Fellowship Training in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Medical College of Wisconsin

Clinical Training

Continuity clinic experience
All fellows have a panel of continuity clinic patients that are followed in the outpatient endocrine clinic at Froedtert Hospital as well as Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. Patients have a wide array of endocrine disorders and diabetes. Clinics at all sites are staffed by a dedicated endocrine faculty member who provides the appropriate level of supervision and autonomy as fellows progress through their training.

Outpatient clinical experience
In additional to the continuity clinic experience, fellows rotate through a variety of outpatient clinics at Froedtert Hospital including pituitary clinic, thyroid nodule and endocrine neoplasia clinic, and metabolic bone disorder and calcium metabolism clinics. In the second year, fellows also complete rotations in pediatric endocrinology and reproductive endocrinology.

Fellows undergo training in endocrine physiology, interpretation of laboratory results, endocrine imaging studies (e.g., DXA, pituitary MRI, adrenal gland CT, and thyroid ultrasound), and performing fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules.

Throughout the two years of training fellows have the opportunity to see patients alongside regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized experts in a wide array of practice settings including our academic medical center, the VA hospital, community based endocrine clinics.

Inpatient experience
Our fellowship training program has distinct inpatient consultative settings at Froedtert Hospital and the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center. While at Froedtert, fellows cover Monday through Friday for endocrinology consults. Diabetes cases are handled by the Diabetes Management Team. On weekends, a fellow, attending and APP cover endocrinology and diabetes consults. Fellows do not cover the VA on weekends.

Research Training

Fellows participate in research that leads to presentation at national meetings and peer-reviewed publications. We strive to establish a faculty research mentoring relationship early in training and dedicated research time is available in the second year of training.

Teaching

Fellows are not only learners at the Medical College of Wisconsin, they are also teachers. Fellows actively participate in the training of residents and medical students who rotate on the endocrinology service. Fellows actively participate in peer education through a broad range of conferences including journal club, case conference, and grand rounds.