The Division of Gastroenterology (GI) offers a comprehensive one year Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship. This position is intended for those who have successfully completed a GI fellowship. The advanced endoscopy fellow receives advanced endoscopic training in both the cognitive and procedural aspects of advanced endoscopic procedures with the goal of being trained as an academic interventionalist. The trainee will participate in clinical care, be expected to partake in active research projects and initiate their own projects, and participate in the training of regular GI fellows with gradated attending responsibility. During the training period the advanced fellow will become proficient in ERCP, EUS, PDT, endoprosthetic placement, complex stricture remediation POEM and enteral feeding access.
Clinical training is also supplemented by interrelated didactic conferences:
- Clinical Journal Club
- GI Pathology
- Clinical Case Conference
- GI Grand Rounds
- Subspecialty Conferences (liver, GI motility/physiology, inflammatory bowel disease)
- Fundamental pathophysiology and clinical lectures every summer
Outpatient clinic
All fellows have continuity clinic throughout the fellowship under the auspices of faculty members. There are weekly conferences devoted to outpatient diagnostic and management issues. Additionally, fellows participate in specialized clinics to complement their research interests and projects in the second and third years. The advanced endoscopic fellows will have inpatient endoscopic experience in lieu of outpatient clinic.This will afford additional experience in hemostasis, polypectomy, g-tube placement and additional experience teaching regular fellows.
Program leadership
Michael L. Kochman, MD
Wilmott Family Professor of Medicine
Endoscopy Training Director
Gregory Ginsberg, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director of Endoscopy
Jorge A. Marrero, MD
T. Grier Miller Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Advanced Endoscopy faculty
Nuzhat Ahmad – HUP
Greg Ginsberg – HUP
Michael Kochman – HUP
Sarah Coughlin – PAH/HUP
Brianna Mangan – PPMC
David Jaffe – HUP
Kashyap Panganamamula - PPMC
Ricardo Morgenstern - HUP
How to apply
To be considered for the Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship, please submit your application through the ASGE AEF match, including the following:
- A cover letter
- An updated Curriculum Vitae
- A personal statement
- Three letters of recommendation
- Send all materials to:
Fellowship Coordinator:
Abbi Goldman
Email: Abbi.Goldman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Advanced Endoscopy fellow
Sarjukumar Panchal, MD, PharmD
Medical School: University of Missouri School of Medicine
Residency Program: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate: St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Program/Specialty: Clinical Scholar
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Interest(s) within gastroenterology: Most interested in exploring IBD and advanced endoscopy. Also interested in quality improvement.
Hobbies: My wife and I really enjoy outdoor activities, especially, skiing, hiking, and travel. Our goal is to visit as many national parks as possible with our son, Dev. We are also big foodies and love exploring all the restaurants in Philadelphia.
Why I chose Penn: The people! I have had amazing colleagues and mentors during my residency and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to continue working with them and learning from them.
- Petar Mamula – Academic CHOP (UPenn) – 7/1/2014 - 6/30/2015
- Michael Rajala – Academic UPenn, Chief Endo Einstein, MUSC - 7/1/2014 - 6/30/2015
- Koushik Das – Academic Wash U - 7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016
- James Tabibian – Academic UC Davis, UCLA Harborview - 7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016
- Kevin Dasher – Practice San Antonio - 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017
- Yutaka Tomizawa – Academic UW - 7/1/2016 - 6/30/2017
- Sarah Attalla – Academic UPenn, Virtua - 7/1/2017 - 6/30/2018
- Gene Ma – Academic Sutter Research - San Francisco - 7/1/2017 - 6/30/2018
- Jaya KrishnaChintanaboina – Academic UC Fresno - 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2019
- Yi Jia – Hybrid NYC - 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2019 - 7/1/2018 - 6/30/2019
- Joseph Triggs – Academic UPenn, FCCC - 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2020
- Crystale Cruz – Army, Brooks San Antonio - 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2020
- Nikhil R. Thiruvengadam – Academic Loma Linda - 7/1/2020 - 6/30/2021
- Kenechukwu Chudy-Onwugaje – Barnes Jewish Hospital - 7/1/2020 - 6/30/2021
- Sara Coughlin – Academic UPenn - 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2022
- Nichol Martinez – Academic Northwell/Hofstra - 7/1/2021 - 6/30/2022
- Jose Ruiz – Practice Miami - 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2023
- Michael Daniels – Academic UF – Tampa - 7/1/2022 - 6/30/2023
- Ahmed Chatila – Baylor University Medical Center - Dallas - 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024
- Pavlos Kaimakliotis – University Health University Hospital - San Antonio - 7/1/2023 - 6/30/2024
- Alexander Coe, MD, MEd – University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine - 7/1/2024 -6/30/2025
- Netanel Zilberstein, MD, MS – Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine - 7/1/2024 - 6/30/2025