Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Program
Mission/Goals
The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at UIC offers 2-4 fellowship positions each year for highly qualified physicians dedicated to obtaining the highest quality training in all aspects of gastroenterology and hepatology. The training occurs in the shadow of one of the most beautiful cities in the United States, providing the trainee and their family with amazing opportunities.
The UIC program is distinctive because of its commitment to provide the fellows with:
- The opportunity to learn all diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
- An intensive exposure to all aspects of clinical hepatology, including transplantation.
- The ability to obtain additional formal education, including a Masters of Public Health (MPH) degree.
- Exposure to clinical, bench and translational research opportunities.
Training Overview
- We provide trainees with full exposure to all aspects of gastroenterology. This training is provided by full-time faculty who are clinical, translational and basic science investigators with interests and expertise including, but not limited to, digestive disorders, pancreatic diseases, biliary diseases, nutrition, inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal motility, colon cancer, viral hepatitis, liver cancer, liver transplantation, small bowel transplantation, esophageal diseases, acute and chronic liver disease, ERCP, and endoscopic ultrasound.
- We maintain an active clinical and basic science research environment. Upon completion of our training program, fellows will have the clinical and teaching skills necessary to take a leading role in academic or clinical gastroenterology.
- Approximately ¾ of our program trainees are in private practice throughout the United States; the remainder occupies positions in academia around the world.
- Our program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
- We also offer advanced fellowship training in areas including transplant hepatology, ERCP, Nutrition and endoscopic ultrasound.
Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program
- Our Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program provides fellows with full exposure to all aspects of clinical hepatology and transplantation.
- UIC offers one (1) fellowship position each year for highly qualified physicians dedicated to obtaining high quality training in Transplant Hepatology.
- Fellows are exposed to ambulatory pre and post-transplant clinics, inpatient transplant hepatology, inpatient transplant hepatology surgery, interventional radiology, and clinical hepatology.
- Admission to our program is open to all physicians who are board-certified in Internal Medicine, licensed, or eligible to be licensed, as physicians by the State of Illinois, and have completed gastroenterology fellowship.
- Our program does not sponsor visas of any kind; all applicants must be able to provide proof of U.S. permanent residency or citizenship.
- To apply, please send cover letter and CV to GiHepEd@uic.edu
Additional Information about Program
The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University of Illinois at Chicago offers one position each year for a 1-year ACGME–accredited Transplant Hepatology Fellowship. This one-year fellowship is open to individuals who have successfully completed a three-year fellowship in gastroenterology and are either board eligible or board certified in ABIM Gastroenterology. The dual-certification training pathway in GI and Transplant Hepatology (formerly known as the “Pilot”) is currently only offered exclusively to internal candidates.
The mission of Transplant Hepatology Fellowship at UIC is to create future leaders in advancing the field of hepatology. It complies with ABIM requirements for board certification eligibility in Transplant Hepatology, and is designed to provide a comprehensive clinical training to gain expertise in management of patients with liver disease. During the training fellows are exposed to pre- and post-liver transplant care in the inpatient and outpatient setting, inpatient liver transplant surgery including organ procurement, interventional radiology, and clinical liver pathology. UIC also offers exposure to robust living-donor liver transplantation program, and is one of the few in the United States to offer minimally invasive robotic partial hepatectomy for living donors.
For more information, please contact Aiman Ghufran, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program Director, at aghufran@uic.edu or Michelle Olvera, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Program Coordinator at molvera@uic.edu.
Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program
- The Advanced Endoscopy Training Program at UIC is a one-year program designed to provide trainee with the skills required to excel in his career as a therapeutic endoscopist in an academic setting.
- While gaining exposure to advanced endoscopic procedures, fellows also participate in various clinical activities (i.e. inpatient consult service, endoscopy sessions, outpatient clinics, evening and weekend call) relating to the biliary service as well as general gastroenterology as directed by the division chief.
- Admission to our program is open to all physicians who are board-certified in Internal Medicine, licensed, or eligible to be licensed, as physicians by the State of Illinois, and have completed gastroenterology fellowship and are board-eligible.
- Successful applicants receive a faculty appointment as a clinical instructor in Medicine.
- To apply, please send cover letter and CV to GiHepEd@uic.edu
Contact Information
For additional information about our fellowship programs, please write us via email at GiHepEd@uic.edu or by mail at the address below:
Attention: Fellowship Program Coordinator
University of Illinois Chicago
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (MC716)
840 South Wood Street, Suite 718E
Chicago, Illinois 60612-7323