The Johns Hopkins Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine is pleased to announce a new one-year Advanced Specialty Training Program in Oncologic Critical Care.  

This program is intended for physicians who have completed an ACGME-approved fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine and desire additional training and experience in the unique problems seen in critically ill oncology patients, including disease complications such as leukostasis and tumor lysis syndrome and treatment-related complications such as neutropenic sepsis, cytokine release syndrome, graft versus host disease, immune effector cell associated neurotoxicity, and checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis. 

The primary training site is the 8-bed Oncology Intensive Care Unit in the Weinberg Building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.  This closed specialty ICU cares for all critically ill patients at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (SKCCC).  The SKCCC is one of the oldest NIH-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, and has high volume programs in hematologic malignancies, blood and marrow transplant, and solid tumors.  

Under the supervision of an Oncology ICU attending, Advanced Fellows in Oncologic Critical Care will work with pulmonary and critical care fellows and ICU advanced practice providers to provide patient care in the Oncology ICU.  Later in the year, they may serve as primary attendings in the Oncology ICU, with immediate back-up available from full-time faculty attendings.  Advanced fellows will also provide nocturnal coverage of the Oncology ICU. 

To complement the ICU experience, Advanced Fellows may rotate with the Transplant and Oncology Infectious Disease, Bone Marrow Transplant/Cellular Therapy, and Interventional Pulmonology services.  They may also attend the checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis and post-Acute care (PACT) clinics.  

Applicants must hold a medical degree from an LCME-accredited US or Canadian medical school or be certified by the Educational Committee for Foreign Medical Graduates, and must have completed an accredited residency in internal medicine and an accredited fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine or Critical Care Medicine.   Eligible applicants will be board certified or board eligible in Critical Care Medicine and must be eligible for medical licensure in Maryland and a medical staff appointment at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Interested individuals should contact R. Scott Stephens, MD, Director, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Critical Care, at [email protected].