The fellowship training program in gastroenterology is under the direction of Anthony J. DiMarino, Jr., MD , Robert Coben, MD serves as the Academic Coordinator and Steven Herrine, MD is the Associate Academic Coordinator of the program. During the first year, clinical training is divided between inpatient gastroenterology consultation services and ambulatory endoscopic and clinical experiences and two months of dedicated research. Research and scholarly activities will comprise the majority of the third year Third year fellows can gain additional training in advanced interventional endoscopy, hepatology, motility, inflammatory bowel disease, and basic science research. During the three years of the fellowship, trainees maintain longitudinal outpatient gastroenterology and hepatology clinics which are always supervised by full time faculty. Each trainee is allotted four weeks paid vacation per year.
Trainees have ample opportunity to acquire all the necessary diagnostic and therapeutic skills.
During the first year of fellowship, trainees are encouraged to meet with each of the basic science and clinical faculty in order to discuss participation in research. First year fellows are expected to have their research projects approved by Dr. DiMarino by October 1 of their first year. It is expected that fellows will engage in scholarly writing and plan and execute basic or clinical research . This is the primary focus of research rotations but, by necessity, these efforts continue during other rotations. Fellows are expected to submit the results of their research efforts for presentation at local and national meetings and, if suitable, for publication.