Gastroenterology Fellowship

Overview

The Gastroenterology Fellowship Program at ETSU is a three-year clinical/research fellowship. Two first-year Fellows are accepted to the program each year. Each Fellow will have a basic core curriculum involving rotations at each of the affiliated facilities. In preparing the gastroenterologist for the next millennium, the training must move beyond that of simply providing a general Gastroenterology experience.

Fellows are expected to participate in clinical research, basic research, or other scholarly activities which include publication(s) in peer reviewed journals.  At the conclusion of the three-year fellowship training, the fellow will be a fully trained gastroenterologist who will be able to diagnose, treat, and manage all forms of gastrointestinal and liver disease.

Applications for fellows accepted through ERAS.
Contact Carla at (423) 439-8048 or email hillc@etsu.edu  

Why ETSU? GME Training Facilities Application Requirments

Training

• Hospital environments at the Johnson City Medical Center and Mountain Home VA Medical Center
• Basic endoscopy procedures including EGD and Colonoscopy
• Therapeutic procedures like dilatation, variceal band ligation, hemoclip placement, etc.
• Emergent cases such as food impaction, hematemesis, etc.
• ERCP
• Gastroenterology and liver cases - consultation cases
• On call five days each month

Conferences

• Pathology Conference: Review of GI and liver pathology by members of the Department of Pathology at the Mountain Home VA Medical Center. The conference is conducted on a monthly basis.
• Radiology Conference: Interesting cases will be reviewed with members of the Department of Radiology at the Mountain Home VA Medical Center. The conference is conducted on a monthly basis.
• Journal Club: is conducted monthly. Current literature is reviewed and discussed.
• Case Conference: GI fellow present interesting GI cases that they are challenged with during their clinical rotation. This conference is conducted biweekly.