CURRENT FELLOWS
3rd Year Fellows:
Khalil El-Chammas, MD - "As a current fellow in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Medical College of Wisconsin (an ACGME-accredited fellowship), I have the privilege of working closley with experts in each of these fields. The attending physicians are experienced mentors with a wealth of research ideas and active projects. The expansive patient population allows for ample clinical experience and hands-on procedures including endoscopy, liver biopsy and motility studies. The program stresses the importance of continuing education with its diverse educational curriculum for fellows, faculty and staff. I benefit from outstanding teaching from clinic nurses, dietitians, psychologists and speech pathologists. The administrative personnel are also very helpful and care about my success.
Simply, the program fosters a well-rounded, supportive and caring ambiance that allows my development into a confident, academic-oriented pediatric gastroenterologist."
Vi Goh, MD - "The department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Medical College of Wisconsin is a unique blend of senior, experienced faculty who are experts within their field and young, enthusiastic junior faculty. They are excellent mentors, colleagues and friends. It is a friendly and supportive environment which encourages the growth of individual physicians in their own clinical, research and educational aspects. The fellows are exposed to a variety of interesting patients in the inpatient, outpatient and procedural settings. The ancillary support staff is superb with an outstanding group of administrative assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dieticians, speech pathologists and psychologists. My experience here has been great. I would definitely recommend this fellowship program to anyone who is interested in Pediatric Gastroenterology."
2nd Year Fellows:
Bhaskar Gurram, MD - "As a current GI fellow, I always consider myself to be very fortunate to be in such a great program. Clinical expertise is well-balanced with intensive inpatient exposure in the 1st year and flexible clinic and inpatient schedules in the 2nd and 3rd years. Training also covers experience dealing with complex GI issues like ALF, liver transplants, short bowel syndrome, pseudo-obstruction and GI bleeders. We have opportunities to go to various subspecialty clinics and decide on narrowing or further broadening our future GI career. Opportunities for procedures are numerous, including diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies, liver biopsies, motility catheter placements and also a chance to learn to read motility studies and capsule endoscopies. This program has experts in all subspecialties of GI. We have a great group of psychologists with extensive experience dealing with children suffering from GI diseases. The support staff including experienced nursing, administrative staff and dietitians are great.
A good deal of time is also spent in academic activities such as introductory lectures for new fellows, didactics, board review sessions, interesting case presentations, M&M and QI sessions, GI surgery conferences, pathology slide reviews and radiology image reviews.
The division is very active in research. We have opportunities to do various clinical projects and basic science projects in the fields of GI immunology, motility and GI surgery.
The working environment is very relaxing, friendly and encouraging. The whole division lives like a family with frequent potlucks, parties and celebrations of every occasion including Halloween and Christmas. Also, the lunch treat on every Friday afternoon by all attending physicians on service is phenomenal.
Overall, this is a wonderful, well-balanced program worth looking at by every candidate interested in GI"
Diana Lerner, MD - " MCW is a great place to train for Pediatric GI. The diversity of pathology, procedural training, and family-like atmosphere is difficult to find in one training program. MCW has 16 Pediatric Gastroenterologists all of whom are experts in different aspects of GI. The fellows function as an integral part of the team from day one, but have an amazing support system including an assigned nurse, administrative assistant and nurse practitioners on the liver service. Having come from Chicago, I was a bit worried about living in a smaller city. Having been here a little over a year, I have fallen in love with Milwaukee. I can still find a nice sushi place, take a stroll by the lake front and attend lots of festivals all summer long. If you want a combination of a great training program and midwestern hospitality, you'll find it at MCW. "
1st Year Fellows:
Katja Kovacic, MD
Alisha Mavis, MD