Residents
The supportive environment our division's fellows and faculty create fosters a positive, collaborative learning experience for residents.
Our division provides residents with patient-care experiences and conferences that help develop their knowledge in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology.
As an internal medicine resident, you can enhance your training by participating in our residency elective, conducting research in our division and attending our conferences.
Residency Elective
Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Location: Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo General Medical Center, and Buffalo VA Medical Center
This inpatient rotation exposes you to the common problems encountered in diagnosing and managing diseases in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology. You will perform histories and physicals on patients on whom the gastroenterology service at your hospital is consulted, present those patients to the attending, and maintain new and follow-up consult notes. You will provide differential diagnoses for a variety of conditions, with particular emphasis on identifying acute pathologies that are life-threatening or which require immediate intervention. You will not be required to perform procedures, but will be encouraged to observe procedures performed on the patients you follow.
Geriatrics
Location: Erie County Medical Center and Buffalo VA Medical Center
This rotation familiarizes you with the distinct challenges and resources relevant to caring for older populations. You will work with patients who have very heterogeneous levels of physiologic function, health statuses, belief systems, values and personal preferences. Diagnoses include those specific to geriatric patients, such as delirium and dementia, as well as conditions common across patient populations, many of which present distinct symptoms and unique concerns with elderly patients. You will learn how to balance observing patients carefully, making judicious diagnostic interventions and accepting limits your patients define, and how to help aging patients maintain functional independence. You will work closely with nutritionists, social workers, hospice staff and other professionals to coordinate interdisciplinary care, a key component of managing these patients’ health.
Conferences
We encourage residents to participate in our grand rounds, journal club and multidisciplinary conference.
Our meetings will sharpen your diagnostic and disease management skills, increase your understanding of a variety of digestive disorders and keep you current in the field.
Research Opportunities
In our division, you'll have opportunities to work alongside accomplished physician-scientists on research projects investigating the pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases and liver conditions.
