DEPARTMENT:	Medicine
TITLE OF COURSE:	Pulmonary Diseases
COURSE DIRECTOR:	Steven A. Schonfeld, M.D., FACP, FCCP
DESCRIPTION AND GOALS OF COURSE:	The Pulmonary Elective offers a predominantly ambulatory experience in clinical Pulmonary Medicine. The student sees patients with the precepting attending physician. The student will also have limited exposure to in-patient consultations. Experience may be gained in performing thoracentesis and participation is encouraged during bronchoscopies. Instruction in the indications for and interpretation of pulmonary function testing is provided. Students on elective join the faculty at the pulmonary conferences offered at Sinai, and attend a weekly sarcoidosis clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
DURATION:	4 weeks
HOURS OF PARTICIPATION:	Full-time
NUMBER OF STUDENTS:	1
LOCATION:	Sinai Hospital of Baltimore 2435 W. Belvedere Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21215
TIME OF YEAR AVAILABLE:	All year
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:	Prerequisite(s) - Basic Medicine Clerkship
Contact Gila Davis at 410-601-6256 to schedule a rotation.