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Gastroenterology Fellowship
James H. Grendell, MD
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Program Director's Message
The three-year gastroenterology fellowship provides extensive experience in all aspects of gastroenterology, endoscopy, hepatology and nutrition. Our fellows have the opportunity to become expert in these areas through Winthrop's formalized centers of excellence with state-of-the-art equipment and through rotations in advanced hepatology and liver transplantation at the Columbia-Presbyterian campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital. Graduating fellows successfully establish themselves in academic or clinical careers of their choice.
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Program Description
| Division Chief: | James H. Grendell, MD |
| Number of Fellowship Positions in Total: | 6 |
| Number of Fellowship Positions each year: | 2 |
Clinical Services:
General gastrointestinal diseases, gastrointestinal motility and functional disorders, pancreatic diseases, liver & biliary diseases, inflammatory bowel disease, nutrition support, and endoscopy services including ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound, advanced therapeutic biliary and pancreatic endoscopy, and endoscopic treatment of Barrett's esophagus.
Research:
Clinical research in pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, GERD, irritable bowel syndrome, motility disorders of GI system, biliary and pancreatic endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound and general endoscopy, etiology of chronic abdominal pain, and technologies in therapeutic endoscopy.
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At-A-Glance
- Opportunity to attain competency in gastrointestinal motility, through the Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Motility Center
- Opportunity to become expert in enteral and parenteral nutrition in the inpatient and outpatient settings
- 100% success rate in GI residents becoming board certified in nutrition
- Extensive training in all aspects of liver disease
- Development of expertise in the management of Pancreatic and Biliary Disease
- Excellence in all areas of endoscopic training
- Exposure to the role of endoscopic ultrasound and advanced therapeutic endoscopic procedures
- Generous house staff benefits, including heavily subsidized housing and complimentary meals
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Curriculum
Education in standard GI procedures during the first year is followed during the second and third year with training in the newer modalities of investigational and therapeutic procedures such as endoscopic ultrasound, laser therapy, colonic and rectal motility studies, and 24-hour monitoring of esophageal pH and motility. Throughout the three-year program, fellows follow patients in the weekly outpatient GI and liver clinics, and gain knowledge in nutrition and total parenteral nutrition by participating in the nutrition support team and nutrition clinic. In their second and third years, GI fellows learn techniques of clinical basic research.
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Key Faculty
- James H. Grendell, MD, Chief - Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition; Fellowship Program Director; Professor of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine.
Research Interests: Mechanisms of injury and repair in experimental models of pancreatitis; diagnostic and treatment of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.
- David Friedel, MD, Associate Director, GI Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine.
Research Interests: biliary and pancreas endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound and general endoscopy, colon cancer screening practices, Barrett's esophagus, hospital nutrition.
- Stavros Stavropoulos, MD, Director - GI Endoscopy and Director of Program in Advanced GI Endoscopy (P.A.G.E.).
Research Interests: Endoscopic ultrasound, advanced therapeutic biliary and pancreatic endoscopy, endoscopic treatment of Barrett's esophagus.
- Peter Malet, MD, Director - Center for Liver Diseases.
Research interests: Treatment of chronic hepatitis C & B; autoimmune liver disease, liver transplantation.
- Bhawna Halwan, MD, Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition.
Research interests: Irritable bowel syndrome/motility disorders, gastrointestinal bleed, GERD.
For further information, contact:
James H. Grendell, MD
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Winthrop-University Hospital
222 Station Plaza North, Suite 429
Mineola, NY 11501
Tel: (516) 663-4624
Fax: (516) 663-4617
E-mail: mkramps@winthrop.org
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