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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship · Chicago, IL

Sponsored by Cook County Health and Hospitals System · Director Sherene Fakhran

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Class size
3
Visas
J-1, H-1B
PGY-4 salary
$81k2026 to 2027

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
  • Sponsors H-1B visas. Most programs sponsor only J-1 visas.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • Fellows are chosen only through the NRMP, with applications sent through ERAS. More than 450 applications arrive each year for three positions, and a complete file needs three current letters, transcripts, an ECFMG certificate, USMLE scores, a CV and a personal statement.

Who started, by class

Started 20263 on record of 3 seats · 3 published before starting
  • Zeina MorcosStaten Island University Hospital Northwell Health5 papers · 2 first author · 1 case report · 1 review
  • Ranjana ChimauriyaMedStar Health Georgetown University3 papers · 3 first author · 3 case reports
  • Sudeepthi MekalaEast Tennessee State Univ, James H Quillen Coll of Med2 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report
Started 20253 on record of 3 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Samurna SabirWright Center for Graduate Medical Education1 paper
  • Prabina GhimireCarle Foundation Hospital
  • Siri SwarnaWright Center for Graduate Medical Education
Started 20243 on record of 3 seats · 2 published before starting
  • Samriddh DhungelCook County Health5 papers · 2 first author · 3 case reports
  • Amr AboelnasrThe Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati1 paper
  • Iniobong InyangOne Brooklyn Health System-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center

Training

3 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to sleep medicine.

Months at each site

  • John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County38 mo
  • Advocate Christ Medical Center2 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Sleep Medicine Fellowship3

Where graduates work now

  • Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Specialists, LLC2
  • St Vincent Health Center2
  • University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford2
  • AdventHealth West Florida Division1
  • Aultman Hospital/NEOMED1
  • Baton Rouge Orthopaedic Clinic1

Research

56% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

5 of 9, 13 papers between them

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

People

Leadership

  • Sherene FakhranDirector – Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program
  • Nancy QuesadaAssociate Program Director

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Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 15
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 9
  • Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 7
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 144

Place

Summers reach 85°, winters fall to 20°. About 39 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

2.6M people live within 20 minutes of John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,710 a month within 10 miles of John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.

Hazards

  • Cold waves
  • Tornadoes
  • Winter storms
  • River flooding