Our GI fellows representing Baystate 🙌🏻
Dr. Aizaz Khan (PGY5) and Dr. S. Hamza Sohail (PGY6) were each awarded a travel grant to attend the 19th Rocky Mountain Interventional Endoscopy course in Denver, Colorado ⛰️✈️
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🚨 Calling all future GI fellows! 🌟
With the interview 📅 season coming up, here’s what to expect during the #GI#Fellowship interview process at UMass Chan - Baystate Gastroenterology fellowship🏥
We're excited to meet you! 💬 #MedTwitter#GiTwitter#Match2026
Excited to share that I have matched at BILH Lahey Hospital for advanced endoscopy fellowship. Grateful for the support from my amazing mentors and my family. Can't wait to get started!
@ASGEendoscopy@BaystateGI#AEF#ASGE#GItwitter
6 day countdown ⏳ before ERAS opens for submissions to programs! Here at Baystate our program values transparency🌟. Here's what you need to know before submitting ✅
Good luck 🍀
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Honored to host @LewisRobertsMD from Mayo Clinic at Baystate! He delivered an inspiring Grand Rounds, shared powerful insights on improving liver health across Africa, and highlighted cutting-edge translational research in hepatobiliary cancers #Globalhealth#GItwitter#Baystate
Putting trauma-informed care into action at Baystate 🏥 endoscopy with education for all physicians and endo staff and flyers around the unit. Thanks for your help @sherinsamuel28! 🪪Badge backers coming soon!
#traumainformedcare
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Congratulations to our Top 12 #GoldenScope teams of #GIFellows who will be competing in the semifinals this September at the Senior Fellows Program at ASGE IT&T! Way to go and we'll see you later this year. #DDW2025
Grateful for the support and collaboration @LaurenFeldMD@doctornikkid and @Chris_Velez_MD to get the word out about this topic I am so passionate about.
Special thanks to Dr Megan Gerber @meggerber.medsky.social for introducing me to TIC in 2020
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Dr. Nha Duong and our first year fellow Cristina Batarseh performing an EMR on a large cecal polyp. We do approximately 200 colon EMR per year!
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Removal of a laterally spreading rectal tumor via band EMR and hybrid APC by 3rd year fellow Dr. Groudan and associate program director Dr. Zakharia. Advanced fellows will receive ample training in removal of large polyps by endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, and endoscopic full thickness resection.
Announcement: Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship at UMass-Baystate
We are excited to announce the launch of a new Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program at UMass-Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA, starting in July 2026. This program, accredited through the ASGE, will provide specialized training in advanced endoscopic procedures (ERCP, Diagnostic and Therapeutic EUS, Barrett's endotherapy, Endoscopic resection, Third Space Endoscopy, Endoluminal stenting and Endobariatrics), preparing fellows for leadership roles in the field of gastroenterology. Please spread the word.
Baystate Medical Center is one of the centers in the U.S. offering Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection. Dr. Kais (Zak) Zakharia & our team performed a 16 cm resection of Barrett’s esophagus, marking the longest ESD resection in medical literature. Read more: https://t.co/MoNcTU7Q7F
Registration is open for the 2025 @AmerGastroAssn-@ASGEendoscopy (AGA-ASGE) Postgraduate Course, May 3-4! Enhance expertise in both GI & hepatology from top experts around the globe. Visit https://t.co/tcE6PmhwQe for details and to sign up. See you in San Diego! #PGC2025#DDW2025