University of California, San Francisco

University of California, San Francisco
513 Parnassus Ave
Ste 357
San Francisco, California 94143
415-476-3143 (V)


1 Position Available

Program Type: Both ERCP & EUS

Authorized Administrative Official: Svetlana Sogolova (email)

Program Director: Abdul Kouanda, MD (email)

Duration: 1 Year

Inclusive Dates of the Program: 7/1/2027 to 6/30/2028

Program Website: gastroenterology.ucsf.edu/education

Accepts applicants from outside of North America? No

Accepts applicants with J1 visas? No

Accepts applicants with H1B visas? No

Accepts applicants with E3 visas? No

Type of Interview Offered: Virtual

Supervised Procedures

Procedure		 Faculty Involved in AEF Training Total Annual Volume Average Annual Volume with Hands-on AEF Involvement per Fellow
ERCP 4 1500 650
Diagnostic EUS 4 1500 450
Interventional EUS 4 150 50
Deep enteroscopy 4 150 50
Luminal stenting 4 20 10
ESD 1 - -
Bariatric endoscopy 1 - -
POEM 1 30-40 30-40
Endoscopic management of GERD and Barrett’s 4 50 20
Other (specify)
TIF 		1 5 5

Unsupervised Trainee Activities

Procedure		 Value
General GI procedures (per year) 0
Inpatient general GI service (weeks/year) 0
Inpatient advanced endoscopy service (weeks/year) Call 1 night/week and 7 weekends/yr
Ambulatory clinics (per year) Two half days/month
Committed time for research (days/month) Two half days/month

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 aim of the advanced endoscopy fellowship at UCSF is to provide comprehensive training in EUS and ERCP, and all that they entail. In addition, there will be opportunities to train in other advanced procedures such as EMR, ESD, E-POEM, G-POEM, TIF, ESG, and balloon-assisted enteroscopy. The fellow has the flexibility to tailor their training depending on their interests. The fellowship is designed to be a one-year rigorous clinical and endoscopic training program for candidates who have successfully completed an ACGME-accredited gastroenterology fellowship. The successful candidate will be trained in advanced endoscopic procedures, have shared call responsibility for the in-patient Advanced Endoscopy Service, and present cases at multidisciplinary conferences. Although this is a busy clinical fellowship, fellows will be expected to participate in clinical research and will be expected to submit case presentations and original research for presentation to the annual GI conferences and for publication. UCSF is a tertiary care referral center with a very busy interventional practice that receives referrals from both internally and all over the West Coast. Trainees of this program are very well prepared for both academic and clinical practice after fellowship.

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