Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine provides excellent patient care at Memorial Hermann Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital and Select Specialty Hospital.  All of the faculty and fellows rotate at these medical centers.  Out-patient clinics include the UT Professional Building and Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital for Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine.  Our clinicians are recognized for their expertise and for providing outstanding inpatient and outpatient care for lung diseases and sleep disorders.  We also have extensive experience in management of patients with medical, surgical, and neurosurgical critical illnesses.  Additionally, a significant proportion of ICU Medicine at both hospitals also includes critical illness related to disorders of pregnancy.    

The faculty and fellows are intricately involved in the education of medical students and residents.  Our faculty are not only called upon to lecture at regional, national and international meetings and symposiums, but also, are involved in the development and organization of symposiums in Pulmonary and Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.  We also have very strong representation in many subcommittees at The American Thoracic Society, American College of Chest Physicians and The American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

The current research efforts of the division have been very successful with ongoing funded research in interstitial lung diseases, sleep disorders, pulmonary hypertension, ARDS, sepsis, ICU outcomes, remote telemonitoring in ICU, patient safety, healthcare services research, and ventilator weaning strategies.