Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program

Mission Statement

The HCA Florida Largo Hospital Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship program’s mission is to develop the next generation of physicians and physician leaders.

As a part of HCA Healthcare, we are driven by a single mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.

This program is designed to offer residents a rewarding, educational environment where residents are provided individualized learning opportunities by faculty and staff who support and sustain one another throughout quality care delivery. Our faculty are committed to ensuring the residents' clinical experience and educational needs are fulfilled while expanding residents’ perspectives to be inclusive of cultures, values and ideals.

Program Overview

HCA Florida Largo Hospital is a 455-bed, acute care hospital. It has been involved in GME for decades and is affiliated with University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine. There are 10 programs at HCA Florida Largo Hospital which include 5 Residencies; Internal Medicine, Transitional Year, Psychiatry, Orthopedic Surgery, and Dermatology. The 4 other Fellowship programs include; Cardiovascular, Interventional Cardiology, Gastroenterology, and Rheumatology. HCA Florida Largo Hospital received Statutory Teaching Hospital designation from The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and Joint Commission accreditation. HCA Florida Largo Hospital was also awarded America's 250 Best Hospitals Award from Healthgrades.

We are a referral center for specialty care from around the county and beyond. We accept patients for management of:

• Mechanical circulatory support
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
• Advanced GI endoscopy
• Robotic / navigational bronchoscopy
• Robotic / minimally invasive surgery
• Advanced neurointerventional care for stroke.
• Heart Transplant
• Liver Transplant
• Kidney Transplant

We are a Primary Plus Stroke Center through the DNV. We provide minimally invasive neurosurgery and are a regional leader in mechanical circulatory support services including Impella Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD), implantable Heartmate 3 VAD. We also provide VA and VV ECMO. Our advanced heart failure program has received the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission, has been recognized by the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines quality improvement program, and is the first hospital in the county to be credentialled by the DNV for VAD implantation. Fellows at HCA Florida Largo Hospital work directly in the care of all these patients alongside intensivist attendings and the specialists involved in their care. They function as part of a multidisciplinary team becoming team leaders with our internal medicine resident team in our Medical ICU.

Salary & Benefits

Salary

Benefits

• Health insurance available with a cost-share; an optional family plan can be purchased
• Dental coverage provided with minimal charge
• Basic life insurance provided at no cost; additional amounts may be purchased for residents or family
• Professional liability insurance provided at no cost
• Disability insurance
  • Special portable anticipated income disability insurance available at nominal cost
• Vacation/Educational Leave
  • 20 days paid time off utilized for vacation and sick days
• Additional educational days available, must be preapproved by the Program Director and be in accordance with GME policies and procedures

Conference Schedule

Lecture series, conferences, journal clubs, and daily academic rounds complete the Fellow’s clinical training.

Fellows receive a comprehensive structured cognitive and procedural clinical education in both inpatient and outpatient settings that will enable them to become competent, proficient and professional osteopathic pulmonologists and critical care physicians.