Fox Chase Cancer Center is an academic cancer hospital affiliated with Temple Health system in Philadelphia, PA. The Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship (AEF) is housed within the Division of Gastroenterology and is comprised of five full-time faculty, three of whom are therapeutic endoscopists. Dr. David Weinberg is the Chair of the Department of Medicine as well as Editor-in Chief of the AGA publication Gastroenterology. Dr. David Loren is the Chief Gastroenterology and currently serves as the President of the Foundation for Interventional and Therapeutic Endoscopy (FITE). Dr. Loren has over twenty years’ experience in fellow education as an advanced endoscopy fellowship director and has worked with the ASGE fellowship directors’ committee over that period.
The central focus of the Gastroenterology Division at Fox Chase Cancer center is the Therapeutic Endoscopy Center of Excellence that delivers cutting edge endoscopic care to the Philadelphia region and beyond. Along with Dr. Loren (training at the University of Pennsylvania and AEF at Thomas Jefferson University) are Joseph Triggs, MD, PhD (fellowship at Northwestern University and AEF at the University of Pennsylvania) and Malorie Simons, MD (fellowship at Johns Hopkins and AEF at Weill Cornell) who together comprise the Fox Chase Therapeutic Endoscopy program. The advanced endoscopy fellows clinical training is at Fox Chase Cancer Center under the guidance of the therapeutic endoscopy group. As part of the Temple Health System, there is collaboration with the therapeutic endoscopy program at Temple University Hospital, a large urban tertiary care with an independent therapeutic endoscopy program led by Steven Heller, MD Professor of Medicine and Director the Temple Endoscopy Program (fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and AEF at University of Toronto). Research and clinical collaboration throughout the system allows for synergy of the programs through the shared electronic medical record and delivery of subspecialty care.
The breadth of procedures performed at the Fox Chase Cancer Centers includes diagnostic and therapeutic EUS, therapeutic ERCP, interventional EUS (endoscopic gastrojejunostomy, endoscopic entero-enterostomy/colo-enterostomy, endoscopic gallbladder drainage), photodynamic therapy, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, altered anatomy ERCP, endoscopic mucosal resection, endoscopic submucosal dissection, per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM, G-POEM, Z-POEM), submucosal tunneling with endoscopic resection (STER), enteral stenting, endoscopic suturing. The advanced endoscopy fellow has the opportunity to train in all techniques under physicians who are experts in their field. The physicians at Fox Chase Cancer Center have a unique structured focus on education that assures that a fellow gain the requisite knowledge and skills to become a leader in therapeutic and interventional endoscopy. Like all advanced endoscopy programs, the AEF program at Fox Chase Cancer Center is not ACGME accredited.
Application Information
To apply for the Fox Chase Cancer Center Advanced Endoscopy training program, please visit the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) website https://www.asgematch.com/ for information about the application process and a timeline for relevant electronic submissions and deadlines.
David E. Loren, MD, FASGE Program Director, Advanced Endoscopy Training Program Chief, Gastroenterology Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Department Fox Chase Cancer Center 333 Cottman Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111
Malorie K. Simons, MD Assistant Program Director, Advanced Endoscopy Training Program Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Department Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Department Fox Chase Cancer Center 333 Cottman Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111
Contact Information
Rebecca Rodriguez Advanced Endoscopy Training Program Coordinator Fox Chase Cancer Center 333 Cottman Avenue, P3179 Philadelphia, PA 19111-2497 Phone: 215-214-1424 Fax: 215-214-1425 [email protected].
