Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship

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About the Fellowship

The Houston Methodist Hospital Advanced Endoscopy (AE) Fellowship is led by Dr. Ali Raza, MD, and a team of interventional endoscopists. The program provides fellows with 12 months of specialized training in the treatment and management of complex gastroenterology diseases that require advanced endoscopy skills.

Goals of the fellowship program are: 1) Train qualified applicants in tertiary consultative care and long-term management of gastrointestinal malignancies, pancreatobiliary diseases and benign gastrointestinal diseases; and 2) Provide supervised research experience in optimal patient care projects.

The AE fellow works alongside nine GI fellows, one IBD fellow, and one transplant hepatology fellow, as well as interact with residents and other visiting fellows. Additionally, the AE fellow will participate in clerkships. Training takes place within the Texas Medical Center campus at the Houston Methodist Hospital.

During the one-year fellowship, the AE fellow will meet the following procedural targets:

Completion of a minimum of 200 supervised endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Completion of a minimum of 200 endoscopic ultrasounds (EUS)

Completion of a minimum of 50 large polyps/lesion resections

Completion of a minimum placement of at least 10 enteral stents

Completion of at least 50 procedures for management of Barrett’s esophagus (ablation/EMR)

Completion of a minimum of 50 balloon-assisted enteroscopy procedures

Educational Conference Attendance

Educational conferences and didactics for the AE Fellow include monthly journal clubs, morbidity and mortality conferences, GI core curriculum lectures with co-fellows, and bi-weekly GI board review and multi-disciplinary case conferences. Travel support to attend a national conference and ASGE courses will be provided.

Our Program Faculty

Ali Raza, MD

Program Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship

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Thomas McCarty, MD

Associate Program Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship

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Sunil Dacha, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

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Eligibility and Application

The AE Fellowship adheres to the guidelines outlined in Procedure GME03 by the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC). To participate in our one-year non-Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) AE Fellowship, all applicants must meet the following requirements:

Criteria

Graduate of a Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)-accredited medical school in the US or Canada, or an Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) medical school outside the US and Canada with a current valid ECFMG certificate
Must have completed and passed all three United States Medical Licensing Examinations; DO graduates must have taken and passed all three steps of COMLEX-USA.
Graduate of an ACGME-accredited or Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited three-year internal medicine training program
Graduate of an ACGME-accredited or RCPSC-accredited three-year gastroenterology training program (prior to starting AE fellowship)
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)-board certified in internal medicine and board-eligible in gastroenterology by completion of gastroenterology fellowship
US citizen or foreign national with permanent US residence status. The fellowship program is not able to sponsor H1B employment-based visas
Must have a full Texas Medical Board License by the date of hire

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Responsibility

Drug and Tobacco Screening- Job seekers will be tested for nicotine and drug usage during the post-offer physical. If a job seeker tests positive for nicotine use, including nicotine gum and patches, the offer will be rescinded, and individuals will be given the opportunity to participate in a free Houston Methodist-provided tobacco cessation program. Job seekers wishing to reapply after testing positive for nicotine may do so 90 days after the date the initial offer was rescinded. If the job seeker tests positive for drug use, the offer will be rescinded. Job seekers wishing to reapply after the drug screening is positive may do so one year after the date the initial offer was rescinded.
Background Check - Prior to employment start date, job seekers must complete a criminal background check.

All applicants must submit a GME application form, curriculum vitae, and personal statement or equivalent documents as stated in the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) Advanced Endoscopy Matching Program. The applicant must solicit three letters of recommendation to be sent directly from the evaluator to the program or ASGE formal match program. Applicants who appear to be strong candidates for the fellowship will be invited for an interview, during which time they will meet with the faculty members and be given a tour of the facilities (if interviewing in person). All faculty members who interview the applicant will complete an evaluation form, rating the applicant in terms of their:

Materials

Letters of recommendation
Demonstrated interest in an academic career in AE
Demonstrated interest in clinical/translation research in AE
Excellence in clinical care
Mentor/mentee opportunities based on the applicants clinical/academic interests
Overall assessment by the selection committee

Applicant Selection

The AE Fellowship will participate in the ASGE formal match program in future recruitment years (AY 2026 and onwards).

Candidates who are ranked in the ASGE match program have agreed to a binding commitment to enter training and meet the eligibility requirements as stated above.

Current Fellow

Benjamin Walker Warren, MD

Medical School: McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Residency: University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
Gastroenterology Fellowship: Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

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