Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
330 Brookline Ave.
Dana 501
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
(617) 667-8427 (V)
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2 Positions Available

Program Type: Both ERCP & EUS

Authorized Administrative Official: Judi Hansjon (email)

Program Director: Tyler Berzin, MD (email)
Program Director Phone: 617-667-8427
Program Director Fax: 617-667-8098

Duration: 1 Year

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

Program Website: www.bidmc.org/medical-education/medical-education-by-department/medicine/medicine-fellowships/gastroenterology-fellowship/advanced-endoscopy-fellowship

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? No

Supervised Procedures

Procedure		 Faculty Involved in AEF Training Total Annual Volume Annual Volume with hands-on AEF Involvement
ERCP 4 1500 1500
EUS 4 1800 1800
Lower GI EMR 4 400 380
Esophagogastroduodenal EMR 4 100 90
Esophagogastroduodenal ablation (e.g., RFA) 4 350 350
Small bowel enteroscopy 4 180 180
ESD 2 75 75
Bariatric endoscopy 4 0 0
POEM 2 50 50
Other (specify)
cholangioscopy (200) & optical coherence tomography (180) 		4 300 300

Unsupervised Trainee Activities

Procedure		 Value
General GI procedures (per year) 0
Inpatient service (weeks/year) 0
Ambulatory clinics (per year) 0
Committed time for research (days/month) individualized

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


The Center for Advanced Endoscopy at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is one of the largest referral practices for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the nation. Our Harvard Medical faculty lead a rigorous clinical training program in therapeutic endoscopy, while providing a core curriculum of didactic lectures alongside adjunctive ex-vivo training opportunities for our advanced endoscopy trainees. A central focus of the fellowship training program is pancreaticobiliary endoscopy, and there is particularly broad exposure to EUS and ERCP, ranging from standard techniques to advanced therapeutic interventions. EUS/ERCP training includes comprehensive experience with:
• Normal and altered-anatomy ERCP
• Cholangioscopy, pancreatoscopy, and lithotripsy
• Pancreatic necrosectomy/pseudocyst drainage
• EUS-guided biliary access and EDGE techniques
• Fiducial insertion
• EUS liver biopsy
• Luminal cancer staging

Advanced endoscopy fellows also receive extensive experience in management of advanced colon polyps, Barrett's esophagus, and in the evaluation and management of a wide variety of gastrointestinal cancers and achalasia. Procedural training includes:
• Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)
• Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)
• Luminal stenting
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Cryotherapy
• Pneumatic and Esoflip dilation
• Esophageal and gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)

Most advanced endoscopy fellows complete one year of training, although some elect to pursue additional time for further clinical training or research. BIDMC advanced endoscopy graduates have joined staff at leading institutions around the world, including University of Texas, University of Vancouver, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, University of Toronto, McGill University, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Sorbonne Université, and Mater Misericordiae Hospital, among many others.



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