Research
Dr. Lorin is an assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. His research interest involves education and curriculum development at all levels of medical training. He is the program director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. He is responsible for overseeing the educational activities related to the fellowship program. He is the principal investigator in a study of the attitudes and perceptions of house staff officers towards pulmonary and critical care medicine. This multi-centered survey was set forth to evaluate and better understand how to improve the pulmonary and critical care sub-specialty and fellowship to meet the demands of house staff officer education and patient care.
He is also the director of the School of Medicine critical care clerkship. This new course is a required rotation for all fourth year medical students. Mount Sinai is the only center in the nation that provides a mandatory critical care clerkship with a comprehensive curriculum that ties together the science, physiology and clinical skills acquired over the last four years of medical school. He is responsible for coordinating the medical student's education at six different medical centers. The goal is to teach the fundamentals of critical care over a four-week period. Students function as sub-interns during the rotation. They have the unique opportunity to participate in the direct care of the critically ill patient and learn to become effective members of the critical care team. Unique aspects to the course include direct supervised care of patients, use of a human simulator as a training modality, debates regarding controversies in critical care and complex ethical dilemmas. He is interested in teaching medical students how to interact with families of patients in the intensive care unit and the primary care physicians responsible for them. During the clerkship, he plans on utilizing the Morchand Center, the nation's largest program teaching students and physicians with "standardized patients" (actors). The goal is to provide students with the skills to better manage the expectations of patients and families and potentially improve the quality of care.
Dr. Lorin was recently accepted as a Harvard Macy Scholar for his efforts in continuing medical education.
Publications
Lorin S, Sivak M, Nierman DM. Critical Illness Polyneuropathy. J Crit Illness 1998; 13(10): 608-612.
Lorin S, Kalb T. Infectious and Immunological Complications in the Chronically Critically Ill. Crit Care Clin 2002; 18(2): 529-552.
Lorin S, Nierman DM. Neuromuscular Complications in the Chronically Critically Ill. Crit Care Clin 2002; 18(3): 553-568.
Lorin S, Nelson JE. Intensive care for the very elderly patient. In: Heffner JE, Byock IR, editors. -of-life pearls. Philadelphia. Hanley & Belfus Inc,.
