St. Joseph's University Medical Center

St. Joseph's University Medical Center
703 Main Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07503
973-569-6118 (V)
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1 Position Available

Program Type: Both ERCP & EUS

Authorized Administrative Official: Yana Cavanagh, MD (email)

Program Director: Yana Cavanagh, MD (email)
Program Director Phone: 973-569-6118
Program Director Fax: 973-720-6744

Duration: 1 Year

Inclusive Dates of the Program: 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026

Program Website: www.stjosephshealth.org/education/item/2300-program-overview

Accepts applicants from outside of North America? Yes

Accepts applicants with J1 visas? No

Accepts applicants with H1B visas? No

Accepts applicants with E3 visas? No

Supervised Procedures Procedure	Faculty Involved in AEF Training	Total Annual Volume	Annual Volume with hands-on AEF Involvement
ERCP	323	369	219
EUS	454	454	305
Lower GI EMR	289	3742	149
Esophagogastroduodenal EMR	331	3476	207
Esophagogastroduodenal ablation (e.g., RFA)	30	30	30
Small bowel enteroscopy	60	90	43
ESD	30	30	30
Bariatric endoscopy	10	22	10
POEM	30	30	24
Other (specify) Manometry/BRAVO	10	38	10

Unsupervised Trainee Activities Procedure	Value
General GI procedures (per year)	200
Inpatient service (weeks/year)	6
Ambulatory clinics (per year)	0
Committed time for research (days/month)	4

Program Reporting Summary

The ASGE Training Committee requested that each AEF program voluntarily submit an annual report summarizing their advanced endoscopy procedure volume. You can view the provided report below.

Requirements for Application

1. Standard ASGE Application Packet
   • ASGE Application
   • Post-Undergraduate Education
   • USMLE Scores
   • Certification of Completion of Residency
     1. Prior to appointment in the advanced endoscopy fellowship, fellows should have completed a three-year ACGME-accredited gastroenterology fellowship
     2. Fellows from non-ACGME-accredited programs must have completed at least three years of gastroenterology education prior to starting the fellowship
   • Personal Statement
   • Curriculum Vitae
   • 3 Letters of Reference

Additional Information about Program

We are excited to announce a call for applications to our Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship at St. Joseph's University Medical Center. The fellowship provides a dynamic year of multidisciplinary clinical training in advanced biliary/pancreatic disease as well as third space endoscopy.

The Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship offers a one-year supervised clinical training program in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. The fellowship program is affiliated with the Division of Gastroenterology and the Department of Internal Medicine. Fellows will collaborate with Surgical services lines such as Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery, as well as Interventional Radiology, and Radiation Oncology for multidisciplinary conferencing and patient management. Advanced procedures are performed across the two campuses of the St. Josephs Health System, which are located in Paterson NJ and Wayne NJ. Our Paterson campus is an academic tertiary referral center, and hosts a wide spectrum of highly complex pathology for training our fellows.

Interventional fellows will have hands-on training in a breadth of Interventional procedures including but not limited to: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERCP), Endoscopic Ultrasound-Directed transGastric ERCP (EDGE), Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR), Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), Submucosal Tunnel Endoscopic Resection (STER), Barrett’s esophagus ablation, enteric stent placement, EUS-guided lumen apposing metal stents (LAMS) and pseudocyst management including necrosectomy, endoscopic surgical techniques including Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM), Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF), endoscopic suturing including bariatric revisions, fistula repair, and Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG).

We look forward to reviewing your application.

Please Note: All data in this program description is entered on a voluntary basis