Physician - Pulmonologist - Critical Care

Job Title

Physician

Duties

The physician is responsible for providing care for veterans admitted to the ICU or hospital with acute respiratory failure, acute severe COPD exacerbations, severe asthma exacerbation, pneumonia, ARDS, and septic shock and other life-threatening pulmonary conditions. The physician is responsible for providing care to outpatient veterans with COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, sarcoidosis, hypoxic and/or hypercapnic respiratory failure, pleural effusions, pulmonary nodules, and other pulmonary conditions in addition to sleep apnea. The physician will supervise health care trainees including medical students, interns, residents, and fellows. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Providing care to veterans admitted to the intensive care unit.
• Providing pulmonary consultations to inpatient veterans.
• Providing care to veterans in the pulmonary and sleep clinics.
• Perform diagnos...