Carolyn D'Ambrosio
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Biography
Dr. Carolyn M. D’Ambrosio is the Vice Chief for Fellowship Training in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine here at Yale University School of Medicine. Prior to coming back to Yale she was the Program Director for the Harvard-Brigham and Women’s Hospital Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She has been awarded Best Teacher from both medical students and residents during her years on Faculty and received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the Pulmonary Division at Tufts Medical Center prior to her departure from there. Most recently she was awarded the Pillar Award for Educational Program Leadership, the top award for program directors throughout the Mass General Brigham institutions. She has consistently been named one of Boston’s Best Doctors for the past several years. Nationally, she has received numerous Distinguished CHEST Educator awards from the American College of Chest Physicians and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the CHEST Foundation. In addition to teaching and clinical work, Dr. D’Ambrosio has conducted research on Sleep and Menopause, Sleep and Breathing in Infants, and participated as the sleep medicine expert in two systemic reviews on home sleep apnea testing and fixed versus auto-titrating CPAP. She recently co-authored a book "Comfort the Kid!" on infant sleep and parent bonding.
Education & Training
- FellowYale University School of Medicine (1999)
- Chief ResidentUniversity of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital (1995)
- residentUniversity of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital (1994)
- InternUniversity of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital (1992)
- MDGeorge Washington University (1991)
- MSGeorge Washington University (1988)
- BACornell University (1985)
Activities
- "Central Sleep Apnea: More than Ondine’s Curse"Nashville, TN, United States 2022American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Grey Areas in Sleep Medicine: Mild OSA and In-Hospital Testing for OSA"Nashville, TN, United States 2022American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Subspecialty Tracks in Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowships: Different approaches"Nashville, TN, United States 2022American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Sex Distinct Topics and Treatment"Nashville, TN, United States 2022American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Impact of Variable Access to Termination of Pregnancy on Patients with Pulmonary Disease"Nashville, TN, United States 2022American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Marijuana use in Pregnancy"Toronto, ON, Canada 2022International Society of Obstetric Medicine, Annual Meeting
- "Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy"New Haven, CT, United States 2021Yale School of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Grand Rounds
- "Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment of OSA in pregnancy"virtual 2021American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Sleep and the Endocrine and Gastrointestinal Systems"virtual 2021American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- "Sleep Apnea Phenotypes and Non-PAP Treatment for OSA"virtual 2021American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- "The Less than 2% Topics"virtual 2021American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- "Critical Care Board Questions"Boston, MA, United States 2021Harvard Medical School Intensive Review of Internal Medicine
- "Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy"virtual 2021American Academy of Sleep Medicine Annual SLEEP International Conference
- "Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome"Boston, MA, United States 2021Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Clinical Sleep Medicine
- "Hypersomnia in Brain Injury"virtual, Concord, NH 2021Brain Injury and Stroke Conference 2021
- "Nocturnal Oximetry and Sleep Disordered Breathing"Ledyard, CT, United States 2020New England Polysomnographic Society Annual Meeting
- "New Insights into the Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease in Women"virtual 2020American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Nocturnal Oximetry in Patients with Respiratory Disease"virtual 2020American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "The Dilemma of Insomnia in Pregnancy"virtual 2020American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Women in Pulmonary, Challenges and Opportunities"virtual 2020American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Sleep Deprivation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea"virtual 2020The Brigham Board Review in Pulmonary Medicine Review Course
- "OSA and Obesity"New Delhi, DL, India 2020All India Institute of Medical Sciences PULMOCRIT
- "MSLT and MWT Rules"New Delhi, DL, India 2020All India Institute of Medical Sciences PULMOCRIT
- "Advanced PAP titrations"New Delhi, DL, India 2020All India Institute of Medical Sciences PULMOCRIT
- "Nocturnal Oximetry: when it tells you more than the oxygen is low"New Delhi, DL, India 2020All India Institute of Medical Sciences PULMOCRIT
- "Sleep Scoring and Respiratory Events"New Delhi, DL, India 2020All India Institute of Medical Sciences PULMOCRIT
- "OSA in Women"virtual, Boston, MA 2020New England Baptist Hospital Grand Rounds
- "Women, OSA, and Heart Disease"Boston, MA, United States 2019Brigham and Women’s Hospital Women’s Lung Health Symposium
- "Inhalational Injuries during Pregnancy"New Orleans, LA, United States 2019American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Marijuana and Pregnancy"New Orleans, LA, United States 2019American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "What’s Old is New Again: Oximetry in Practice"New Orleans, LA, United States 2019American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Optimizing Care in the ICU"New Orleans, LA, United States 2019American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Sleep Apps and Devices"New Orleans, LA, United States 2019American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Rare Sleep Disorders"Ledyard, CT, United States 2019New England Polysomnographic Society Annual Meeting
- "Sleep Scoring Respiratory Events and Movement"Phoenix, AZ, United States 2019American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- "Sleep Scoring Sleep Staging and Arousals"Phoenix, AZ, United States 2019American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- "Sleep Scoring Respiratory the Bottom Line"Phoenix, AZ, United States 2019American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- "Obstructive Sleep Apnea"Boston, MA, United States 2019Harvard Medical School, Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine
- "Sleep in Women Across the Life Span"virtual 2019American College of Chest Physicians Women & Pulmonary Webinar
- "Non-Invasive Ventilation and Sleep-Disordered Breathing"Boston, MA, United States 2019Brigham and Women’s Hospital Advances in the Practices of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- "Critical Care Board Review"Boston, MA, United States 2019Harvard Medical School Intensive Review of Internal Medicine
- "Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome in Children"Boston, MA, United States 2019Mini-Residency in Sleep Apnea, Tufts Dental School
- "Evaluating the Sleepy Adolescent in Your Adult Clinic"San Antonio, TX, United States 2018American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Nocturnal Oximetry in Pulmonary Practice"San Antonio, TX, United States 2018American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "What are My Options for Promoting Sleep in the ICU"San Antonio, TX, United States 2018American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Diffuse Lung Diseases"San Antonio, TX, United States 2018American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Critical Care Important Topics"Boston, MA, United States 2018Harvard Medical School Intensive Review of Internal Medicine
- "Non-Invasive Ventilation in Sleep-Disordered Breathing"Boston, MA, United States 2018Harvard Medical School Advances in the Practice of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- "Challenging OSA Cases"Boston, MA, United States 2018Harvard Medical School Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine
- "Back to Basics: Oximetry and Sleep"Toronto, ON, Canada 2017American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Women, Sleep, and Heart Disease: What is the Connection?"Toronto, ON, Canada 2017American College of Chest Physicians Annual CHEST Meeting
- "Sleep Scoring, Respiratory Events"Orlando, FL, United States 2017American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- "Sleep Scoring, Sleep Stages"Orlando, FL, United States 2017American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- "Sleep Scoring, The Bottom Line"Orlando, FL, United States 2017American College of Chest Physicians CHEST Sleep Board Review Course
- Post Graduate Course-Resident Boot Camp: "Practical End of Life Discussions"Washington, DC, United States 2017American Thoracic Society International Conference
- "Update in Obstructive Sleep Apnea"Boston, MA, United States 2017Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital Grand Rounds
- "Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome, what is it and how to treat"Boston, MA, United States 2017Mini-Residency in Sleep Apnea, Tufts Dental School
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Outstanding Educator Award | Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Program Directors | 2023 |
Fellow | American Academy of Sleep Medicine | 2021 |
Research Honor Society | Sigma Xi | 2021 |
William T. Gill Fellowship | George Washington University School of Medicine | 2021 |
Distinguished CHEST Educator Award | American College of CHEST Physicians | 2021 |
Distinguished CHEST Educator | American College of CHEST Physicians | 2020 |
PIllar Award for Educational Program Leadership | Mass General Brigham Organization | 2020 |
Distinguished CHEST Educator | American College of CHEST Physicians | 2019 |
Distinguished CHEST Educator | American College of CHEST Physicians | 2018 |
Distinguished CHEST Educator | American College of CHEST Physicians | 2017 |
Distinguished Teaching Award | Tufts Medical Center Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Division | 2014 |
Best Lecturer | Tufts University School of Medicine | 2012 |
Best Lecturer | Tufts University School of Medicine | 2011 |
Notable Teaching Award | Tufts University School of Medicine | 2008 |
Best of ATS Symposium | American Thoracic Society | 2006 |
Teacher of the Year | Tufts Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program | 2004 |
Fellow | American College of CHEST Physicians | 2003 |