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Subspecialties inside the specialty

• Critical care medicine

  Running the intensive care unit. Most lung doctors in the United States train in this alongside pulmonary.

• Sleep medicine

  One extra year. Sleep apnea and sleep labs, with clinic hours and no night calls.

• Interventional pulmonology

  Advanced airway procedures and lung biopsies. Technical, procedural, and well paid.

• Lung transplant and cystic fibrosis

  Academic centers only, long relationships with young patients, and high stakes.