Fellowship Title: | Advanced Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Mark Silverberg |
Duration: | 1-3 years |
Application Open and Close Date: | Open: anytime Close: November 1 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-4 |
Description: | Advanced training in clinical care of complex IBD to include inpatient, outpatient and endoscopic experience at Mount Sinai Hospital – a high volume, internationally known, tertiary care IBD centre. Significant interaction will be provided with the IBD surgical team and exposure to an IBD-interested pathology and radiology group will be provided. Opportunities for independent work and to participate in urgent IBD clinics and pediatric transition clinics are provided. Extensive research opportunities and protected research time are a large part of the fellowship experience. Wide breadth of research experience is available such as: clinical outcomes, clinical epidemiology, therapeutic drug monitoring and PK/PD studies, translational studies, biomarker studies, genetics, microbiome, transcriptome and epigenome projects. Large IBD database and biospecimen repository available. International collaborative project experience. Canadian, US and international trainees welcome. Must be fully qualified in country of origin in gastroenterology and have independent endoscopy skills. For further information please contact the fellowship director and click here. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Mark Silverberg |
Role: | Fellowship Director |
Telephone: | 416-586-4800x8236 |
E-mail: | msilverberg@mtsinai.on.ca |
Mailing Address: | Mount Sinai Hospital |
Fellowship Title: | Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical and Research |
Supervisor: | Talia Zenlea (Clinical) Natasha Bollegala (Research) |
Duration: | 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | August 1 to July 31 |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | January 1, 2022 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-2 |
Description: | Women’s College Hospital is a fully affiliated core teaching hospital of the University of Toronto. The Division of Gastroenterology is offering a clinical/research fellowship in inflammatory bowel disease, with a primarily ambulatory focus. The interested candidate will have completed a gastroenterology residency/fellowship and have an interest in an additional one to two years of specialty training. The fellowship is supervised by Dr. Talia Zenlea and Dr. Natasha Bollegala. Scope of training: All areas pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of outpatients with inflammatory bowel disease, and endoscopy as it pertains to the IBD patient, including use of standard endoscopic scoring systems, chromoendoscopy and include 6 weeks of inpatient service including call at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The successful candidate will also be expected to pursue a clinical research project, ideally part of a Master’s program, and/or can be attached to a project of interest related to inflammatory bowel disease supervised by Dr. Bollegala and/or Dr. Zenlea. Interested applicants should send their CV and cover letter to Maria Almeida. |
Contact Name: | Maria Almeida |
Role: | Supervisor: Dr. Zenlea (Clinical) Dr. Bollegala (Research) |
Telephone: | 416-323-7510 |
E-mail: | Maria.almeida@wchospital.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Neurogastroenterology and Motility |
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Yvonne Tse, Louis Liu, Colleen Parker |
Duration: | 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | Open year round |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1st (Date may change) |
Number of position(s) per year: | 2 |
Description: | This fellowship provides exposure to the breadth and depth of topics to increase clinical expertise in Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Topics pertaining to etiology and pathogenesis will be taught in the context of clinical care/cases, as well as in the context of other regular educational activity, e.g. GI Motility Rounds, journal clubs, etc. Areas related to clinical care, such as pathology and radiology, that pertain directly to the management of patients with gastrointestinal diseases, will be incorporated. |
Contact Name: | Yvonne Tse |
Role: | Director |
Telephone: | 416-603-5114 |
E-mail: | Yvonne.Tse@uhn.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Nutrition |
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Johane Allard |
Duration: | 1 - 2 years |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 - 3 depending on funding |
Description: | Goals To provide training and experience that is sufficient for the fellow to acquire competency as a specialist in the field of Nutrition. To be eligible for training in the subspecialty of clinical nutrition, a physician must have completed categorical residency training. This training may be in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Family Medicine or subspecialty training such as adult or pediatric gastroenterology, endocrinology, critical care, nephrology or cardiology. Program Overview To acquire competency as a specialist in the field, training will comprise a minimum of 6 months and up to 12 months of mentored clinical experience and formal instruction. Additional time may be required for research. Clinical experience and exposure will include work in both inpatient and outpatient settings. An individual embarking upon fellowship training in Nutrition will work with the designated supervisor to detail specifics of their training relative to their career and practice goals. It is also expected to complete one clinical research project. |
Contact Name: | Dr Johane Allard |
Role: | Supervisor |
Telephone: | 416-340-5159 |
E-mail: | Johane.allard@uhn.on.ca |
Mailing Address: | 585 University Avenue, 9N-973 Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada |
Fellowship Title: | Research Fellowship |
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Fellowship Type: | Research |
Supervisor: | Dr. Jordan Feld and other UHN Hepatologists |
Duration: | 6 months -1 year(s) |
Application Open and Close Date: | Throughout the year (8-10 months prior to start) |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July/August/September |
Number of position(s) per year: | 2-6 positions per year |
Description: | Training future leaders in Hepatology is a focus of our unit. Over the years, many national and international fellows with diverse interests have trained with us. Our rich learning environment and high patient volumes allows for the simultaneous training of up to 6 clinical and research fellows. Research Fellowship in Hepatology is comprised of 75% research time, completing one major research project with a primary supervisor. Research fellows are expected to present at international meetings and publish results, engage in a collaborative environment with hepatologists whom have research interests. Clinical time will be spent focused on area of research. |
Contact Name: | Melissa Lancaster |
Role: | Fellowship Coordinator |
Telephone: | 416-340-3569 |
E-mail: | melissa.lancaster@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | 200 Elizabeth St, 9EN Liver Clinic, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |
Contact Name: | Dr. Jordan Feld |
Role: | Hepatologist |
Telephone: | 416 340 4800 x4584 |
E-mail: | Jordan.feld@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | 200 Elizabeth St, 9EN Liver Clinic, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 |
Fellowship Title: | Therapeutic Endoscopy |
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Jeffrey Mosko Dr. Christopher Teshima |
Duration: | 1 year |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 4 |
Description: | St. Michael’s Hospital has a long tradition (over 30 years) of excellence and training in therapeutic endoscopy and remains the largest referral center in the country. The fellowship represents a comprehensive advanced endoscopy experience designed for those interested in an academic medicine career. Fellows will work with the 6 advanced endoscopists (Drs. Marcon, Kortan, Kandel, May, Teshima and Mosko) as well as other members of the GI division at SMH. They will gain extensive experience in a broad range of therapeutic techniques including: ERCP (including cholangioscopy), diagnostic and therapeutic EUS, pancreatic fluid collection drainage, UGI endoscopic mucosal resection, large colonic polyp resection, luminal stenting, radiofrequency ablation and double balloon enteroscopy. In addition to the cognitive and technical skills needed to provide clinical care in interventional endoscopy, fellows will be provided with research mentoring and will be expected to conduct meaningful research, present their findings at international meetings and publish in peer-reviewed journals. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Jeffrey Mosko |
Role: | Co-program director |
Telephone: | 416-864-5684 |
E-mail: | moskoj@smh.ca |
Mailing Address: | 30 Bond St., 16-032 Toronto, Ont. M5B 1W8 |
Fellowship Title: | Transplant Hepatology |
Division: | Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Les Lilly |
Duration: | 1 - 2 years |
Application Open and Close Date: | July 1 to October 31 of previous year |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 4 fully funded positions per year |
Description: | Our center performs approximately 180 adult liver transplants per year, of which approximately 20-25% are living donors. We follow >1700 recipients in clinic, and maintain a waiting list of 200-220 patients. Approximately 10-15 new patients are assessed for transplant weekly. We have four funded Tx hepatology fellowship positions. The trainees come for one or two years; one year is typical if their plan is to return and work in a peripheral center that works with, but does not perform, transplants, and two years if full employment in a transplant center is the ultimate goal. Our fellows are paid a salary of approximately 65,000CDN, for which they do in-house Multi-Organ Transplant Call 3 or 4 times per month. The fellows rotate a week at a time (depending on numbers) on inpatient, outpatient, and research. There is an opportunity for some endoscopy. Two year fellows have the option of arranging selective in areas such as HCC, radiology, pathology, ID, and others. |
Contact Name: | DR. Les Lilly |
Role: | Program Director, Transplant Hepatology |
Telephone: | 416-340-4629 |
E-mail: | dr.les.lilly@uhn.ca |
Mailing Address: | 11PMB-177 585 University Ave. Toronto, ON M5G 2N2 |
Fellowship Title: | UHN General Internal Medicine (GIM) Acute Oncology Clinical Fellowship |
Division: | General Internal Medicine |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Richard Dunbar-Yaffe |
Duration: | 1 year with possibility for extension to 2 years |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | January 2023 (earlier if possible) |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1 |
Description: | The fellowship will provide clinical training in UHN Acute Oncology/General Internal Medicine Hospital Medicine Clinical Fellowship Program. Currently, clinical service is provided on Team 10 Medicine at Toronto General Hospital |
Contact Name: | Richard Dunbar-Yaffe |
Role: | TGH Site Director |
Telephone: | 416-340-8155 x 7709 |
E-mail: | Richard.Dunbar-Yaffe@uhn.ca |
Fellowship Title: | Obstetric Medicine |
Division: | General Internal Medicine |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Shital Gandhi |
Duration: | 1-2 years |
Application Open and Close Date: | Between September to November |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | July 1 |
Number of position(s) per year: | 1-3 |
Description: | Obstetric Medicine is a subspecialty of Internal Medicine that focuses on the management of medical disorders in pregnant women. This discipline aims to optimize the medical issues in women prior to pregnancy, during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. In this fellowship, trainees will rotate through a side variety of subspecialty clinics that focus purely on the pregnant patient. These include endocrinology, hematology, cardiology, neurology, and nephrology. In addition, fellows do inpatient consults on the antenatal and labour and delivery ward. Fellows will also acquire the knowledge for the safe prescribing of drugs in pregnancy and lactation. This fellowship has been available at the University of Toronto for 15 years, and is open to physicians with a background in General Internal Medicine as well as to subspecialists who wish to acquire a broad skill set in the management of a wide variety of medical disorders, such as hypertension, preeclampsia, diabetes, cardiac disease and renal disease. Fellows will be involved in case conferences, teaching rounds, and will also be required to supervise more junior trainees. Research is encouraged, although is not a mandatory requirement of the training program. |
Contact Name: | Dr. Shital Gandhi |
Role: | Fellowship Supervisor |
E-mail: | Shital.gandhi@sinaihealthsystem.ca |
Mailing Address: | 431-600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5 |
Fellowship Title: | Sunnybrook Hospitalist Fellowship Program |
Division: | General Internal Medicine |
Fellowship Type: | Clinical |
Supervisor: | Dr. Donald Livingstone |
Duration: | 1 year |
Application Open and Close Date: | Open; ongoing hire until positions are filled (please inquire about open spots) |
Anticipated Start Date(s): | January and July start dates (please inquire about availability) |
Number of position(s) per year: | 14 fellowship positions |
Description: | This is an opportunity to join one of the very few Hospitalist Medicine fellowship programs in North America and the first in Canada. Its curriculum has been specifically designed to provide trainees with the opportunity to expand their expertise in hospital-based medical care, and particularly focuses on the care of the acutely ill medical patient and on hospital systems of care. It is anticipated that by the end of the program year that candidates will be capable of delivering comprehensive medical care to virtually all hospitalized patients including managing critically ill patients and providing consultation services to the Emergency Department and to surgical services. In addition to assisting physicians to improve their clinical knowledge and skills through exposure to a multitude of medical conditions, the program particularly emphasizes training in medical education, quality improvement methodologies, clinical ethics, and hospital systems and their relationship to medical practice. Our curriculum is based on the Society of Hospital Medicine core competencies. Fellows work as core members of a variety of clinical teams providing comprehensive hospital-based care to medical patients, including emergency evaluation and management, critical care, general medical care, and transitional care; a committed group of University of Toronto faculty members supervise and manage the program and are closely involved in the education of Fellows. This remarkable educational experience is further complemented by a close working relationship with faculty members of virtually all medical and surgical subspecialties. |
Contact Name: | Meera Chail |
Role: | Program Coordinator |
Telephone: | 416-480-6100 ext:7341 |
E-mail: | Meera.Chail@sunnybrook.ca |
Mailing Address: | 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room HG39, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5 |