Clinical Experience
Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship
Fellows rapidly acquire skills in endoscopic procedures during the first year of the program through endoscopic simulation and hands-on procedures.
The Pediatric Gastroenterology fellow participates in a variety of general gastroenterology and subspecialty rotations in the inpatient, outpatient, and procedural settings.
1st Year |
2nd Year | 3rd Year | Total (weeks) | |
Orientation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Inpatient and Consult Service | 24 | 18 | 10 | 52 |
Endoscopy | 10 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
Subspecialty Clinic | 4 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Pathology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Research | 10 | 20 | 30 | 60 |
Vacation | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Fellows actively participate in procedures throughout fellowship.
Expected average experience over three years - procedural totals:
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy |
400 |
Colonoscopy |
180 |
EGD with Control of Bleeding |
15 |
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy |
10 |
Foreign Body Removal |
10 |
Polypectomy |
10 |
Rectal Suction Biopsy |
10 |
EGD with Dilation |
10 |
Bravo pH Capsule Deployment |
10 |
Endoscopic Placement of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy |
5 |
Double Balloon Endoscopy |
5 |
Pneumatic Dilation for Achalasia |
5 |
Endoscopic placement of transpyloric feeding tubes or catheters, including motility catheters |
5 |
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
|
5 |
Inside Pediatrics : Jackson's story
At 11 months old, Jackson was the 100th patient to receive a liver transplant at Children’s Mercy. He was diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a liver tumor, at 7 months and was referred to the Children’s Mercy Liver Tumor Program, where he received medical and surgical expertise from Hematology and Oncology and the Liver Care Center.
Our Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship team
Voytek Slowik, MD
Program Director
vslowik@cmh.edu
Halee Patel, MD
Associate Program Director
hpatel1@cmh.edu
Rachel Laws, MBA
Fellowship Coordinator
rmlaws@cmh.edu