Program Curriculum
The clinical curriculum is designed to ensure that all fellows, regardless of their eventual career interest, are trained in all aspects of gastroenterology and hepatology. This is achieved through inpatient rotations on the GI consult service, liver consult service, IBD service, and pre-transplant hepatology combined with ambulatory experiences in General GI, IBD, hepatology, motility, pancreaticobiliary & hereditary GI cancers. Fellows are trained on the cognitive and technical aspects of endoscopic procedures under the guidance of expert teaching faculty. An emphasis is placed on interactive conferences, including Journal Club, Clinical Guidelines, Case Conferences, Endoscopy Conference, alongside traditional didactics.
Throughout the three years, clinical responsibility is progressively tailored so that senior fellows learn to assume care and make management decisions for patients with increasingly complex diseases. The patient populations served by our institution offers a wide array of common and esoteric digestive diseases. Patient safety and quality improvement efforts are cornerstones of the fellowship program.
Fellows spend approximately half of their training engaged in scholarly pursuits under the guidance of an experienced faculty mentor. By the end of their training, fellows are well equipped to deliver excellent patient care and contribute to the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. Our curriculum, based on the American Board of Internal Medicine's gastroenterology blueprint, is designed to supplement hands on supervised patient experiences in the management of acute and chronic digestive disease. Educational objectives and expectations for each rotation are reinforced with attendings and fellows each month.
Core Curriculum/Rotations
Year-by-Year Schedule
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Ambulatory Training: Description & Responsibilities
Two GI ambulatory training sessions take place each week in the Center for Advanced Medicine (CAM). Each fellow maintains a weekly Continuity Clinic over his or her three years of fellowship. Our GI ambulatory practice is extremely busy. We see more than 300 patients a month. Fellows assume primary responsibility for patients they see in practice, including the coordination and follow-up of diagnostic tests. Training in ambulatory gastroenterology is a crucial part of the fellowship. Two or three faculty members are on staff per session, allowing for significant one-on-one teaching. Over the three years, fellows become well versed in ambulatory gastroenterology as well as the art of becoming an effective consultant.
Once a month, each fellow attends the IBD Clinic located in the Feinstein Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Here, fellows see new and established patients with complex diagnostic and management issues related to IBD. The multidisciplinary IBD Center offers a wide array of support services to patients, including dietician, endostomal therapists, surgeons, social work, psychologist, clinical pharmacologist, nurses and nurse practitioners, research coordinators, and administrative staff who assist with scheduling and authorizations.
Weekly Conferences
Contact Us
Nicolia Grierson Fellowship Coordinator Division of Gastroenterology nicolia.grierson@mountsinai.org
1 Gustave L. Levy Place Box 1069 New York, NY 10029 (212) 241-8788