Fox Chase Cancer Center Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship

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: Malorie Simons
Program Director Phone: 215-214-1421

Duration: 1 Year

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

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? No

Accepts applicants with H1B visas? Yes

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 3 400 300
Diagnostic EUS 3 600 400
Interventional EUS 3 200 100
Deep enteroscopy 3 50 25
Luminal stenting 3 100 75
ESD 2 10 7
Bariatric endoscopy 1 25 15
POEM 1 10 7
Endoscopic management of GERD and Barrett’s 3 75 50
Other (specify)
n/a 		n/a n/a n/a

Unsupervised Trainee Activities

Procedure		 Value
General GI procedures (per year) 150
Inpatient general GI service (weeks/year) None
Inpatient advanced endoscopy service (weeks/year) None, only when nurse practitioner is on vacation
Ambulatory clinics (per year) optional, none required
Committed time for research (days/month) flexible

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, two 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. 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) is 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 therapeutic endoscopists Nicholas Wilson, MD (fellowship Temple University and Fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Nicholas McDonald, MD (fellowship University of Minnesota and AEF Thomas Jefferson University)and Mayada Ismail, MD (Training at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Medical Center) who is the Director of Endobariatrics. 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 and endobariatrics including endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty. 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