Strong clinical foundation with direct patient care of GI/Hepatology patients in busy inpatient and outpatient rotations
Significant exposure to both inpatient and outpatient general GI/Hepatology endoscopic procedures
Availability of exposure to advanced GI endoscopic procedures including ERCP and EUS in 2nd and 3rd years of fellowship
Elective rotations available in Motility, IBD, and Nutrition in 3rd year of fellowship
Didactics including core curriculum lectures, journal club, radiology conference, pathology conference, surgery-GI conference, tumor board, board review and fellows' seminars
Access to HCA Healthcare's full-service online library resources
Access to University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine's CCASEL program to improve interpersonal/communication skills and online library resources
Research opportunities with HRGI and other faculty at Texas Medical Center
Rotation schedule
Block
PGY 4
PGY 5
PGY 6
1
GI IP/Hep/Endo
GI IP/Hep/Endo
ERCP/EUS
2
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
ERCP/EUS
3
GI IP/Hep/Endo
GI IP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
4
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
5
GI IP/Hep/Endo
GI IP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
6
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
Motility/Nutrition
7
GI IP/Hep/Endo/Rad
GI IP/Hep/Endo/Rad
Elective
8
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
9
GI IP/Hep/Endo
GI IP/Hep/Endo
Transplant Hepatology
10
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
Elective
11
GI IP/Hep/Endo
GI IP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
12
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
GI OP/Hep/Endo
Sites
Site 1: HCA Houston Healthcare - Kingwood
Site 2A: Houston Regional Gastroenterology - Kingwood
Site 2B: Houston Regional Gastroenterology - Sugar Land