Fellows receive broad clinical exposure through inpatient consult services, outpatient clinics, continuity clinic experiences, and endoscopy training across multiple practice settings. The curriculum encompasses all major areas of gastroenterology, including general GI disorders, hepatology, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, pancreaticobiliary disease, motility disorders, gastrointestinal oncology, and preventive digestive health.
A cornerstone of the program is extensive procedural training. Fellows gain progressive experience in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, including upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy, hemostatic techniques, esophageal dilation, PEG tube placement, capsule endoscopy, and management of gastrointestinal bleeding. Training begins with close faculty supervision and advances toward independent procedural competency as fellows demonstrate proficiency.
Longitudinal hepatology education is integrated throughout all three years of fellowship. Fellows participate in the evaluation and management of patients with acute and chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and other complex hepatobiliary disorders in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Each fellow maintains a continuity clinic throughout training, fostering long-term patient relationships and providing experience in the management of chronic gastrointestinal and liver diseases. This continuity experience emphasizes patient-centered care, preventive medicine, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
The program's educational curriculum includes a dedicated weekly academic half-day featuring core gastroenterology lectures, board review sessions, journal club, case conferences, morbidity and mortality conference, tumor board discussions, hepatology education, and quality improvement activities. Fellows also participate in research conferences and scholarly projects designed to promote critical thinking, evidence-based practice, and academic growth.
Scholarly activity is an important component of fellowship training. Fellows are encouraged to engage in clinical research, quality improvement initiatives, presentations, publications, and other academic endeavors under the mentorship of experienced faculty. Dedicated time and resources support fellows in developing meaningful scholarly projects throughout their training.
By graduation, fellows are equipped with the clinical expertise, procedural competence, scholarly foundation, and professional skills necessary for successful careers in gastroenterology and hepatology, whether pursuing community practice or academic medicine.