University of Kentucky Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowships

💎For Acute Eacerbation (AE)-ILD patients, positive pressure ventilation, especially intubation and mechanical ventilation, has the biggest impact on prognosis. Meeting oxygen needs via HFNC or other noninvasive modalities is key. Might the patient be a candidate for VV-ECMO? Now is the right moment!

Welcome CCM Fellows!

Welcome 2026-2029 UKY PCCM Fellows! @universityofky.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From Idea to Impact: Crafting and Submitting Your MedEd Manuscript. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Many educators lead creative teaching initiatives and curriculum improvements, yet struggle to turn these efforts into scholarly work. This interactive webinar equips participants with the tools to mo...

ATS Webinar on Med Ed coming up next week:
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Join us, won't you?

PCCM Fellow Dr. Mathes wins the Miles for Medicine race - by about a mile!

Want to work with a boss Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) and Sarcoidosis team? We're hiring an ILD Nurse Navigator - tell your friends! ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/599...

Coal-Mine Dust Lung Disease (CMDLD) phenotypes:
🫁COPD
🫁Simple Silicosis -> Progressive Massive Fibrosis
🫁Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis
🫁Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Disease
When seeing a patient with CMDLD, make sure you note each component!

UK HealthCare Community Connection: 3/11/25 YouTube video by FOX 56 News

Check it out! Dr. Khan is on the news: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1i6...

UKY Sarcoidosis experts are having a webinar for Sarcoidosis Awareness month. Join us, won't you? #Stopsarcoidosis

🎯ILD prognoses and treatments are constantly advancing! We have a lot to offer even when the diagnosis is IPF. Antifibrotic medications can reduce the risk of disease flare and loss of lung function.

🎯Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) has a poor prognosis, which causes many patients to adopt a "why bother" attitude. ILD clinic is just full of people who say "I almost didn't keep this appointment."

Welcome to #FOAMed at @universityofky.bsky.social! Today, an Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)🫁Insight:

Avoid using the general term "Pulmonary Fibrosis" to refer to ILD. Why? 🤔

🎯Patients google what we tell them, and in this case they find information on IPF, which only causes 20% of ILD cases.

You bump into the best people at conference! @gingrizzell.bsky.social

Faculty Spotlight! Our PCCM APD, Dr. Sen.

"Though it may sound like a cliché, we're a family. I LOVE the people I work with, the faculty, fellows/residents, nurses and other staff. These are people I love hanging out with outside work and over the years they have helped me grow."

We ♥️⚽💊you too!

AAMC Statement on Drastic Cuts to NIH-Funded Research Drastic cuts to NIH-funded research will diminish the nation’s research capacity, slow scientific progress, and deprive patients, families, and communities.

“Every American has benefited from NIH-supported medical research conducted at medical schools, academic health systems, and teaching hospitals nationwide. Every American will be harmed by the undermining (@NIH).” www.aamc.org/news/press-r...

Kansas faces largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history: Health officials Kansas is currently facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history with 67 confirmed active cases and 79 confirmed latent cases.

Kansas is facing the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, according to local health officials. This is an immediate example where we need #CDC to speak publicly, freely. #TB #pulmsky #medsky
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Hi Emily - we miss you here at UKY! We have a better one from Dr. Camac these days, please enjoy:

We've moved our social media to Bluesky! Our fellowships love all things #MedEd #FOAMed and #PCCM. We love our @atscommunity.bsky.social and @accpchest.bsky.social communities. Most of all, we love learning and teaching PCCM in the Bluegrass.