Why Choose the Gastroenterology Fellowship Program
- Large subspecialty faculty dedicated to clinical education
- Focus on fellowship class camaraderie
- Based at large quaternary care academic teaching hospital with university affiliation
- Clinical exposure to large volume, variety, and complexity of patients
- Exposure to state-of-the-art advanced endoscopic procedures
- Strong emphasis on training in research and scholarship
- Comprehensive conference schedule
- Excellent GI Board-passage and job placement rates
- Programmatic emphases on patient safety, quality improvement, practice management/career development
- Based in Pittsburgh, offering an affordable cost of living, rich artistic and cultural environment, vibrant sports and dining scene, and innumerable outdoor activities.
- Dedicated fellowship office space
- Fellowship-provided personal computers
- Electronic, web-based curriculum
- Electronic Sharepoint intranet site for fellow resources, schedules, etc.
- Electronic access to medical journals, texts and up-to-date from the hospital and home
- Inpatient and outpatient electronic health record, accessible from home
- Individual faculty mentorship
- Large number of elective opportunities, including in Nutrition, GI Pathology, GI Radiology, Surgery, GI Pediatrics, Advanced Endoscopy, and Academic Gastroenterology
- Access to the STAR simulation Center, with endoscopic simulators
- Out-of-hospital call
- 3 weeks (15 working days) of vacation annually (not including time off for conference attendance)
- Monthly meal ticket allowance
- Annual GME allowance for meetings, textbooks, etc.