The Advanced Endoscopy Center within the Division of Gastroenterology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital offers advanced training in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, geared toward an academic endoscopist. The program focuses on technical and cognitive skill acquisition as well as endoscopic research training and experience.

Program Description and Curriculum

During the two-year advanced endoscopy fellowship, the fellows will receive exposure to all aspects of modern advanced endoscopy, including cutting-edge technologies not available at most institutions. A core focus of the training will be in pancreaticobiliary endoscopy, with broad exposure to ERCP and EUS along with other essential skills of advanced endoscopy including EMR, endoluminal stenting, endoscopic mucosal ablation and enteroscopy. While it is not possible to master all advanced endoscopic techniques in the course of two years, the fellowship will be tailored to accomplish the learning objectives of the fellow. In the second year of training, the curriculum will be customized for each fellow, providing additional training in more advanced procedures such as third space endoscopy, ESD, bariatric endoscopy and transoral fundoplication, among others.

Johns Hopkins’ advanced endoscopy group has a rich tradition of innovation, and fellows have access to the animal lab facility to perform research studies and enhance their endoscopy skills.

In addition to the technical aspect of endoscopy training, special emphasis is laid on cognitive training through didactic teaching and specialty lectures, as well as clinics. Fellows will participate in the weekly GI division and research conferences along with dedicated case conferences for pancreo-biliary or advanced endoscopy. Advanced fellows are responsible for case presentations at conferences and participate in meetings hosted by the advanced endoscopy group. The fellows rotate on the inpatient pancreo-biliary service and develop teaching and leadership skills by interacting with fellows and other trainees.

Advanced endoscopy fellows have dedicated block time for research and are expected to lead research projects, assist in the enrollment of patients to clinical trials and publish in major specialty journals. Fellows will be assigned mentors, matched by their interests, who will ensure each fellow’s learning milestones are met.

Program Length

The program length is two years.

How to Apply

Our program participates in the ASGE Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Matching Program.

Program Directors

Anne Marie O'Broin Lennon, M.B.B.Ch., Ph.D.

Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
The Moses and Helen Golden Paulson Professor of Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Oncology
Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
Professor of Surgery

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Endoscopic Ultrasound, Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cysts, Therapeutic Endoscopy, Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)

 

Venkata Sandeep Akshintala, M.B.B.S.

Program Director, Medical Pancreatology Fellowship
Program Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Expertise, Disease and Conditions: Abdominal Pain, Anal Fistula, Anemias, Barrett's Esophagus, Bile Duct Disease, Bloating, Blood in Stool (Hematochezia), Burping Belching, Celiac Disease, Celiac Sprue, Cholangiocarcinoma, Clostridium Difficile, Colitis, Colon Cancer, Colon Polyps, Colonoscopy, Constipation, Crohn's Disease, Diarrhea, Diverticulitis, Dysphagia, Endoscopic Resection, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Ultrasound, Esophageal Cancer, Family History of Cancer, Fecal Incontinence, Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, Gas, Gastroenterology, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Gastrointestinal Bleeding, GI Dysplasia, Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori), Hemorrhoids, Hiccups, Ileitis, Indigestion, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Intestinal Metaplasia, Iron Deficiency, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Malabsorption, Microscopic Colitis, Nausea, Odynophagia (Painful Swallowing), Pancreatic and Biliary Disease, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cysts, Pancreatitis, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG), Perianal Fistula, Pouchitis, Proctitis, Rectal Bleeding, Rectal Problem, Sclerosing Cholangitis, Short Bowel Syndrome, Stomach Ulcer, Swallowing Disorders, Ulcerative Colitis, Vomiting, Vomiting Blood (Haematemesis)