Academic Curriculum
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship
The Division of Gastroenterology holds several educational conferences throughout the year. Many of these conferences are multidisciplinary in nature. Monthly conferences include Gastroenterology/Radiology Conference, Gastroenterology/Pathology Conference, and Gastroenterology/Hepatology Journal club. A quarterly conference is coordinated with Gastroenterology and Surgery. Gastroenterology fellows attend NASPGHAN fellowship conferences, ASGE endoscopy course and other national meetings where research is presented.
Pediatric Gastroenterology/Radiology Conferences
Monthly conferences with focused presentation led by fellows and attending radiologists to review challenging gastroenterology and hepatology cases.
Pediatric Gastroenterology/Pathology Conferences
Monthly conferences with focused presentation led by fellows and attending pathologists to review challenging gastroenterology and hepatology cases.
Pediatric Gastroenterology Journal Club
Monthly journal club with article presentation and discussion led by fellows and faculty for gastroenterology and hepatology.
Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Conference
Monthly conferences featuring informal didactics and small group discussion led by members of our multidisciplinary IBD team.
Pediatric Endoscopy Conference
Monthly faculty led lectures and ASGE videos.
Pediatric Core Content Conferences
Bimonthly conferences highlighting basic pediatric gastroenterology ABP content of specifications presented by fellows.
Pediatric Gastroenterology Board Review Conference
Weekly conferences of board review questions of ABP content specification presented by fellows and attendings.
Pediatric Gastroenterology/Radiology/Surgery Conference
Quarterly conference with focused presentation led by fellows and attending radiologist and surgeons to review challenging gastroenterology and hepatology cases.
Biostatistics
Quarterly conferences spread over three years where fellows will review common statistical analyses used in medical research.
Inside Pediatrics: Colson's story
Colson was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and with the help Dr. Julie Bass, Medical Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Children's Mercy, and his mother, he is now receiving family-centered care.
Our Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship team
Voytek Slowik, MD
Program Director
vslowik@cmh.edu
Halee Patel, MD
Associate Program Director
hpatel1@cmh.edu
Rachel Laws, MBA
Fellowship Coordinator
rmlaws@cmh.edu