Fellowship Training Programs

Our Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division offers two fellowship training programs: 3-year Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship and 2-year Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. Both programs are designed to develop academicians, consultant-caliber clinicians, and leaders for the pharmaceutical and health care industries.

Program Aims

  • Train the next generation of academic pulmonary and critical care physicians (physician scientists, academic clinicians, and medical educators).
  • Produce future leaders in the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine.
  • Educate fellows to deliver outstanding, patient-centered care in the field of pulmonary and critical care medicine.
  • Train individuals who will incorporate professionalism, empathy, wellness and diversity into practice throughout their career.
  • Train individuals committed to serving the local and regional communities who entrust us with their care and enable our academic mission.
  • Train individuals who are able to function within complex multidisciplinary health care teams.
  • Train individuals who will incorporate continuous improvement throughout their careers.

Program Leadership

U-M Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division, Jakob McSparron, MD
Jakob McSparron, MD

Program Director, Fellowship Training Programs
Jakob McSparron, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Post ICU Longitudinal Survivor Experience Clinic 

 
U-M Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division, Dru Claar, MD
Dru Claar, MD

Associate Program Director - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Dru Claar, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

 
U-M Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division, Ivan Co, MD
Ivan Co, MD

Associate Program Director - Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Ivan Co, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

 
U-M Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division, Robert Dickson, MD
Robert Dickson, MD

Associate Program Director for Research
Robert Dickson, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

 
Sarah Brown, MD
Sarah Brown, MD

Assistant Program Director, Educational Conferences
Sarah Brown, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

 
U-M Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division, Rommel Sagana, MD
Rommel Sagana, MD

Assistant Program Director, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Rommel Sagana, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

 
John Howe, MD
John Howe, MD

Chief Fellow, 2022-2023
John Howe, MD
Fellow, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship (2020-2023)

 
U-M Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Division, Patty Urban
Patty Urban

GME Program Administrator, Fellowship Training Programs
Patty Urban
Phone: 734-763-9077
patk@med.umich.edu