Clinical Experience
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship
Fellows rapidly acquire skills in endoscopic procedures during the first year of the program through endoscopic simulation and hands-on procedures.
The Pediatric Gastroenterology fellow participates in a variety of general gastroenterology and subspecialty rotations in the inpatient, outpatient, and procedural settings.
| 1st Year |
2nd Year | 3rd Year | Total (weeks) | |
| Orientation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Inpatient and Consult Service | 24 | 18 | 10 | 52 |
| Endoscopy | 10 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| Subspecialty Clinic | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| Pathology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Research | 10 | 20 | 30 | 60 |
| Vacation | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Fellows actively participate in procedures throughout fellowship.
Expected average experience over three years - procedural totals:
|
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
400 |
|
Colonoscopy |
180 |
|
EGD with Control of Bleeding |
15 |
|
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy |
10 |
|
Foreign Body Removal |
10 |
|
Polypectomy |
10 |
|
Rectal Suction Biopsy |
10 |
|
EGD with Dilation |
10 |
|
Bravo pH Capsule Deployment |
10 |
|
Endoscopic Placement of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy |
5 |
|
Double Balloon Endoscopy |
5 |
|
Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia |
5 |
|
Endoscopic placement of transpyloric feeding tubes or catheters, including motility catheters |
5 |
|
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
|
5 |
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