PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Gastroenterology fellows gain extensive experience in clinical consultation, patient management, and the following procedures: flexible sigmoidoscopy; upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, including dilatation of strictures and percutaneous gastrostomy; small bowel endoscopy; colonoscopy, including polypectomy; clinical and endoscopic management of gastrointestinal hemorrhage, including the use of cautery and sclerotherapy; and the performance and interpretation of esophageal motility studies and esophageal pH monitoring. Additionally, fellows become skilled in nutritional disorders and their management, including total parenteral nutrition, tube feedings, and other forms of dietary therapy.

Fellows training at Baylor receive intensive exposure to patients with a wide variety of gastrointestinal and liver disorders. Fellows spend two years in clinical training in general gastroenterology, including six months of such scholarly activity as research projects and publishing papers.

To qualify for a gastroenterology fellowship, candidates must have completed an internal medicine residency in an ACGME-accredited program and be board-eligible or board-certified.