Fellowship Program

Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship

Anil K. Rustgi, MD
Chief of Gastroenterology

Michael L. Kochman, MD
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Endoscopy Training Director

The Division of Gastroenterology (GI) offers a comprehensive 1 year Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship. This position is intended for those who have successfully completed a GI fellowship. The advanced endoscopy fellow receives advanced endoscopic training in both the cognitive and procedural aspects of advanced endoscopic procedures with the goal of being trained as an academic interventionalist. The trainee will participate in clinical care, be expected to partake in active research projects and initiate their own projects, and participate in the training of regular GI fellows with gradated attending responsibility. During the training period the advanced fellow will become proficient in ERCP, EUS, PDT, endoprosthetic placement, complex stricture remediation and enteral feeding access.

Clinical training is also supplemented by interrelated didactic conferences:

• Clinical Journal Club
• GI Pathology
• Clinical Case Conference
• GI Grand Rounds
• Subspecialty Conferences (liver, GI motility/physiology, inflammatory bowel disease)
• Fundamental pathophysiology and clinical lectures every summer

Outpatient Clinic
All fellows have continuity clinic throught the fellowship under the auspices of faculty members. There are weekly conferences devoted to outpatient diagnostic and management issues. Additionally, fellows participate in specialized clinics to complement their research interests and projects in the second and third years.

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Application Process

To be considered for the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, please submit the following:

• A cover letter
• An updated Curriculum Vitae
• A personal statement
• 3 letters of recommendation

Send all materials to:

Michael Kochman, MD
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Endoscopy Training Director
3 Ravdin
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: 215-615-3757
Fax: 215-614-0160
Email: gifellowship@uphs.upenn.edu

For Inquiries, please contact:
Fellowship Coordinator
Jeannine Moore
3 Ravdin
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Telephone: 215-615-3757
Fax: 215-614-0160
Email: GIFellowship@uphs.upenn.edu

Application deadline for 2008 fellowship is December 15, 2006.