Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship
A comprehensive and joint fellowship in advanced endoscopy between the endoscopy faculty at BWH and MGH.
However, the increasing need for training dedicated to ERCP and the recent introduction of a large number of advanced endoscopic techniques has lead to the development of third tier fellowships dedicated to advanced endoscopy. These fellowships usually take place following the completion of a gastroenterology fellowship.
Endoscopic fellowships may be focused on a single procedure such as ERCP or based more broadly on the discipline of endoscopy. The later approach may be more appropriate for the training of academic endoscopists and may require a two year period of training. This type of fellowship would include more than training in ERCP and other advanced endoscopy such as EUS and laser. It might also include training in statistics, epidemiology, trial planning, and grant writing.
Program Directors:
| William Brugge, M.D. Co Director, BWH/MGH Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Director, GI Endoscopy Massachussets General Hospital | David L. Carr-Locke, M.D. Co Director, BWH/MGH Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Director, Endoscopy Institute Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Judy Aukstikalnis Fellowship Coordinator jaukstikalnis@partners.org |
At the conclusion of each three month rotation, the fellows will meet with the faculty and review the three month rotation and plan for the next one. The fellows will be encouraged to interact with the other fellows and faculty in clinical trials planning and database development. The rotations will continue at three month intervals.
MGH-BWH Faculty
All Advanced Endoscopy faculty have academic appointments at Harvard Medical School and are members of the Gastroenterology divisions at MGH or BWH. They also participate in the training of gastroenterology fellows.
MGH Faculty
William R. Brugge, M.D., Director of GI Endoscopy since 1998, has extensive experience in ERCP, having performed the procedure in academic centers since 1980. Since 1992, he has pursued endoscopic ultrasound as a scientific technique, clinical tool, and a means of understanding pancreatic diseases . He is directing a large multi-center study of the role of EUS in the diagnosis of cystic neoplasms of the pancreas.
Robert H. Schapiro, M.D., Director Emeritus of GI Endoscopy, was one of the pioneers in ERCP in the United States. He has performed ERCP at MGH for the past 30 years and accumulated an unprecedented experience in malignant and non-malignant diseases of the pancreatic-biliary system.
Peter B. Kelsey, M.D. has accumulated an extensive experience in therapeutic endoscopy at MGH, focusing on ERCP. He has recently pioneered a new technique in ERCP, cholangioscopy. This technique brings a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic tools into the pancreatic-biliary tree. Recently, he has developed a Digital Atlas of Video Education (DAVE) website, an important new educational tool for endoscopy.
Brenna C. Bounds, M.D. has been a faculty member of the Advanced Endoscopy Group since 2000. She is interested in the use of EUS and ERCP to diagnose and manage pseudocysts of the pancreas. Recently she has participated in the development of the DAVE site with Dr. Kelsey. In 2006 she has assumed responsibility for directing endoscopic education for traditional GI fellows.
David Forcione, M.D. has been a faculty member of the Advanced Endoscopy Group at MGH since 2004. David uses his skills in ERCP and EUS to evaluate and treat patients with pancreatic-biliary diseases.
BWH Faculty
David Carr-Locke, M.D . Director of Endoscopy Institute is an internationally recognized figure in the endoscopy of pancreatic-biliary diseases. He has published and presented extensively on therapeutic ERCP in benign and malignant diseases.
John Saltzman, M.D ., is the Director of the Endoscopy Center at BWH. He has developed a broad experience in endoscopic ultrasound and GI bleeding at the University of Massachusetts before coming to BWH in 1998.
John Poneros, M.D. is a faculty member of the Advanced Endoscopy Group at BWH. He was trained in the joint fellowship and has published on the role of OCT in the evaluation of Barrett's Esophagus.
Chris Thompson, M.D . is a faculty member in the Advanced Endoscopy Group at BWH. Chris has established himself as an innovator and investigator in therapeutic endoscopy. His research in transgastric endoscopy has been presented at national and international meetings.
Linda Lee, M.D. is the Medical Director of Women's GI Health at BWH, Her clinical research interests include pancreatico-biliary diseases.
Facilities
MGH Endoscopy Unit
The MGH Endoscopy Unit moved to its new facilities in the Blake building at MGH in June 1997. The 10,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility features procedure rooms dedicated to ERCP, EUS, and laser (PDT). More than 28,000 procedures are performed yearly, including 800 ERCPs, 800 EUS examinations, and 200 laser treatments. The unit features a large conference room that is connected to 4 procedure rooms and the MGH auditorium. Faculty and fellow offices are adjacent to the unit. A new outpatient endoscopy unit in Charles River Plaza opened in 2005.
BWH Endoscopy Center
The Endoscopy Center provides a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in a large multi-disciplinary procedure facility. ERCP, EUS, laser treatments are offered to inpatients and outpatients from BWH, Harvard Pilgrim Health Center, and Dana Farber Cancer Center. More than 10,000 procedures are performed annually, including 800 ERCPs and 250 EUS exams. A conference room provides audio-video connections to the procedure rooms and the BWH auditorium.
BWH/MGH Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Graduates
1996-1997: Daniel M. Quirk, M.D., M.P.H
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brown Medical School
Director of Endoscopy Ultrasonography, Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island
1997-1998: James Shawn Mallery, M.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Hennepin County
Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
1998-1999: Steven Brandwein, M.D.
Medical Director, Comprehensive Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Center
Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
1998-1999: Peter M. Rosenberg, M.D.
Staff Physician, St. John's Health Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Santa Monica, CA
1999-2000: Brenna C. Bounds, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1999-2002: Brian C. Jacobson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
Director of Endoscopic Ultrasonography, Associate Director Endoscopy Services
Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
2000-2001: James J. Farrell, M.D.
Director, Endoscopic Ultrasound, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, CA
2000-2001: Salim Al-Shalabi, M.D.
Private Practice
San Ramon, California
2001-2002: John Poneros, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
2002-2003 Christopher Thompson, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
2002-2003 Jennifer Telford, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada
2003-2004 Seng-Ian Gan, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts School of Medicine
Associate Physician, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
2003-2004 David Forcione, M.D.
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2005-2006 Richard Kwon, M.D.
Clinical Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine
A. Alfred Taubman Health Care Center
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2004-2006 Linda S. Lee, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director of Women's GI Health
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
2005-2006 Tony Yusuf, M.D.
Associate Physician, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
2006-2007 Bhavani Moparty, M.D.
Faculty Physician, Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
2006-2007 Kunal Jajoo, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
Associate Physician, Division of Gastroenterology
New York Presbyterian Hospital
2006-2007 Michael Piesman, M.D.
Staff Gastroenterologist, Instructor in Medicine, University of Texas
San Antonio School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX
Gastroenterology Service, Brooke Army Medical Center
Ft. Sam Houston, TX
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