Local Fellowship Training in Interventional Pulmonology

​Local Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology

Division: Medicine

Department: Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Training Objectives/Goals

Skills

• Pleuroscopy, Indwelling Pleural Catheter
• Navigation Bronchoscopy
• Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS – TBNA)
• Radial EBUS with Guide Sheath
• Nd-YAG LASER
• Argon Plasma Coagulation
• Electrocautery (Snare and Hot Probe)
• Cryotherapy (Ablative and Biopsy)
• Rigid Bronchoscopy
• Balloon Bronchoplasty
• Metallic and Silicone Airway Stent Placement
• Foreign Body Retrieval (with Rigid or Flexible Bronchoscopes)
• Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction

Training Duration 

6 months

Number of Fellowship Offered Per Year

1 - 2

Admission Criteria

• Possess valid practicing license with the Singapore Medical Council
• Registered under the Register of Specialists with Specialist Accreditation Board (SAB) in Respiratory Medicine
  
• Proficiency in flexible bronchoscopy and transbronchial lung biopsy. 
• Preferably > 200 logged procedures