Overview
The advanced endoscopy fellowship program at Stony Brook University Hospital was started in 2013. This unique program offers an additional year of training following a traditional 3-year gastroenterology fellowship. As the major referral center in Suffolk County Long Island, rigorous and comprehensive training is offered in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with cholangioscopy and pancreatoscopy, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), enteral stent placement, techniques of mucosal ablation (e.g. radiofrequency ablation), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), and exposure to surgical endoscopy. In total, over 2,000 advanced endoscopic procedures performed annually at Stony Brook. In addition, 4th year fellows in advanced endoscopy are encouraged to participate in one of several clinical endoscopic research studies during their training, as well as the teaching of basic endoscopic skills to general gastroenterology fellows.
The advanced endoscopy program is directed by Jonathan Buscaglia, MD, FASGE, AGAF. Dr. Buscaglia completed his advanced endoscopy training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and he specializes in the management of pancreatic and biliary diseases. Additional faculty members include Juan Carlos Bucobo, MD, who completed his advanced endoscopy training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA. He specializes in bariatric endoscopy, pancreatico-biliary endoscopy and double-balloon enteroscopy. Lionel D'Souza, MBBS, MD, completed his advanced endoscopy training at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital, and he specializes in third space endoscopy and endoscopic surgery. Asim Khokhar, MD completed his advanced endoscopy training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Interested candidates applying to the program are encouraged to do so through the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) website, under the AEF Match Programs.
Incoming/ Current/ Past Fellows
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2019 - 2020 Vineet Rolston, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Fellowship: NYU Langone School of Medicine |
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2018 - 2019 Anan Said, MD Medical School: Howard University Residency: University of Maryland Fellowship: University of Maryland |
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2017 - 2018 Eduardo Quintero, MD Medical School: San Juan Bautista Residency: University of Florida, Tampa Fellowship: Stony Brook University Hospital |
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2016 - 2017 Anoop Appannagari, MD Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Residency: University of Chicago Fellowship: Loyola |
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2015 - 2016 Demetrios Tzimas, MD Medical School: Albert Einstein Residency: NYU Fellowship: NYU |
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2014 - 2015 Ryan Wong, MD Medical School: Albert Einstein Residency: Montefiore Fellowship: Cook Country Health & Hospital Systems |
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2013 - 2014 Amar Thosani, MD Medical School: New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ Residency: Montefiore Fellowship: Montefiore |
