Baystate Health

Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut St
Springfield , Massachusetts 01199
413-794-3570 (V)
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1 Position Available

Program Type: Both ERCP & EUS

Authorized Administrative Official: Paula Gozgit

Program Director: Nha T. Duong, DO (email)

Duration: 1 Year

Inclusive Dates of the Program: 7/1/2026 to 6/30/2027

Program Website: www.baystatehealth.org/locations/tolosky-center/gastroenterology

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

Supervised Procedures

Procedure		 Faculty Involved in AEF Training Total Annual Volume Annual Volume with hands-on AEF Involvement
ERCP 4 500 300
Diagnostic EUS 3 450 300
Interventional EUS 3 50 30
Deep enteroscopy 3 80 40
Luminal stenting 5 50 30
ESD 1 40 10
Bariatric endoscopy 3 20 5
POEM 1 20 5
Endoscopic management of GERD and Barrett’s 4 50 30
Other (specify)
EMR 		5 100 80

Unsupervised Trainee Activities

Procedure		 Value
General GI procedures (per year) 300
Inpatient general GI service (weeks/year) 6 weeks per year
Inpatient advanced endoscopy service (weeks/year) N/A
Ambulatory clinics (per year) Flexible
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

Key Points:

-Large multi-hospital health system in Springfield, MA with multiple referral networks and local hospitals contributing to advanced endoscopy volume
-Serving the population of Western MA but also to include parts of NY, CT, VT, and NH
-Dedicated core faculty to advanced therapeutic endoscopy procedures and fellowship program
-Rapidly growing advanced endoscopy program with excellent support from surgical and interventional radiology colleagues
-Weekly conferences and dedicated GI tumor board
-Attractive location with Boston and NYC within 2 hours
-Well established GI fellowship program with excellent support from faculty and fellows

The Department of Gastroenterology at Baystate Medical Center is seeking one motivated individual for training in advanced therapeutic endoscopy. The program is rapidly growing with the recent addition of two new faculty members. Currently the program performs well over 500 ERCPs along with over 500 EUS procedures annually. This volume is expected to grow as the program continues to expand its access to all patients within the area. The program also performs procedures including endoscopic mucosal resections, endoluminal stenting, complex ERCPs (including rendezvous ERCPs with EUS guidance), interventional EUS, radiofrequency ablation, and small bowel enteroscopy. Third space procedures include endoscopic submucosal dissection, submucosal tunneling endoscopic resections, endoscopic full thickness resection, and various types of POEM procedures (esophageal, Zenker’s, and gastric). Endo-bariatrics is a rapidly growing subspecialty of advanced endoscopy and procedures that have been performed at Baystate include transoral outlet reduction for prior Roux-en-Y bypass patients (TORe) and endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG). Currently the team at Baystate is working towards establishing the first transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) program in Western MA. The fellow will spend the majority of their time in advanced endoscopic procedures and will be expected to complete training with over 1000 procedures.

This is a one-year training program for fellows who have graduated from an ACGME accredited Gastroenterology fellowship. The fellow must be board certified or board eligible. In addition to procedural training, the fellow will be expected to participate in scholarly activity including research and conference. The fellow will be involved in weekly conference shared with general GI fellows and weekly GI dedicated tumor board.

The faculty members are all dedicated to teaching the next generation of advanced endoscopists. There will be extensive one on one time with attendings during procedures. The fellow’s progress will be closely monitored in order to achieve competency in all aspects of training by the time of graduation.

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