDMegan Lowery, MDPrecious Macauley, MDDavid MacDonald, MDErica MacKenzie, MDHafiz Mahboob, MDNeha Mehta, MDKathleen Melville, MDJennifer Milillo, MDMichael Miller, MDChristina Mingora, MDJasleen Minhas, MDAbhinav Mittal, MDAna Monteiro, MD

David Moreno McNeill, MDChristopher Morton, MDJoshua Motelow, MDTaylor Myers, MDAndrea Mytinger, MDElitsa Nicolaou, MDEduardo Nunez, MDMiguel Ortiz-Bonilla, MDPooja Pandit, MDRukma Parthvi, MDOsman Perez, MDAmina Pervaiz, MDJarmil Peters, MDTenzing Phanthok, MDThomas Poore, MDDaniel Puebla Neira, MDSeema Qayum, MDRachel Quaney, MDGriwan Rajbhandari, MDPriya Raman, MDKruthika Reddy, MDAnne Reihman, MDMariela Rivera, MDJesus Rodriguez, MDNina Salfity, MDRoger Samuels, MDAdam Schwartz, MDAmit Shah, MDClaire Shappell, MDAdetomiwa Shokunbi, MDXin (Cissy) Si, MDAnna Silberman, MDAnkur Sinha, MD

Crystal Stanton, MDJonathan Stoever, MDInga Friederike Strelow, MDMaria Sunseri, MDKawanjit Surapur, MDDavid Swetland, MDMoussa Takla, MDPraful Tewari, MDRobert Varipapa, MDSteven Verga, MDKadambari Vijaykumar, MDDavid Villafuerte, MDNicholas Villalobos, MDCorbett Walsh, MDKrishnan Warrior, MDKelly Wickstrom, MDSarah Williams, MDJohn William, MDBenjamin Wisniewski, MDMolly Wolf, MDFatima Wong, MDClay Wu, MDXilei Xu Chen, MDPhilip Yang, MDJenny Yang, MDYaoli Yang, MDMaidah Yaqoob, MDDeena Yousif, MDNadine Zahar, MD

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE2018 BOOT CAMP CLASS!

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Virtual Boot Camp Thank You

ATS offered a Virtual Boot Camp course for those not selected or unable to attend the live course. The Virtual Boot Camp included daily live webinars, along with access to key resources and Facebook Live opportunities.

Key Webinars:

• Welcome to the Virtual RBC!This webinar discussed the highest yield topics to cover prior to beginning fellowship, and how to take advan-tage of the innumerous ATS offerings and tools. This live webinar format allowed for chatting amongst attend-ees and submitting any and all questions you can think of to both speakers and fellow virtual boot campers.

• How to Succeed in PCC FellowshipThis webinar discussed how to be the best fellow you can be, while maintaining your sanity and learning a lot. This live webinar format allows for chatting amongst attendees and submitting any and all questions you can think of to both speakers and fellow virtual boot campers.

To view the 2018 Resident Boot Camp webinars,

please visit: http://www.thoracic.org/professionals/ats-webinars/

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Thank You

This 2018 Resident Boot Campwas supported by in-kind grants from:

AmbuAstraZeneca LP

BDBoehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Clement Clark InternationalCook Medical, LLC

ERBE USA, Inc.Fisher Paykel

FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc.Getinge

GlaxoSmithKlineHill-Rom

MedtronicMicroDirect, Inc.

Monaghan Medical CorporationOlympus Corporation of the Americas

Philips RespironicsSmiths Medical

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Teleflex Medical, Inc.Teva Pharmaceuticals

Verathon

If you or a colleague would like to attend the 2019 ATS Resident Boot Camp, which is scheduled for Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Dallas Texas, please send an email to Lauren Lynch, ATS Staff the Boot Camp, at bootcamp@thoracic.org.

Registration will open in December 2018. If you are interested teaching at the 2018 ATS Resident Boot Camp course, please send an email to:bootcamp@thoracic.org

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ATS 2019 Resident Boot Camp

If you or a colleague would like to attend the 2019 ATS Resident Boot Camp, which is scheduled for Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18,

2019, in Dallas Texas, please send an email to Lauren Lynch,ATS Staff the Boot Camp, at bootcamp@thoracic.org.

Registration will open in December 2018. If you are interestedteaching at the 2018 ATS Resident Boot Camp course,

please send an email to: bootcamp@thoracic.org

Photos by Steve Schneider

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