Inflammatory Bowel Disease Fellowship Program
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine offers an Advanced Fellowship in Inflammatory Bowel Disease for focused training in clinical care and/or clinical, translational or basic research in inflammatory bowel disease. This program serves as an added fourth-year of training experience for GI fellows seeking careers related to inflammatory bowel disease. It is anticipated that applicants will spend their time between clinical inpatient and outpatient IBD patient care, clinical, translational and/or basic science research, as well as participation in other scholarly activities, such as contributing to case reports, review articles and book chapters.
After completion of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease fellowship, trainees should be capable of evaluating and managing complicated patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease to determine: diagnosis, indications for endoscopy/radiography, indications for medical therapy and appropriate therapeutic monitoring, indications for surgery and post-surgical management, management of IBD during pregnancy and other specialized cases.
Further program details, including our housestaff manual and a sample training contract, are available on our McGaw Medical Center website.
About the Fellowship
Education
Educational activities will be adapted to individual trainees' backgrounds and interests. The advanced fellow will participate in all didactic conferences. The weekly core curriculum offers a mixture of journal clubs, didactic lectures, case conferences and outside speaker conferences. There is also a separate multidisciplinary conference dedicated to reviewing diagnostic radiology and pathology cases as they relate to inflammatory bowel disease.
Research
One month of research, typically divided into two-week blocks, is provided in the schedule. The expectation is to perform an investigative research project and/or significant review article by the end of the year, under faculty mentorship.
Clinical Experience
Trainees will be expected to:
- Attend multiple half-day outpatient clinics each week and be actively involved in the continuing care of the outpatients that they see or are otherwise assigned.
- Participate in inpatient IBD service on various months throughout the year. Inpatient service will involve daily attending faculty ward rounds and thorough documentation of clinical decision-making and management plans.
- Perform supervised endoscopic procedures about the diagnosis or treatment of IBD.
- Review pathology material about cases with GI pathology faculty, review radiographic procedures with radiology faculty and participate in co-management of surgical patients with faculty from the department of surgery.
- Longitudinally follow, with faculty supervision, patients who are evaluated in outpatient clinics and after hospitalization.
Eligibility
Candidates must meet the following requirements:
- Completion of training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at ACCME-accredited institution(s) (or equivalent if non-U.S. trained)
- License to practice medicine in Illinois (application may be pending at time of application, but will be required to start fellowship)
- All non-U.S. citizen applicants must obtain appropriate VISA requirements and ECFMG
Application Process
We appreciate your interest in our program.
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The following documents are required from each candidate:
- Curriculum vitae
- Personal statement (1 Page Max.)
- USMLE Transcript
- ECFMG Certificate (if applicable)
- One letter of recommendation from Gastroenterology Program director
- Two letters of recommendations from gastroenterologists familiar with candidate's work
- McGaw GME Fellowship Application
Please forward all applications to Angela Tucker