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 Lionel S. D’Souza, MD. Dr. D’Souza completed his advanced endoscopy training at the Beth Israel Medical Center and the Mount Sinai Hospital and specializes in third-space endoscopy and endoscopic surgery. 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 and double balloon enteroscopy. Meera P. Bhardwaj, MD completed her advanced endoscopy training at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and specializes in the management of pancreaticobiliary disease and double balloon enteroscopy.
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
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2022-2023 Yonatan Hillman, MD GI Fellowship - Hofstra/Northwell (North Shore University Hospital & Long Island Jewish Medical Center) Residency - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical School - Tufts University School of Medicine |
Past Fellows
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
