The University of Utah Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition offers an ACGME-accredited three-year training program in gastroenterology and hepatology.  There are currently 12 total fellows in our program (4 fellows each year).   

Our fellows have broad training experiences at multiple different sites (University hospital, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, Salt Lake VA medical center, and multiple University of Utah community clinics sites).  Our fellows have an expansive exposure to all aspects of GI including general GI, IBD, general hepatology, transplant hepatology, biliary/therapeutics, and motility.  At this time, we do not offer a 3-year combined GI/transplant hepatology fellowship.

Our rotations and curriculum provide fellows with a rigorous training experience in a supportive atmosphere.  Our goal is to provide extensive clinical experiences and scholarly activity guided by our faculty experts to well prepare our graduates to sit for the boards and to be successful in practice.  We are also able to provide some flexibility in our rotation schedule to fit the individual interests of our fellows.  Our fellows are exceptionally well prepared for practice post-fellowship and proceed to a wide variety of positions including advanced endoscopy fellowships, transplant hepatology fellowships, with our recent graduates taking positions in academics, private practice, and hospital-employed positions, in all regions of the country.    

Fellows also assist in the education of house staff (medical students and residents) through inpatient consultations, seminars, and presentations. 

See details of our current fellowship rotations here.

We currently offer a clinical tract for all fellows, with most months spent on clinical rotations; in addition to the clinical rotations, there are 4-6 months of dedicated research/scholarly activity.  The exact number of research/scholarly activity months are variable depending on the interests of the fellow.  There are also multiple clinical rotations which allow time for research/scholarly activity. 

We have a block of time on every Thursday afternoon that is dedicated to didactics. See details of our didactics/conferences here.

We are looking for fellowship applicants who are ambitious, have an exceptionally strong clinical background, and excitement for scholarly activity.

Please see the application information tab for details on applying to our program in the next academic year.

Thank you for your interest in the University of Utah GI fellowship program!