Fox Chase Cancer Center Advanced Endoscopy Fellowshiop

Fox Chase Cancer Center
333 Cottman Ave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
215-214-1421 (V)
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1 Position Available

Program Type: Both ERCP & EUS

Authorized Administrative Official: Rebecca Rodriguez (email)

Program Director: David Loren
Program Director Phone: 215-214-1421
Program Director Fax: 215-214-1425

Duration: 1 Year

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

Program Website: www.foxchase.org/clinical-care/departments-programs/clinical-departments/department-medicine/gastroenterology

Accepts applicants from outside of North America? Yes

Accepts applicants with J1 visas? Yes

Accepts applicants with H1B visas? Yes

Accepts applicants with E3 visas? Yes

Supervised Procedures

Procedure		 Faculty Involved in AEF Training Total Annual Volume Annual Volume with hands-on AEF Involvement
ERCP 3 400 300
EUS 3 600 500
Lower GI EMR 3 100 75
Esophagogastroduodenal EMR 3 30 20
Esophagogastroduodenal ablation (e.g., RFA) 3 30 20
Small bowel enteroscopy 3 50 30
ESD 2 40 30
Bariatric endoscopy 2 10 5
POEM 2 30 20
Other (specify)
Enteral Stent Placement 		3 100 90

Unsupervised Trainee Activities

Procedure		 Value
General GI procedures (per year) 100
Inpatient service (weeks/year) 12 weeks consultation
Ambulatory clinics (per year) Optional, none required
Committed time for research (days/month) Flexible

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

Fox Chase Cancer Center has an academic cancer hospital affiliated with Temple Health system in Philadelphia, PA. The Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship (AEF)is housed within the Division of Gastroenterology and is comprised of five full-time faculty, three of whom are therapeutic endoscopists. Dr. David Weinberg served as Division chief until 2023 and is the current Chair of the Department of Medicine as well as Editor-in Chief of the AGA publication Gastroenterology. Dr. David Loren assumed the chief of Gastroenterology position in 2023 and currently serves as the President of the Foundation for Interventional and Therapeutic Endoscopy (FITE). Dr. Loren has over twenty years’ experience in fellow education as an advanced endoscopy fellowship director and has worked with the ASGE fellowship directors’ committee over that period. The central focus of the gastroenterology division at Fox Chase Cancer center is the Therapeutic Endoscopy Center of Excellence that delivers cutting edge endoscopic care to the Philadelphia region and beyond. Along with Dr. Loren (training at the University of Pennsylvania and AEF at Thomas Jefferson University) are Joseph Triggs, MD PhD (fellowship at Northwestern and AEF at the University of Pennsylvania) and Malorie Simons, MD (fellowship at Johns Hopkins and AEF at Weill Cornell) who together comprise the Fox Chase Therapeutic Endoscopy program. As part of the Temple Health System, there is collaboration with the therapeutic endoscopy program at Temple University Hospital which includes three therapeutic endoscopists. Stephen Heller MD is Professor of Medicine and Director the Temple Endoscopy Program (fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and AEF at University of Toronto), Sarasawathi Cappelle, DO (fellowship at Temple University and AEF at Fox Chase Cancer Center), and Nicholas Wilson, MD (fellowship at Temple University and Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center). Research and clinical collaboration throughout the system allows for synergy of the programs through the shared electronic medical record and delivery of subspecialty care.

The breadth of procedures performed at the Fox Chase Cancer Centers includes diagnostic and therapeutic EUS, therapeutic ERCP, interventional EUS (endoscopic gastrojejunostomy, endoscopic entero-enterostomy/colo-enterostomy, endoscopic gallbladder drainage), photodynamic therapy, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, altered anatomy ERCP, endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM, G-POEM, Z-POEM), submucosal tunneling with endoscopic resection (STER), enteral stenting, endoscopic suturing. The advanced endoscopy fellow has the opportunity to train in all techniques under physicians who are expert in their field. The physicians at Fox Chase Cancer Center have a unique structured focus on education that assures that a fellow gain the requisite knowledge and skills to become a leader in therapeutic and interventional endoscopy.

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