The aim of the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program is to advance the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary systems. Upon completion of the training experience, trainees will have the clinical, investigative and teaching skills necessary to take a leading role in academic and clinical gastroenterology.
Expertise: Gastroenterology, Hospital Medicine
Research Interests: Chronic Viral Hepatitis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Transplantation Outcomes
There are three fellowship tracks within the program.
The first year of each track is identical and composed of inpatient clinical rotations on the gastroenterology consult services at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, inpatient endoscopy and the inpatient hepatology service.
Clinical: This three-year track is geared toward fellows who wish to become academic clinicians and educators. Years two and three consist of limited inpatient rotations, outpatient endoscopy, continuity clinic and subspecialty clinics. The fellow will have the opportunity to focus on a particular clinical area such as inflammatory bowel disease, therapeutic endoscopy, neurogastroenterology, nutrition, gastrointestinal neoplasia or liver disease. The fellow will engage in a clinical research project within that area of interest, and will be asked to identify a clinical mentor.
Research Track (Physician Scientist or Clinical Investigator): This three-year track is aimed at training fellows for independent investigative careers in either laboratory investigation or clinical research in gastroenterology or hepatology. After the first year of clinical rotations, the fellow will select a research mentor and focus on a specific area of investigation.
During years two and three, the fellow will be limited to 4 weeks of inpatient rotations, with the rest of the time protected for research. Over the course of their research years, the fellow will continue to have one half day each of outpatient endoscopy, subspecialty and continuity clinic to complete the ABIM requirements for fellowship certification.
The primary objective of this track is to provide adequate time and support to position the fellow to apply for foundational and NIH career development awards.
The research section provides information on the division’s current research.
The clinical rotations include inpatient rotations, outpatient rotations and endoscopy.
Inpatient rotations:
In all tracks, the fellow will rotate on the four clinical services during the first year:
Outpatient rotations:
All fellows spend one half-day per week in Continuity Clinic with a GI faculty preceptor.
Upper level fellows will also rotate through various subspecialty clinics to allow exposure to a variety of GI subspecialty areas.
Endoscopic training:
Fellows will be trained in the ACGME-required procedures for gastroenterology. First-year fellows primarily learn endoscopy in the inpatient setting. During second and third year, upper level fellows will rotate through various endoscopy blocks in hospital-based endoscopy settings and ambulatory surgical centers.
Fellows are expected to attend several weekly conferences, including Fellow Didactics, GI Grand Rounds, Journal Club, Morbidity and Mortality Conference, Hepatology Conference and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Conference.
The Gastroenterology Fellowship Program participates in the Match (NRMP) and also accepts applications through the ERAS Universal Application process.
Please contact the fellowship coordinator with any questions:
Linda M. Welch, Fellowship Coordinator
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
1830 E Monument St.
Suite 431
Baltimore, MD 21205
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 410-955-2635
