Advanced Endoscopy Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health
1945 NJ-33
Neptune City, New Jersey 07753
(732) 775-5500 (V)


2 Positions Available

Program Type: Both ERCP & EUS

Authorized Administrative Official: Iman Andalib (email)

Program Director: Iman Andalib (email)

Duration: 1 Year

Inclusive Dates of the Program: 7/1/2028 to 6/30/2029

Accepts applicants from outside of North America? No

Accepts applicants with J1 visas? No

Accepts applicants with H1B visas? Yes

Accepts applicants with E3 visas? Yes

Type of Interview Offered: Both In-Person & Virtual

Supervised Procedures

Procedure		 Faculty Involved in AEF Training Total Annual Volume Average Annual Volume with Hands-on AEF Involvement per Fellow
ERCP 5 1200 600
Diagnostic EUS 5 1000 500
Interventional EUS 5 600 300
Deep enteroscopy 5 100 50
Luminal stenting 5 400 200
ESD 2 200 100
Bariatric endoscopy 4 100 50
POEM 2 300 150
Endoscopic management of GERD and Barrett’s 5 200 100

Unsupervised Trainee Activities

Procedure		 Value
General GI procedures (per year) 0
Inpatient general GI service (weeks/year) 0
Inpatient advanced endoscopy service (weeks/year) 0
Ambulatory clinics (per year) 0
Committed time for research (days/month) 0.5

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 instructor is expected to train in advanced Endoscopy based on a three steps process, while
being exposed from the very first day to all interventional procedures.

1-Jul-Oct 2028: Basic Skills in Advanced Endoscopy
This first period is characterized by learning the most elementary components of interventional
endoscopy such as:
-Cannulation during ERCP, biliary and pancreatic sphincterotomy, stone extraction and stenting.
-Diagnostic endoscopic ultrasonography will be also taught with introduction of fine needle
aspiration (EUS- FNA)
-Enteral feeding and enteral stenting (duodenal, esophageal and colonic stenting)

2-November-March 2028-29: Intermediate Skills in Advanced Endoscopy
The second period with be focusing on more complex procedures such as
-Spy choledochoscopy with biliary biopsy and sampling
-complex hilar stenting with multiple metal stents


3-April-June 2029: Cutting-edge skills in Advanced Endoscopy
The final period will allow the fellow to learn the most complex procedure such
-Ablation therapy, photodynamic and radiofrequency under Spy visualization
-Laser lithotripsy and Electrohydrolic
-Pancreatic fluid collection drainage and necrosectomy
-Single balloon enteroscopy with ERCP
- EUS Guided ERCPs
- Endoscopic suturing, clipping and closure technique
- Per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM)
- Endoscopic weight loss techniques

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