<html> <head> <title>WUSM-Medicine: Gastro Research</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../gastro.css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <p><img src="../images/bannerlink.gif" width="600" height="25" usemap="#Map2" border="0"><map name="Map2"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,282,24" href="http://medicine.wustl.edu/"><area shape="rect" coords="283,0,436,23" href="http://internalmed.wustl.edu/"><area shape="rect" coords="436,1,598,23" href="../index.html"></map><br> <img src="../images/banner_800.jpg" width="800" height="50"> <br> <img src="../images/divlinks_generic.gif" width="600" height="30" usemap="#Map" border="0"> <map name="Map"> <area shape="rect" coords="47,3,147,25" href="../introduction/introduction.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="150,2,244,24" href="../patientcare/patientcare.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="246,2,321,23" href="../research/research.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="324,2,416,26" href="fellowships.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="419,2,484,25" href="../faculty/faculty.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="486,2,555,25" href="../contacts/contacts.html"><area shape="rect" coords="559,-2,599,25" href="../index.html"></map></p> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=800> <tr> <td valign=top> <img width=50 height=50 src="../images/spacer.gif"></p> </td> <td valign=top> <table border=0 cellpadding=0 width="80%"> <tr> <p><img border=0 width="180" height="131" src="../images/nodcpg.jpg"<br> <span class=caption>Drs. 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Prakash Gyawali</span></p> <p><img border=0 width=1 height=1 src="../images/spacer.gif"> <img border=0 width=190 height=50 src="../images/spacer.gif"></p> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <a href="welcome.html" class="textsansgray">Welcome</a><br> <a href="tracks.html" class="textsansgray">Career Tracks</a><br> <a href="structured.html" class="textsansgray">Structured Education</a><br> <a href="clinical.html" class="textsansgray">Clinical Curriculum</a><br> <a href="procedural.html" class="textsansgray">Procedural Training</a><br> <a href="research.html" class="textsansgray">Research Experience</a><br> <a href="elective.html" class="textsansgray">Elective for IM</a><br> <a href="environment.html" class="textsansgray">Environment</a><br> <a href="leadership.html" class="textsansgray">Leadership</a><br> <a href="rights.html" class="textsansgray">Rights and Benefits</a><br> <a href="evaluation.html" class="textsansgray">Evaluation Form</a><br> <a href="../faculty/faculty.html" class="textsansgray">Faculty</a><br> <a href="Fellows.html" class="textsans">Current Fellows</a><br> <a href="http://internalmed.wustl.edu/divisions/stlouis/stlouis.html" class="textsansgray">St. Louis</a><br> <a href="nondiscrimination.html" class="textsansgray">Nondiscrimination</a><br> <img border=0 width=12 height=6 src="../images/spacer.gif"> <a href="nondiscrimination.html" class="textsansgray">Statement</a></p> <a href="residentcompact.doc" class="textsansgray">AAMC Statement</a><P> <p class=fineprint><a href="requirements.html">Learn how this Division meets<br> Gastroenterology Core Curriculum recommendations/ACGME requirements<br> <span class=textsansgray>Requirements</span></a></p> <a href="THEIMPACTOFSLEEPINESSANDFA.ppt" class="textsansgray">Impact of Sleep Deprivation</a><P> <a href="competencyM1.ppt" class="textsansgray">Introduction to Competency-Based Residency Education</a><P> <a href="implementationM2.ppt" class="textsansgray">Practical Implementation of the Competencies</a><P> <a href="developingM3.ppt" class="textsansgray">Developing an Assessment System</a><P> <a href="sourcesofstress.pdf" class="textsansgray">Sources of Stress for Residents and Recommendations for Programs to Assist them. Acad. Med. 2001;76:142-150</a><p> <a href="Sleeploss.pdf" class="textsansgray">Sleep loss and fatigue in medical training. Curr. Opin. Pulm. Med. 2001;7:411-418</a><p> <a href="graduatemedicaltraining.pdf" class=textsansgray">Graduate medical training, learning, relationships, and sleep loss.<br> Sleep Med. Rev. 2006;10;339-345.</a><p> <a href="cals_1_final.pdf" class="textsansgray">Career Advice for Life Scientists<br></a><p> <a href="cals_2_final.pdf" class="textsansgray">Career Advice for Life Scientists II<br></a><p> <a href="moves2.pdf" class="textsansgray">Making the Right Moves<br></a><p> <td valign=top> <img border=0 width="15" height="50" src="../images/spacer.gif"></p> </td> <td valign=top width="545"> <p class=headsans>Fellowship Program</p> <p class=textserif>The primary purpose of the fellowship program remains one of producing outstanding academicians and clinicians with unparalleled skills in gastroenterology. Approximately 50 percent of former fellows from the division are currently making contributions to academic gastroenterology as basic scientists, clinical investigators or educators. As the division continues to grow and broaden, the fellowship program's dedication to academic medicine will continue.</p> <p class=textserif><b><FONT color="#339966">The Match was reinstated in 2005-06 through the National Residency Matching Program. Our fellowship program committed all four of our positions to the Match. We successfully filled our positions and are delighted with the outcome. Our intent is to continue participating in the Match in the upcoming years.</FONT></b></p> <p class=textserif><b><FONT color="#339966">Our fellowship program is geared towards training investigators. We have two tracks, one track funded through an NIH Training Grant, and the other track funded through institutional funds. There are two positions in each track. Scheduling differences between the two tracks consist of continuous research time (amounting to 17-18 months) in the NIH Training Grant funded track, and research blocks (amounting to a total of 11 months) alternating with clinical rotations in the institutionally funded track. We have a busy clinical program that ensures top notch clinical training for all fellows, regardless of track. In addition, we provide mentorship and educational tools to prepare all our fellows for scholarly investigation, during fellowship and beyond.</FONT></b></p> <p class=textserif><b><FONT color="#339966">The following is our time-line for the fellowship application process for positions beginning July 2009:</FONT></b></p> <p class=textserif><b><FONT color="#339966">Dec 07-Jan 08: Applications are accepted<BR> Jan-Apr 08: Interviews will be scheduled<BR> May 08: Rank lists are due to NRMP<BR> Mid June 08: Match list is published</FONT></b></p> <p class=textserif><b><FONT color="#339966">The fellowship program is now accepting applications for fellowship beginning July 2009 until January 31, 2008. This year, we will be using ERAS for all our applications. Please submit all applicatiosn through ERAS. Please do not send additional materials at this time. Applications will be reviewed through January and early February, when short-listed candidates will be individually contacted for an interview.</FONT></b></p> <p class=textserif><b><FONT color="#339966">Our fellowship program is unable to accept candidates with H1B visas at thist ime. We can accept candidates with J-1 visas to the track without NIH funding support when appropriate.</FONT></b></p> <p><area shape=Rect coords="1, 1, 100, 58" href="tracks.html"> <area shape=Rect coords="100, 2, 156, 57" href="structured.html"> <area shape=Rect coords="156, 1, 212, 57" href="clinical.html"> <area shape=Rect coords="212, 1, 270, 58" href="procedural.html"> <area shape=Rect coords="270, 2, 337, 58" href="research.html"> <img border=0 width=340 height=59 src="images/fellowchart_sm.jpg" alt="The Fellowship Program"></p> <p class=subheadsans>Make a three-year commitment to excellence </p> <p class=textserif>The three-year program introduces the fundamental concepts, then allows you to build your skills. The first year of fellowship is devoted to the basics of clinical gastroenterology, exposing the trainee to a wide variety of common gastrointestinal diseases. The subsequent two years complete clinical core requirements and provide opportunities to develop skills either in a basic sciences laboratory or in clinical application and investigation.</p> <p class=textsansblue>Two career track options</p> <p class=textserif>Fellows follow in one of two tracks, each designed to provide broad clinical experience leading to board certification in gastroenterology. The <I>clinical investigator track</I> emphasizes clinical training and clinical scholarship throughout all three years. The <I>basic science research track</I> emphasizes specialized training in basic research methods. Four fellows are accepted into the training program each academic year, two fellows in each of the two tracks. <a href="tracks.html" class="textsansgray">Learn more</a></p> <p class=textsansblue>Four program components </p> <p class=textserif>The program consists of four components: <a href="structurededuc.html" class="textsansgray">structured education</a>, <a href="clinicalcurric.html" class="textsansgray">clinical curriculum</a>, <a href="procedural.html" class="textsansgray">procedural training</a> and <a href="research.html" class="textsansgray">research experience</a>. The components are aimed at satisfying several objectives, organized by major disease categories, pathophysiological processes, anatomical regions and other technical aspects of the curriculum. Additionally, extensive independent study through unsupervised textbook reading and literature review is expected throughout the three-year program.</p> <p class=textsansblue>Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship</p> <p class=textserif>One position in a one-year <i>Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship</i> is offered, and plans are in place to accept two trainees in subsequent years. This will constitute a fourth year of training to follow completion of a conventional three-year gastroenterology fellowship at an accredited institution in the United States. Suitable candidates wishing to pursue advanced training in biliary, pancreatic and interventional endoscopy can apply. Applications are accepted two years preceding the beginning of the fellowship, and the application process for these positions is separate from the process for the conventional fellowship. Enquiries for the 2009-10 position can be made at the following email address after September 2007: <a href="mailto:GIFELLOWSHIP@im.wustl.edu" class="link">GIFELLOWSHIP@im.wustl.edu</a>.</p> <p class=textserif>The Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship position for 2008-09 has already been filled.</p> <a href="GIFELLOWSHIPAPPLICATION.doc" class="textsansgray">Advanced Interventional Endoscopy Application<br></a><p> <p class=textserif><img border=0 width=290 height=223 src="../images/ercp.JPG"></p> Drs. 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