Gastroenterology and Nutrition:
Advanced Endoscopy fellowship

The Advanced Endoscopy fellowship is a one-year training program for candidates who have completed an accredited three-year fellowship program in Gastroenterology and wish to receive training focused exclusively on advanced endoscopic procedures.  The program provides an intensive training experience in ERCP and EUS under the guidance of a highly skilled, experienced, and committed faculty.  Extensive exposure will be provided in all areas of therapeutic Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy, including endoscopic sphincterotomy, stone extraction and lithotripsy, stent placement, balloon dilation of strictures, SpyglassTM intraductal endoscopy, manometry, EUS-guided FNA, and transluminal drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts.  The curriculum features ample opportunity for clinical research.  Two trainees are accepted each year.

• This is a non-ACGME-accredited postgraduate year 7 program
• To obtain an application, contact the address below. Applications for the Advanced Endoscopy program should be submitted electronically to Dr. Sandeep Patel at the email address below or via U.S. Mail at:

  Department of Medicine; Division of Gastroenterology
  UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
  7703 Floyd Curl Drive
  San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

• Applicants must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents of the U.S., or have an Employment Authorization Document (EAD). We only support J-1 visas for fellowship trainees who need visas. Further information on UTHSCSA Graduate Medical Education policies, compensation and benefits can be found at http://www.uthscsa.edu/gme/gmepolicies.asp.
• Courses in conducting research are available to help fellows interested in research.

Gastroenterology and Nutrition fellowship administration