Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program

The Gastroenterology Fellowship Program is a 3-year, ACGME accredited program. Within the Fellowship, GI fellows spend approximately 6 months on research. The remainder of the training is spent on a mix of inpatient rotations, as well as outpatient selective rotations. Clinical training consists of two-month rotations at each of the five teaching hospitals. On inpatient rotations, fellows coordinate the GI consult service (in conjunction with an attending staff gastroenterologist, advanced practice providers, rotating internal medicine residents, and medical students) and perform endoscopic procedures. New consultations, follow-up hospital encounters, and participation in endoscopic procedure clinics are supervised by staff gastroenterologists. Call is taken at home. Fellows are fully supervised by staff gastroenterologists during on-call time. Each week, fellows have dedicated time on Thursday afternoons for didactics. These sessions may include journal club discussions, fellow case presentations, faculty lectures, basic science and research presentations, and visiting speakers. The training rotations are completed at University of Minnesota- M Health Fairview, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Hennepin County Medical Center, Regions Hospital, and Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Each teaching hospital has its own conference schedules, including internal medicine grand rounds, and M&M conferences.