Clinical Opportunities

On the consult service, fellows function as gastroenterology and hepatology consultants. At Tufts Medical Center, a tertiary referral center, we care for a very diverse patient population with both common and unusual clinical issues. After three years, fellows will grow comfortable treating many of the sickest patients in the region. In addition to consulting, fellows also perform all necessary endoscopic procedures on GI inpatients in a supervised setting

Tufts Medical Center fellows gain extensive experience in endoscopy: from standard colonoscopies and esophagogastroduodenoscopies to therapeutic procedures such as dilations, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies, hemostasis, ERCP and endoscopic ultrasound.

Fellows are also often exposed to advanced techniques such as enteral stenting, magnification endoscopy, chromoendoscopy, video capsule endoscopy and endoscopic mucosal resection. Procedural rotations allow fellows more hands-on exposure.

Electives are offered in colorectal surgery and motility and interested fellows can also set up sub-specialty electives in IBD and liver transplant. Fellows also work closely with our faculty in nutrition and allergy/immunology.

Several educational conferences are offered throughout the fellowship, including:

• Attending rounds - daily on the inpatient service
• Clinical Pathology Conference
• Wednesday clinical case conference
• Morbidity and Mortality Conference
• GI oncology rounds - monthly
• Didactic rounds – one hour per week, either fellow-led or staff-led
• GI Grand rounds – internal or external speakers, often world-renowned
• GI Journal Club
• GI pathology rounds – once per week
• Medical Grand Rounds 
• Boston Intercity Rounds (combined with MGH, Brigham, Lahey Clinic, Beth-Israel and Boston Medical Center)