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The Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship offers fellows a broad experience in acute and chronic respiratory conditions, critical care, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in world-class facilities with cutting-edge technology. Trainees get experience in a variety of specialties, including interventional pulmonology, lung transplant, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, sarcoidosis, critical care, lung cancer, and interstitial lung disease.
Our program, your future
The Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship seeks to train clinical scholars who are equally prepared to enter academic medicine or the private sector. Pursuant to these goals there is a strong emphasis on the following:
- Mastery of the knowledge base
- Excellence in patient care
- Acquiring skills in teaching and mentoring
- Procedural expertise
- Clinical research
The program is based at Butterworth Hospital in the intensive care unit and lung transplant clinic with the following complementary experiences:
- Corewell Health Cancer Center at Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion (multidisciplinary lung cancer clinic)
- 4100 Lake Dr. outpatient office (for general pulmonary continuity clinic)
- Pulmonary hypertension clinic
- Sleep disorder clinic
- Physiology
- Cystic fibrosis clinic
- Interstitial lung disease clinic
- Interventional pulmonology
- Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Blodgett Hospital (outpatient bronchoscopies and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital)
- Simulation laboratories are available from the vascular training program
The Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship seeks to train clinical scholars who are equally prepared to enter academic medicine or the private sector. Pursuant to these goals there is a strong emphasis on the following:
- Mastery of the knowledge base
- Excellence in patient care
- Acquiring skills in teaching and mentoring
- Procedural expertise
- Clinical research
The program is based at Butterworth Hospital in the intensive care unit and lung transplant clinic with the following complementary experiences:
- Corewell Health Cancer Center at Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion (multidisciplinary lung cancer clinic)
- 4100 Lake Dr. outpatient office (for general pulmonary continuity clinic)
- Pulmonary hypertension clinic
- Sleep disorder clinic
- Physiology
- Cystic fibrosis clinic
- Interstitial lung disease clinic
- Interventional pulmonology
- Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Blodgett Hospital (outpatient bronchoscopies and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital)
- Simulation laboratories are available from the vascular training program
From the Program Director
Welcome to the Corewell Health – Grand Rapids/Michigan State University Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship.
Corewell Health in West Michigan is committed to improving the health and wellness of our communities. Our talented physicians and caregivers are privileged to offer a full continuum of care and wellness services to our communities through 14 hospitals, including Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (part of Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals), 150 ambulatory sites, and telehealth offerings.
The fellowship program is an ACGME-accredited, three-year program based at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (part of Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Butterworth Hospital is a Level 1 Trauma Center with 679 acute care beds and 80 ICU beds. It is a major referral center for lung cancer, interventional pulmonology, lung and heart transplant, mechanical circulatory support, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and adult blood and marrow transplant.
The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine has 40 specialists and is affiliated with Michigan State University. We are supportive of academic pursuits and the expertise of our faculty has resulted in numerous publications and presentations in peer-reviewed journals and national scientific meetings.
The mission of the fellowship is to improve the health of the communities we serve by training future medical leaders in this field. Our core values are teamwork, accountability, compassion, integrity, respect, and excellence. They are key to providing the best care to our patients and fostering an environment of learning, collegiality, and innovation. Corewell Health was the first hospital with robotic bronchoscopy in Michigan and the center of excellence in robotic bronchoscopy. The Corewell Health Richard DeVos Heart & Lung Transplant Program has been recognized as having one of the best outcomes in the nation (based on the report by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients).
In support of our goals, the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine has developed service lines tailored to the needs of our patients. We provide care to the complete range of lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, pleural effusion, sleep apnea, and lung cancer.
Collaboration is part of our culture and essential in the decision-making processes during multidisciplinary ICU rounds, Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Conference, Multidisciplinary Interstitial Lung Disease Conference, and Lung Transplant Selection Committee.
Our fellows learn to evaluate patients with respiratory symptoms and radiographic abnormalities and interpret pulmonary function tests, cardiopulmonary exercise tests, bronchial challenge testing, exhaled nitric oxide testing, and sleep studies. Fellows perform diagnostic and therapeutic interventions like flexible bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, robotic bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, and tunneled pleural catheters; and are exposed to rigid bronchoscopy, tumor laser ablation, stent placement, endobronchial valves for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for qualified patients with emphysema, bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma, medical thoracoscopy (pleuroscopy), and percutaneous tracheostomy through our interventional pulmonology service.
Fellows have the important role of teaching residents and medical students. They participate in didactic activities giving lectures, presenting in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Grand Rounds, Morbidity & Mortality, and act as instructors in workshops with simulation.
In collaboration with the Office of Research, fellows receive guidance and core lectures to develop their research projects. Many of our faculty are involved in clinical research, allowing fellows to have many mentors. There are opportunities to collaborate with the Corewell Health Health – Michigan State University Alliance Corporation.
As a fellow, you will learn the fundamentals of quality improvement and its applications in an academic environment. All fellows are encouraged to take on a QI project during their fellowship training.
We are committed to developing leadership and expertise to advance patient care and expand the knowledge base of pulmonary and critical care medicine. Our high-volume and clinically diverse program offers a unique experience to shape future specialists in these disciplines.
We invite you to explore our program and consider joining us to further develop our mission.
Maximiliano Tamae Kakazu, MD, FCCP
Program director, pulmonary disease and critical care medicine fellowship
Associate professor of medicine, Corewell Health - Grand Rapids/Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Our shared commitments
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Pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship bios
Program Director
Maximiliano Tamae Kakazu, MD
- Specialty: Sleep medicine
- Fellowship:
- (Pulmonary and critical care medicine) John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
- (Sleep medicine) University of Chicago
- Residency: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Maximiliano Tamae Kakazu, MD
- Specialty: Sleep medicine
- Fellowship:
- (Pulmonary and critical care medicine) John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
- (Sleep medicine) University of Chicago
- Residency: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Maximiliano Tamae Kakazu, MD
- Specialty: Sleep medicine
- Fellowship:
- (Pulmonary and critical care medicine) John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
- (Sleep medicine) University of Chicago
- Residency: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Maximiliano Tamae Kakazu, MD
- Specialty: Sleep medicine
- Fellowship:
- (Pulmonary and critical care medicine) John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
- (Sleep medicine) University of Chicago
- Residency: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Associate Program Director
Stephen Doyle, DO
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Stephen Doyle, DO
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Stephen Doyle, DO
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Stephen Doyle, DO
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Core faculty
Diego Conci, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Gustavo Cumbo-Nacheli, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Interventional pulmonology
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: Wayne State University
John Egan, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Interventional pulmonology
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: Wayne State University
Reda Girgis, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Pulmonary disease and lung transplantation
- Fellowship:
- (Pulmonary and critical care) Henry Ford Health System
- (Lung transplantation) Stanford Health Care – Stanford University
- Residency: Henry Ford Health System
Ryan Hadley, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan
- Residency: University of California - Los Angeles
Malik Khan, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Albany Medical College
- Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/Michigan State University in Grand Rapids
Marc McClelland, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Center
- Residency: Stanford Health Care – Stanford University
Joseph Pitcher, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
- Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University
Syed Razvi, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Henry Ford Health System
- Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/MSU
Gayathri Sathiyamoorthy, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Ruchira Sengupta, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Cincinnati
- Residency: Henry Ford Health System
Glenn VanOtteren, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Center
- Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Xiaopeng Li, PhD
Education:
- PhD, Michigan State University
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Iowa
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California San Francisco
Diego Conci, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Gustavo Cumbo-Nacheli, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Interventional pulmonology
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: Wayne State University
John Egan, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Interventional pulmonology
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: Wayne State University
Reda Girgis, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Pulmonary disease and lung transplantation
- Fellowship:
- (Pulmonary and critical care) Henry Ford Health System
- (Lung transplantation) Stanford Health Care – Stanford University
- Residency: Henry Ford Health System
Ryan Hadley, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan
- Residency: University of California - Los Angeles
Malik Khan, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Albany Medical College
- Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/Michigan State University in Grand Rapids
Marc McClelland, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Center
- Residency: Stanford Health Care – Stanford University
Joseph Pitcher, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
- Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University
Syed Razvi, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Henry Ford Health System
- Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/MSU
Gayathri Sathiyamoorthy, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Ruchira Sengupta, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Cincinnati
- Residency: Henry Ford Health System
Glenn VanOtteren, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Center
- Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Xiaopeng Li, PhD
Education:
- PhD, Michigan State University
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Iowa
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California San Francisco
Diego Conci, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Gustavo Cumbo-Nacheli, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Interventional pulmonology
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: Wayne State University
John Egan, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Interventional pulmonology
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: Wayne State University
Reda Girgis, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Pulmonary disease and lung transplantation
- Fellowship:
- (Pulmonary and critical care) Henry Ford Health System
- (Lung transplantation) Stanford Health Care – Stanford University
- Residency: Henry Ford Health System
Ryan Hadley, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan
- Residency: University of California - Los Angeles
Malik Khan, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Albany Medical College
- Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/Michigan State University in Grand Rapids
Marc McClelland, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Center
- Residency: Stanford Health Care – Stanford University
Joseph Pitcher, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
- Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University
Syed Razvi, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Henry Ford Health System
- Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/MSU
Gayathri Sathiyamoorthy, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Ruchira Sengupta, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Cincinnati
- Residency: Henry Ford Health System
Glenn VanOtteren, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Center
- Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Xiaopeng Li, PhD
Education:
- PhD, Michigan State University
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Iowa
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California San Francisco
Diego Conci, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Ohio State University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Gustavo Cumbo-Nacheli, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Interventional pulmonology
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: Wayne State University
John Egan, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Interventional pulmonology
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: Wayne State University
Reda Girgis, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Specialty: Pulmonary disease and lung transplantation
- Fellowship:
- (Pulmonary and critical care) Henry Ford Health System
- (Lung transplantation) Stanford Health Care – Stanford University
- Residency: Henry Ford Health System
Ryan Hadley, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan
- Residency: University of California - Los Angeles
Malik Khan, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Albany Medical College
- Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/Michigan State University in Grand Rapids
Marc McClelland, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Center
- Residency: Stanford Health Care – Stanford University
Joseph Pitcher, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Maine Medical Center
- Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University
Syed Razvi, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Henry Ford Health System
- Residency: Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners/MSU
Gayathri Sathiyamoorthy, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Residency: State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Ruchira Sengupta, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Cincinnati
- Residency: Henry Ford Health System
Glenn VanOtteren, MD
Pulmonary and critical care physician
- Fellowship: University of Michigan Hospitals & Health Center
- Residency: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Xiaopeng Li, PhD
Education:
- PhD, Michigan State University
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Iowa
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California San Francisco
PGY 4
Michael Eerhart, MD
Internal medicine: TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital
Chee Yao Lim, MD
Internal medicine: Lincoln Medical Center
Connor McCalmon, MD
Internal medicine: Corewell Health—Grand Rapids/Michigan State University
Imran Tarrar, MBBS
Internal medicine: Trinity Health Oakland
Michael Eerhart, MD
Internal medicine: TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital
Chee Yao Lim, MD
Internal medicine: Lincoln Medical Center
Connor McCalmon, MD
Internal medicine: Corewell Health—Grand Rapids/Michigan State University
Imran Tarrar, MBBS
Internal medicine: Trinity Health Oakland
Michael Eerhart, MD
Internal medicine: TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital
Chee Yao Lim, MD
Internal medicine: Lincoln Medical Center
Connor McCalmon, MD
Internal medicine: Corewell Health—Grand Rapids/Michigan State University
Imran Tarrar, MBBS
Internal medicine: Trinity Health Oakland
Michael Eerhart, MD
Internal medicine: TriHealth Good Samaritan Hospital
Chee Yao Lim, MD
Internal medicine: Lincoln Medical Center
Connor McCalmon, MD
Internal medicine: Corewell Health—Grand Rapids/Michigan State University
Imran Tarrar, MBBS
Internal medicine: Trinity Health Oakland
PGY 5
Wahaaj Khan, MD
Internal medicine: Atlantic Health System
Raman Kutty, MD
Internal medicine: White River Health System
Parent_J._IM
Internal medicine: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
Felicia Wright, MD
Internal medicine: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
Wahaaj Khan, MD
Internal medicine: Atlantic Health System
Raman Kutty, MD
Internal medicine: White River Health System
Parent_J._IM
Internal medicine: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
Felicia Wright, MD
Internal medicine: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
Wahaaj Khan, MD
Internal medicine: Atlantic Health System
Raman Kutty, MD
Internal medicine: White River Health System
Parent_J._IM
Internal medicine: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
Felicia Wright, MD
Internal medicine: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
Wahaaj Khan, MD
Internal medicine: Atlantic Health System
Raman Kutty, MD
Internal medicine: White River Health System
Parent_J._IM
Internal medicine: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
Felicia Wright, MD
Internal medicine: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
PGY 6
Sara Akbar, MBBS
Internal medicine: Westchester Medical Center
Tyler Kemnic, DO
Internal medicine: Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University
Julieta Osella, MD
Internal medicine: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Sara Akbar, MBBS
Internal medicine: Westchester Medical Center
Tyler Kemnic, DO
Internal medicine: Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University
Julieta Osella, MD
Internal medicine: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Sara Akbar, MBBS
Internal medicine: Westchester Medical Center
Tyler Kemnic, DO
Internal medicine: Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University
Julieta Osella, MD
Internal medicine: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Sara Akbar, MBBS
Internal medicine: Westchester Medical Center
Tyler Kemnic, DO
Internal medicine: Sparrow Hospital/Michigan State University
Julieta Osella, MD
Internal medicine: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Fellowship year 4
Angela Peraino, DO
Internal medicine & pediatrics: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
*Combined adult & pediatric fellowship track
Angela Peraino, DO
Internal medicine & pediatrics: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
*Combined adult & pediatric fellowship track
Angela Peraino, DO
Internal medicine & pediatrics: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
*Combined adult & pediatric fellowship track
Angela Peraino, DO
Internal medicine & pediatrics: Corewell Health/Michigan State University
*Combined adult & pediatric fellowship track
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