Career Development

Trainee Career Development

Welcome to the Trainee Career Development Center!  This section of the ATS website is designed to help residents, fellows and recent graduates on their path to successful careers in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.  We've included information on how to get into a PCCM fellowship, a comprehensive list of funding opportunities as well as a collection of core "classic" journal articles.

If you have ideas on how to improve this site, please send an email to fellows@thoracic.org

Save the Date: ATS 2012 - San Francisco, CA

Interested in learning more about the upcoming ATS International Conference? This section includes information about sessions and activities at one of the largest gatherings of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine professionals in the world. This year’s meeting will feature a special workshop that will teach attendees how to develop the leadership skills necessary to climb the ranks in academic, industry and private practice settings. For more information please click on the icon.

2012 Fellows Track Symposium

The ATS is pleased to announce the availability of the ATS Fellows Symposium (FTS) at the 2012 International Conference in San Francisco. This program will allow fellows to attend a two-day course designed to cover cutting-edge topics in the field of respiratory medicine. To learn more about this exciting program please click on the icon

ATS Travel Awards

ATS offers a limited number of travel awards to trainees, residents, and fellows who are interested in attending the ATS International Conference. To see a list of ATS Travel Awards please click on the icon.

ATS Toolkits

The American Thoracic Society (ATS) Virtual Fellowship Kit, is designed to introduce Fellows who as of July 1, 2011, have entered into a Pulmonary, Critical Care or Sleep Fellowship program. This online kit will introduce Fellows to the ATS and make it easier for them to navigate and understand how the ATS works.

The ATS Virtual Residents and Medical Students toolkit is a web site that contains FREE resources and materials specifically designed for Residents and Medical Students to help them as they consider a career in Pulmonary, Critical Care and/or Sleep Medicine.

Mentoring Corner

The Members In Transition and Training (MITT) Committee, along with the guidance of longtime ATS member, Charles Irvin, MD, have identified several key articles that have been written on the topic of mentoring.  We hope this collection of resources provide invaluable insight on how to be a good mentee, as well as how to find a good mentor.   

ATS Job Board

If you are you looking for a new job or want to advertise a position in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, check out the ATS Job Board Online.  The ATS Job Board contains thousands of searchable resumes and hundreds of job postings specific to pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. For more information please click on icon.