Curriculum

The main goals of the Present/Levison Fellowship in IBD are to to prepare physicians who have completed a full three-year GI fellowship to:

  • Diagnose and manage the medical aspects of the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), focusing on Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis but also including microscopic and lymphocytic colitis, and collageneous colitis
  • Serve as academic leaders and teachers in the arena of IBD nationally and internationally.
  • Plan, conduct, present, and publish clinical studies in IBD
  • Analyze, critique, and interpret the published literature in this field
  • Gain experience in diagnostic radiology and pathology of the gastrointestinal tract

The curriculum for the fellowship in IBD places a strong emphasis on both clinical practice and clinical research. The IBD fellow will be assigned block time in the practices and clinics of several IBD experts, including Dr. Jean-Fred Colombel, Dr. Marla Dubinsky, Dr. David Sachar, Dr. Asher Kornbluth Dr. Mark Chapman, Dr. Tom Ullman and Dr. James Marion learning the art of consultation relevant to IBD.

The IBD fellow will be an active participant and co-planner of several regularly scheduled conferences including Journal Club, Sachar/Colombel Case Conference, Pathology Case Conference, Endoscopy Conference and  IBD Rounds.  In addition, Medical Grand Rounds, GI Grand Rounds, Ambulatory Care/Evidence Based Medicine Conference, Motility Conference, and Pancreaticobiliary Conference offer additional didactic exposure to IBD topics.

Outpatient Clinical Management

The fellow will be assigned to outpatient clinical rotations with faculty of the Feinstein IBD Center. These clinical mentors will guide the fellow through the practical aspects of promptly diagnosing and effectively managing patients with IBD. Transitional, pre-natal, and women’s health care issues in IBD and integrative team management will also be emphasized. 

Inpatient Clinical Management

Our inpatient IBD Service is one of the busiest in the country. Hundreds of admissions and surgeries are performed yearly on IBD patients at Mount Sinai.  Medical and surgical management is consolidated on the service. The fellow will be responsible for presenting an IBD cases at IBD Rounds held weekly.

Diagnostic Radiology and Pathology

The fellow will gain competence in diagnostic radiology and pathology as they relate to IBD by ongoing work with IBD clinical mentors as well as by attending regular didactic sessions with GI radiologists and pathologists.

Endoscopy

IBD fellows will work directly under the supervision of IBD faculty to master procedures unique to an IBD service.  Colonoscopic surveillance techniques, chromoendoscopy, EMR, dilation and disease assessment will be covered.

Clinical Nutrition Service

The fellow will have the opportunity to rotate on our inpatient and outpatient Clinical Nutrition Service to learn the necessary skills needed to provide nutritional support to patients with IBD.

Formal Didactics

The IBD fellow will be an active participant and co-planner of several regularly scheduled conferences including Journal Club, Sachar/Colombel Case Conference,  Pathology Case Conference, Endoscopy Conference and  IBD Rounds.  In addition,  Medical Grand Rounds, GI Grand Rounds, , Ambulatory Care/Evidence Based Medicine Conference, Motility Conference, and Pancreaticobiliary Conference offer additional didactic exposure to IBD topics.

Fellows are expected to develop skills in the management of the IBD patient in the inpatient and outpatient settings of The Mount Sinai Hospital and the Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Mount Sinai.  The IBD fellow will act as a junior IBD consultant for fellows, residents, and medial students and facilitate the delivery of quality care to all patients in these settings. A significant component of the learning experience comes from working closely with mentoring attending faculty and all patients seen by the outpatient and inpatient IBD team.  Day-to-day management including diagnostic, therapeutic, social, and administrative details of patient care will be the fellow’s responsibility.