Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program | Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

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, cryoablation), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic suturing and exposure to surgical endoscopy (POEM, ESD). 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 fellowship program is directed by Dr. Meera P. Bhardwaj and Dr. Vivek Kesar. Dr. Bhardwaj completed her advanced endoscopy training at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and specializes in the management of pancreaticobiliary disease. Dr. Kesar completed his advanced endoscopy training at Yale University and specializes in pancreatic and biliary diseases. Additional, faculty members include Jonathan Buscaglia, MD, FASGE, AGAF who completed his advanced endoscopy training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and specializes in the management of pancreatic and biliary diseases and in the management of Barrett esophagus. Asim Khokhar, MD completed his advanced endoscopy training at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and specializes in the management of pancreaticobiliary disease.

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.

Current Fellow

2026-2027
Kazi Ullah, MD
Medical School - Renaissance School of Medicine
Residency - Montefiore
Fellowship - Stony Brook University Hospital

Past Fellows

	2025-2026 Ian Monk, MD Medical School - Wayne State University School of Medicine Residency - Cleveland Clinic Fellowship - Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
	2024-2025 Kanhai Farrakhan, MD Medical School - Howard University College of Medicine Residency - The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University Fellowship - The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University
	2023-2024 Umer Ejaz Malik, MD Medical School - Nishtar Medical College Residency - Texas Tech University Fellowship - Albany Medical Center
	2022-2023 Yonatan Hillman, MD Medical School - Tufts University School of Medicine Residency - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Fellowship - Hofstra/Northwell (North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center)
	2021-2022 Khwaja F. Haq, MD Medical School: Dow Medical College Residency: New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State University
	2020-2021 Henry Jen, MD Medical School: Stony Brook University School of Medicine Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital Fellowship: Stony Brook University Hospital, Renaissance School of Medicine
	2019 - 2020 Vineet Rolston, MD Medical School: New York Medical College Residency: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Fellowship: NYU Langone School of Medicine
	2018 - 2019 Anan Said, MD Medical School: Howard University Residency: University of Maryland Fellowship: University of Maryland
	2017 - 2018 Eduardo Quintero, MD Medical School: San Juan Bautista Residency: University of Florida, Tampa Fellowship: Stony Brook University Hospital
	2016 - 2017 Anoop Appannagari, MD Medical School: Jefferson Medical College Residency: University of Chicago Fellowship: Loyola
	2015 - 2016 Demetrios Tzimas, MD Medical School: Albert Einstein Residency: NYU Fellowship: NYU
	2014 - 2015 Ryan Wong, MD Medical School: Albert Einstein Residency: Montefiore Fellowship: Cook Country Health & Hospital Systems

	2013 - 2014 Amar Thosani, MD Medical School: New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ Residency: Montefiore Fellowship: Montefiore