Education

EDUCATION: Gastroenterology & Hepatology

The division’s fellowship program is directed by Patrick Northup, with Brian Behm serving as assistant program director. The program is designed to produce consultant gastroenterologists who have mastered the cognitive and technical skills of a wide range of diagnostic techniques gastroenterology as well as hepatology and nutrition. About one-third of graduates choose to pursue careers in academic medicine, and those with community-based practices are often involved in teaching, some at medical schools. One recent graduate joined the Carillion health system’s endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) program, and another joined the ERCP program at Harvard; a third fellow, Wissam Bleibel, was invited to join the division’s faculty.

Fellows assigned to the Digestive Health inpatient service receive over 100 consult requests a month and supervise daily care of patients with GI and/or liver maladies. The service encompasses two patient care units and facilitates interaction of medical and surgical teams caring for patients with GI and liver disorders. The inpatient service is staffed by four teams of internal medicine housestaff, a luminal and hepatology attending, and three GI fellows, a structure that allows for outstanding care in a cost-effective.

During 2012-2013, the division’s fellows were:

Third Year

• Jeanetta Frye
• Nicolas Intagliata
• Charles Shrode
• Daniel Strand

Second Year

• Justin Crocker
• Arushi Defonseka
• Zachary Henry
• Bezawit Tekola
• Dushant Uppal

First Year

• Andrew Copland
• Amy Rubin
• Sean Rudnick