Carlo
PeopleProgramsSpecialtiesInstitutionsPricing
Sign inJoin waitlistJoin the waitlist
Carlo

the ai that helps you match

Part of the Carlo family
© 2026 Carlo Finance, Inc.
PeopleProgramsSpecialtiesInstitutionsPricingMethodologyPrivacyTerms
Back to Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship · Nashville, TN

Sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Director Meredith E. Pugh

Interviewing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine?

Carlo prepares you for the program and every interviewer.

Join the waitlist
Class size
6
Visas
H-1BH-1B for some
PGY-4 salary
$78k2026 to 2027

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
Your odds here. Carlo sets your scores, visa and goals against this program.

Getting in

Who started, by class

Started 20242 on record of 6 seats · 2 published before starting
  • Alexander LinsalataUniversity of Michigan7 papers · 2 first author · 1 review
  • Amelia Goodfellow4 papers · 2 first author · 1 review

Training

2 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to critical care medicine.

Months at each site

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center30 mo
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Nashville)6 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Critical Care Medicine Fellowship2
  • Allergy, Pulmonary And Critical Care Medicine Fellowship1
  • Emergency Medical Services Fellowship1
  • Sleep Medicine Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center18
  • Louisiana State University School of Medicine3
  • Advanced Diagnostic Imaging PC2
  • Anova Medical Associates, Plc2
  • Kootenai Health2
  • Maury Regional Medical Center2

Research

61% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

11 of 18, 39 papers between them

  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes

People

Leadership

  • Meredith E. PughDirector, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
  • Edward QianAssociate Program Director for Critical Care Education and Quality
  • William LawsonAssociate Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
  • Jonathan KropskiDirector, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Find someone

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

More programs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

ProgramPositions
ProgramPositions
  • Adult Congenital Heart DiseasePositions: 2
  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyPositions: 3
  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 30
  • Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyPositions: 6
  • Clinical Informatics (Internal Medicine)Positions: 4
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 6
  • GastroenterologyPositions: 15
  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 4
  • Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 23
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 10
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 159
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 24
  • Interventional CardiologyPositions: 3
  • Interventional PulmonologyPositions: 1
  • NephrologyPositions: 16
  • RheumatologyPositions: 6
  • Sleep Medicine (Multidisciplinary)Positions: 2
  • Transplant HepatologyPositions: 1
  • Transplant NephrologyPositions: 2

Place

Summers reach 90°, winters fall to 30°. About 5 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

49°30°53°34°63°41°72°49°80°59°88°67°90°71°90°70°84°63°73°51°61°40°52°34°
JFMAMJJASOND

Commute

457k people live within 20 minutes of Vanderbilt University Medical Center by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,660 a month within 10 miles of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Hazards

  • Earthquakes
  • River flooding
  • Tornadoes
  • Strong wind

Publishes with fellows

  • Ankush RatwaniHospitalist, 2 fellows
  • Fabien MaldonadoInternal Medicine, 2 fellows
  • Joyce JohnsonAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, 2 fellows