GI Consultation service Fellows carry out inpatient consultations in gastroenterology and hepatology at University of Maryland Medical Center and the Baltimore VAMC on a daily basis, under the close supervision of a full-time faculty member. The consultation service will include didactic teaching and bedside evaluation of the patients on work rounds. Fellows participate in any GI procedures required for the patient's evaluation. For fellows desiring subspecialization in liver diseases, additional time can be devoted to Hepatology during the 2nd and 3rd years of training. Each of the clinical faculty members also sees outpatients in the Faculty Practice Office on a referral basis.
Fellows also see referral patients with the faculty in the hepatology and faculty practice clinics.
Approximately 5,000 procedures performed per year in the Division of Gastroenterology. Fellows receive training in diagnostic and therapeutic ERCP, biliary manometry and endoscopic ultrasound primarily in their 3rd year of fellowship. Procedural training meets all board eligibility requirements and is designed to prepare fellows for clinical practice. Computerized endoscopy reporting systems are used at each hospital. Research Experience Considerable emphasis is placed on clinical and basic research to prepare trainees for academic careers and careers as tertiary referral subspecialists.