Thank you for your interest in the University of Pennsylvania Gastroenterology Division Advanced IBD Fellowship Program!
The University of Pennsylvania offers a one-year intensive program committed to providing exceptional advanced interdisciplinary training in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases for dedicated physicians with the desire to advance the field and provide state of the art care. The IBD Section comprises of 12 gastroenterologists with a specific interest in IBD who see over 1000 new patients each year in the outpatient setting. The program goal is to provide training, resources, and mentoring necessary to propel participants to the next step in their career.
Advanced IBD fellows are expected to participate in IBD and GI conferences, research and clinical meetings, and journal review. Fellows will be encouraged and supported to apply to the national MILESTONE-IBD program. Additionally, the IBD fellow will have exposure and working opportunities with IBD multidisciplinary experts including colorectal surgery, pathology, dermatology, rheumatology, and nutrition.
Each fellow will receive regular mentoring with bidirectional evaluation and feedback. They will also receive mentorship on research project(s) with an expectation for abstract submission and manuscript publication. Fellows will also have the opportunity to lead and work in teams including with students, residents, GI fellows and advanced practice providers.
Applicants are eligible to apply if they have completed a 3-year general GI fellowship.
To apply, see application form here
Program leadership
Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Co-Section Head and Director of Research & Education for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Co-Director of IBD Fellowship
Neilanjan Nandi, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Director & Co-Section Head, Penn IBD Program
Co-Director of IBD Fellowship
Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director of IBD Fellowship
Jorge A. Marrero, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Program contact
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Abbi Goldman
Advanced Fellowship Programs Coordinator
Contact email: Abbi.Goldman@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
To apply, see application form here
- Email completed application to Abbi Goldman
- 1991 – Jeffry Katz, MD Director – IBD Center - Case Western Reserve University
- 1996 – Brian Scotland, MD, CM – FRC Assistant Professor University of Toronto, Chief of Gastroenterology, Southlake Regional Health Centre
- 1997 – Chinyu Su, MD – Senior Director in the Global Medicines Development of the Pfizer Global Innovative Pharma Business
- 2000 – Faten Aberra, MD, MSCE – Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Health System
- 2006 – Mark Osterman, MD, MSCE – Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Health System - Vice President, head Gastroenterology, Bristol Meyers Squibb
- 2008 – Caroline Kerner, MD – Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of PA Health System - Associate Director, Medical Affairs, Janssen Immunology
- 2012 – Frank Scott, MD – University of Colorado
- 2013 – Vesselin Tomov, MD – University of Pennsylvania
- 2014 – Hillary Bownik, MD – Attending Physician, Gastroenterology Division, Mid-Atlantic Gastroenterology Associates Kansas City, Missouri
- 2014 – Karen Chachu, MD – Duke University
- 2015 – Anthony Mendoza Ladd, MD – Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2016 – Raina Shivashankar, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Thomas Jefferson University
- 2016 – Josephine Ni, MD – University of Pennsylvania Health System
- 2017 – Helen Lee, MD – University of Pennsylvania Health System
- 2017 – Yecheskel Schneider, MD – Attending Physician, Saint Lukes University Health Network, Temple University Health System
- 2018 – Akriti Saxena, MD – Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- 2018 – Shivali Berera, MD – Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- 2019 – Abhik Bhattacharya, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, Mount Sinai (Icahn) School of Medicine
- 2019 – Bhavana Rao, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, Mount Sinai (Icahn) School of Medicine
- 2020 – Alexandra Weiss, MD – Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- 2022 – Andrew Weber, MD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
- 2023 – Priya Sehgal, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, Jefferson Health