Mayo Clinic Case Review for Pulmonary and Critical Care Boards

Mayo Clinic Case Review for Pulmonary and Critical Care Boards is based on cases presented by faculty and fellows at the Mayo Clinic Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Wednesday Morning Case Conference, a weekly conference where interesting cases are presented in a "guess the diagnosis" format. The presenter leads the audience through the patient's clinical course highlighting clinically important facts and pearls in a question-and-answer format. Thepresentation concludes with take-home points relevant to clinical practice. Mayo Clinic is a tertiary-care referral medical center, which gives them the opportunity to see rare diseases orrare presentations of common diseases that don't present as frequently in other medical centers. Mayo Clinic Case Review for Pulmonary and Critical Care Boards is designed to be the optimal resource for board exam preparation in pulmonary and critical care medicine.Sections:· Section I: Obstructive Lung Disease· Section II: Critical Care Medicine· Section III: Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease· SectionIV: Sleep Medicine, Neuromuscular and Skeletal· Section V: Infections· Section VI: Neoplasia· Section VII: Pleural Diseases· Section VIII: Interventional Pulmonology· SectionIX: Transplantation· Section X: Vascular Diseases· Section XI: Occupational and Environmental Diseases

Originating with world class medical subspecialists from a widely experienced practice, this book is clearly a worthwhile to tool for the student of these disciplines. David James Dries, MSE, MD, Regions Hospital

Dr. Gallo de Moraes earned her MD in Brazil and subsequently completed a residency at the University of Miami and two fellowships at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Gallo de Moraes has high level training in internal medicine, critical care medicine, and pulmonary medicine. Upon completing her second fellowship training, she will be joining faculty at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Gallo de Moraes holds the academic ranking of Associate Professor of Medicine. She has previous experience inediting the annual medical journal published by her medical school in Brazil.Dr. Diana Kelm is a Consultant in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Kelm holds the academic rank of Assistant Professor of Medicine in Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. She obtained her MD degree from Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, and completed Internal Medicine and a Chief Resident year at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Kelm has multiple peer-reviewed publications and is also a reviewer forthe Journal of Medical Education.Dr. Kannan Ramar is a former program director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Ramar holds the academic rank of Professor of Medicine. He obtained his medical degree from the Madras Medical College in India and completed his Internal Medicine residency at the University of North Dakota and two subspecialty fellowships: Critical Care at the University of Wisconsin and Pulmonary at University of California - Irvine. Dr. Ramar has experience inreviewing books (Book review on Textbook of Pleural Diseases Respiratory care. 2008) and has authored multiple book chapters.

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