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Program Accreditation Status

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The accreditation status is listed for all Fellowship Council member programs below. Please note that due to reaccreditation reviews or changes to the program, the accreditation designation and/or length of accreditation may change. Be sure to inquire during the interview process about the program’s most up-to-date status.

Institution Program Director and Co-Program Director Accreditation Status Length of Accreditation Type of Fellowship
Kingston Health Sciences Center (Combined Hotel Dieu and Kingston General Hospital) Boris Zevin (PD)
Peter Szasz (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
AdventHealth Orlando Campus Sebastian G. de la Fuente (PD)
Georg K. Wiese (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery
AdventHealth Porter Ashwin Kurian (PD)
Ahmed Zihni (APD)
Pending - Foregut
AdventHealth Tampa Sharona B Ross (PD)
Iswanto Sucandy (APD)
Accredited 2025-2026 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery/Foregut/HPB
AdventHealth Tampa John Paul Gonzalvo (PD)
Michel M Murr (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Rami Lutfi (PD)
Francisco A Quinteros (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Slawomir Marecik (PD)
John Park (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced Colorectal
Albany Medical Center T. Paul Singh (PD)
Jessica Zaman (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS
Allegheny Health Network - West Penn Hospital Kellen Hayes (PD)
Tunc Aksehirli (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
ALSA - Fresno Heart and Surgical Hospital Pearl Ma (PD)
Kelvin D Higa (APD)
Accredited 2025-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Ajay K Upadhyay (PD)
Michael Sung (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
Atrium Health - Wake Forest Baptist Carl J. Westcott (PD)
Adolfo Fernandez (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Foregut
Atrium Health Mercy Selwan Barbat (PD)
Keith Gersin (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Bariatrics
Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical Center Main Erin Baker (PD)
Michael J Beckman (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 HPB
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson Iman Ghaderi (PD)
Jeffrey Hodges (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Banner Gateway Medical Center David Podkameni (PD)
Emil Graf (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Dominic Sanford (PD)
Natasha Leigh (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 HPB
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield MA John R. Romanelli (PD)
Jay N. Kuhn (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
Brigham & Women's Hospital Eric Sheu (PD)
Ali Tavakkoli (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Brigham and Women's Hospital Jon Wee (PD)
Desiree Steimer (APD)
Raphael Bueno (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced Thoracic
Buffalo General Medical Center Alan Posner (PD)
Gene Yang (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 8700 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048 Kulmeet Sandhu (PD)
Miguel Burch (APD)
Accredited 2025-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) Eve Simoneau (PD)
Simon Turcotte (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 HPB
Cleveland Clinic Robert Simon (PD)
Alejandro Pita (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 HPB
Cleveland Clinic Lucas Beffa (PD)
Benjamin T Miller (APD)
Pending - Hernia and Abdominal Wall
Cleveland Clinic Florida Hospital Steven D Wexner (PD)
David Maron (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced Colorectal
Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Weston Samuel Szomstein (PD)
Raul Rosenthal (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Matthew Allemang (PD)
Matthew Kroh (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Ricard Corcelles Codina (PD)
Xiaoxi Feng (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
Columbia University Irving Medical Center Abraham Krikhely (PD)
Francisco Andres Guzman Pruneda (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Corewell Health Amy Banks-Venegoni (PD)
David Scheeres (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Foregut
Dalhousie University James Ellsmere (PD)
Marius Hoogerboord (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Sarah Billmeier (PD)
Thadeus Trus (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Ltd. Manish Singh (PD)
Ambrosio Hernandez (APD)
Pending - Bariatrics
Duke Regional Hospital Dana Portenier (PD)
Jin Yoo (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
East Carolina University and ECU Health Medical Center Eric DeMaria (PD)
Joyce Jhang (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
Emory University Hospital S. Scott Davis (PD)
Edward Lin (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS/Foregut
Erie County Medical Center Christina Sanders (PD)
Liam Knott (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Bariatrics
Fox Chase Cancer Center Stacey Su (PD)
Whitney Burrows (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced Thoracic
Geisinger Medical Center David M. Parker (PD)
Anthony T Petrick (APD)
Mark Mahan (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Bariatrics/Foregut
Good Samaritan Hospital Kevin M Tymitz (PD)
Katherine M Meister (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Bariatrics
Gundersen Medical Center - Emplify Health Brandon Grover (PD)
Josh Pfeiffer (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Jacques P. Fontaine (PD)
Jobelle J. Baldonado (APD)
Pending - Advanced Thoracic
Hackensack Meridian Health - JFK University Medical Center Kostantinos Poulikidis (PD)
Faiz Bhora (APD)
Pending - Advanced Thoracic
Hackensack University Medical Center Douglas R. Ewing (PD)
Sebastian Eid (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Hackensack University Medical Center Stephen G Pereira (PD)
Adam S Rosenstock (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
Harper University Hospital David Edelman (PD)
Roozbeh Mansour (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Henry Ford Providence Hospital Southfield Campus Michael Jacobs (PD)
Sachin Patil (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 HPB
Highland Hospital Joseph Johnson (PD)
Maria Durdach (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
Indiana University Health - University Hospital Nicholas J Zyromski (PD)
Alex Roch (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 HPB
Indiana University Health North Hospital Don Selzer (PD)
Ambar Banerjee (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Amir H Moazzez (PD)
Rajev I Nain (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Bariatrics
J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Nova Szoka (PD)
Salim Abunnaja (APD)
Pending - Bariatrics
Jackson Memorial Hospital Jose M Martinez (PD)
Robert F Cubas (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Comprehensive Flexible Endoscopy
Jackson South Medical Center Henry J Lujan (PD)
Moises Jacobs (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Advanced GI MIS
Jefferson Health Abington Hospital Gintas Antanavicius (PD)
Candice Chipman (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Bariatrics
Jellison Cancer Institute At Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Kenneth Meredith (PD)
Sam Agarwal (APD)
Pending - Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (JHBMC) Michael Schweitzer (PD)
Gina Adrales (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Johns Hopkins University - Sibley Memorial Hospital Brett C Parker (PD)
Katherine G. Lamond (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS
Keck Medical Center of USC Caitlin Houghton (PD)
James Nguyen (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Foregut
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Heather Anne Ford (PD)
David Brams (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Bariatrics
Lankenau Medical Center Henry Schoonyoung (PD)
John Marks (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced Colorectal
Latin American HPB Fellowship Ismael Dominguez (PD)
Wellington Andraus / Nicolas Jarufe (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 HPB
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital Valerie J. Halpin (PD)
Kevin Reavis (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
Lenox Hill Hospital Filippo Filicori (PD)
Rebecca Kowalski (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Loma Linda University Health Keith Scharf (PD)
Sherif Aly (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
London Health Sciences Centre (University Hospital Site) Ephraim S Tang (PD)
Douglas Quan (APD)
Pending - HPB
Long Island Laparoscopic Surgery Arif Ahmad (PD)
Ashish Agarwala (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Alejandro (Alex) Gandsas (PD)
Courtney Doyle (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
Maimonides Medical Center Alexander Abdurakhmanov (PD)
Sergey Terushkin (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Massachusetts General Hospital Matthew Hutter (PD)
Elan Witkowski (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Foregut
Mayo Clinic Hospital Steven Bowers (PD)
Enrique Elli (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Susanne G. Warner (PD)
Patrick P. Starlinger (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 HPB
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Todd Kellogg (PD)
Omar Ghanem (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
McGill University Health Center Peter Metrakos (PD)
Prosanto Chaudhury (APD)
Accredited 2025-2027 HPB
McGill University Health Center - Montreal General Hospital Amin Andalib (PD)
Olivier Court (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Bariatrics
McGill University Health Centre Hospitals Melina Vassiliou (PD)
Simon Bergman (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS
McLaren Flint Michael A Kia (PD)
Chelsea Smith (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
MD Anderson Cancer Center Ching-wei David Tzeng (PD)
Timothy Eric Newhook (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 HPB
Medical College of Wisconsin Andrew Kastenmeier (PD)
Tammy Lyn Kindel (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center James Huang (PD)
Matthew Bott (APD)
Pending - Advanced Thoracic
Menorah Medical Center Nicole Fearing (PD)
John Tann (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Bariatrics/Foregut
Mercy Medical Center Kuldeep Singh (PD)
Jessica Cutler (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Bariatrics
Methodist Richardson Cancer Center D. Rohan Jeyarajah (PD)
Danielle Giesler (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery/Foregut
Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital and Foundation Surgical Hospital Richard Englehardt (PD)
Frank d Duperier (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Bariatrics
Miami Cancer Institute Domenech Asbun (PD)
Ramon Jimenez (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 HPB
Montefiore Medical Center and Jack D. Weiler Hospital Diego Camacho (PD)
Erin Moran Atkin (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Mount Sinai Health System Daniel M Herron (PD)
Catherine Tsai (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Multicare Health System Laila Rashidi (PD)
James Sebesta (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Multicare Health System Laila Rashidi (PD)
Gabriella Vargas (APD)
Pending - Advanced Colorectal
New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine Cheguevara Afaneh (PD)
Fabrizio Michelassi (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Alan A Saber (PD)
Adam Kopelan (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset New York Larry Gellman (PD)
Andrea Bedrosian (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS
NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston Hospital Michael B Ujiki (PD)
Ervin W. Denham (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Comprehensive Flexible Endoscopy/Foregut
Northwest Hospital Center Christina Li (PD)
Jessica M Felton (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center William Hooks (PD)
Colston Edgerton (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS
NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn - Bellevue George Ferzli (PD)
John K Saunders (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
NYU Langone Hospital- Long Island Jun Levine (PD)
Collin EM Brathwaite (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Oregon Health & Science University Stephanie Wood (PD)
Andrea Stroud (PD)
Erin Gilbert (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS
Orlando Health Muhammad Ghanem (PD)
Andre Teixeira (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Bariatrics
Orlando Health / Orlando Regional Medical Center Joshua Karas (PD)
Renee J. Mueller (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced Colorectal
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Kenneth Kleinpeter, Jr (PD)
Kenneth P Kleinpeter (PD)
Brent Allain, Jr (APD)
Brent W. Allain (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Foregut
Palo Alto VA Hospital Dan Eisenberg (PD)
Cara A Liebert (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Randy Haluck (PD)
Ann M. Rogers (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Eric Pauli (PD)
Liz Sodomin (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Hernia and Abdominal Wall
Pennington Biomedical Research Center/LSU Health Philip Schauer (PD)
Michael Cook (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Bariatrics
Princeton medical center Lisa Dobruskin (PD)
Ramez Juha (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery
Prisma Health- Upstate/University of South Carolina School of Medicine- Greenville John David Scott (PD)
Jeremy Warren (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
Providence Portland Medical Center Kevin Reavis (PD)
Daniel Davila Bradley (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery/Foregut
Providence Portland Medical Center Jon Gerry (PD)
Jon Creasy (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 HPB
Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Laurent Biertho (PD)
François Julien (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
R&R Surgical Institute Ramin M. Roohipour (PD)
Jillian Angelo Caccamo (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Reading Hospital John Fam (PD)
Aaron Hechtman (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
Richmond University Medical Center Frederick L. Sabido (PD)
Lance Jung (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas University Hospital, Rutgers RWJ Medical School New Brunswick, NJ Ragui W Sadek (PD)
Lora Melman (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Foregut
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Mark W. Hennon (PD)
Elisabeth Dexter (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced Thoracic
Royal Alexandra Hospital under Alberta Health Services Noah Switzer (PD)
Alexandra Chow (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Rush University Medical Center Philip Omotosho (PD)
Scott Schimpke (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
Saint Francis Hospital Kurt Roberts (PD)
Zachary T Solomon (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City B. Todd Moore (PD)
Michael Arroyo (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Scripps Green Hospital William D Fuller (PD)
Amy Day (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
South Miami Hospital Anthony M Gonzalez (PD)
Jorge R Rabaza (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
South Sacramento Kaiser Foundation Hospital Pandu R Yenumula (PD)
Gary Grinberg (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Ben Biteman (PD)
Consandre Romain (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS/Comprehensive Flexible Endoscopy
St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Mehran Anvari (PD)
Margherita Cadeddu (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
St Luke's University Hospital and Health Network Maher El Chaar (PD)
Leonardo Claros (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Bariatrics/Foregut
St. Joseph Medical Center Eugene Cho (PD)
James Rifenbery (APD)
Accredited 2025-2027 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery
St. Joseph's University Medical Center Toghrul Talishinskiy (PD)
Mark Ingram (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS
Stanford University Hospital and Clinics Dan E Azagury (PD)
Yulia Zak (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Foregut
Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health Indraneil Mukherjee (PD)
Prashant Sinha (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Stony Brook University Dino Spaniolas (PD)
Konstantinos Spaniolas (PD)
Amy Rosenbluth (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Foregut
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington Alex Farivar (PD)
Adam Bograd (APD)
Accredited 2025-2027 Foregut
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington Alex Farivar (PD)
Adam Bograd (APD)
Accredited 2025-2027 Advanced Thoracic
The Miriam Hospital, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University Marcoandrea Giorgi (PD)
Andrew Luhrs (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, University Hospital East, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Bradley J. Needleman (PD)
Kyle A. Perry (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, University Hospital East, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute Vimal K. Narula (PD)
Michael P. Meara (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Comprehensive Flexible Endoscopy/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus Caolan Walsh (PD)
Nicole Kolozsvari (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Bariatrics
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, McGovern Medical School Erik B. Wilson (PD)
Melissa M. Felinski (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Daniel J. Scott (PD)
Sara A. Hennessy (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Talar Tatarian (PD)
Francesco Palazzo (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Toronto General Hospital Chaya Shwaartz (PD)
Trevor Reichman (APD)
Accredited 2024-2025 HPB
Tulane Shauna M. Levy (PD)
John Baker (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
UCI Health - Orange Medical Campus Ninh T. Nguyen (PD)
Brian R Smith (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS
UF Health Jacksonville Ziad Awad (PD)
Jana Sacco (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery
UMass Memorial Medical Center's University and Memorial Campuses Nicole Cherng (PD)
John Kelly (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS
Univeristy of California San Diego Medical Center Ryan Broderick (PD)
Garth Jacobsen (APD)
Bryan J. Sandler (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Jeffrey Marks (PD)
Joshua Lyons (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Comprehensive Flexible Endoscopy/Foregut
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Mujjahid Abbas (PD)
Leena Khaitan (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Bariatrics/Foregut
University of Alabama at Birmingham Richard Stahl (PD)
Abhishek Parmar (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
University of Calgary - Foothills Medical Center Elijah Dixon (PD)
Francis Sutherland (APD)
Oliver F. Bathe (APD)
Accredited 2025-2027 HPB
University of California - San Francisco Jonathan Carter (PD)
Stan Rogers (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced GI MIS
University of California, Davis Medical Center Mohamed Ali (PD)
Hazem Shamseddeen (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
University of Chicago Yalini Vigneswaran (PD)
Mustafa Hussain (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS
University of Illinois at Chicago Chandra Hassan (PD)
Mario Masrur (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Bariatrics
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Peter Nau (PD)
Jessica K Smith (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Bariatrics
University of Manitoba Ashley Vergis (PD)
Christopher Andrew (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
University of Maryland Medical Center Mark Kligman (PD)
Hugo Bonatti (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery
University of Michigan Nabeel R. Obeid (PD)
Dana Telem (APD)
Jenny Shao (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
University of Missouri Health Care Norbert Richardson (PD)
Joshua Landreneau (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Bariatrics
University of Nebraska Medical Center/ Nebraska Medicine Vishal Kothari (PD)
Corrigan Mcbride (APD)
Ivy Haskins (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Timothy M. Farrell (PD)
Maggie M. Hodges (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
University of South Florida-Tampa General Hospital Christopher DuCoin (PD)
Salvatore Docimo (APD)
Accredited 2024-2026 Bariatrics/Foregut
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Kyle L Kleppe (PD)
Gregory Mancini (APD)
Kyle L. Kleppe (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine Melissa Phillips (PD)
Kaela Blake (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Hernia and Abdominal Wall
University of Texas Medical School at Houston Eric M. Haas (PD)
Joshua Coursey (APD)
Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced Colorectal
University of Toronto Allan Okrainec (PD)
Steve Maclellan (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
University of Virginia Health System/Charlottesville, VA Peter T Hallowell (PD)
Bruce D Schirmer (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
University of Washington Medical Center Montlake Campus, Seattle Andrew Stone Wright (PD)
Saurabh Khandelwal (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Foregut
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Anne Lidor (PD)
Amber Shada (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics/Foregut
University of Wisconsin, East Madison Hospital Anne Lidor (PD)
Ryan Juza (APD)
Pending - Advanced GI MIS/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Bestoun H. Ahmed (PD)
Anita P. Courcoulas (APD)
Accredited 2025-2027 Bariatrics
UPMC Shadyside Hospital Omar Awais (PD) Accredited 2023-2026 Advanced Thoracic
Valley Health System/The Valley Hospital Michael Passeri (APD) Accredited 2023-2025 Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery
Vancouver General Hospital Michael Bleszynski (PD)
Maja Segedi (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 HPB
Vancouver General Hospital, UBC Hospital Adam T. Meneghetti (PD)
Jack Chieh Chiu (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Brandon Williams (PD)
Jessica Ardila (APD)
Michael Holzman (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Joe Broucek (PD)
Michael Holzman (APD)
Accredited 2025-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Foregut/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
Veterans Administration Medical Center Fred Brody (PD)
Fatima Khambaty (APD)
James Duncan (APD)
Accredited 2023-2025 Advanced GI MIS
Virginia Mason Medical Center Lauren Wancata (PD)
Thomas Biehl (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 HPB
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine / Carilion Clinic Curtis E Bower (PD)
David Salzberg (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Washington University St. Louis /Barnes-Jewish Hospital Michael Awad (PD)
L. Michael Brunt (APD)
Accredited 2024-2027 Advanced GI MIS/Foregut/Hernia and Abdominal Wall
West Penn Hospital - Allegheny Health Network Kirsten Newhams (PD)
Yohshiro Komatsu (APD)
Accredited 2022-2025 Foregut
Westchester Medical Center Ashutosh Kaul (PD)
Jonathan Giannone (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS
Western University Christopher Mark Schlachta (PD)
Ahmad I Elnahas (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
Yale New Haven Hospital, Saint Raphael Campus John M Morton (PD)
Saber Ghiassi (APD)
Accredited 2025-2028 Advanced GI MIS/Bariatrics
3 Years – no major citations2 Years – minor citations*

1 Year-Probation – major citations*

Not Accredited/Suspended: Program has been site visited and no accreditation given

Pending: New program not yet site visited

Provisional-Under review: Status is not yet final, currently being reviewed

*Citations may include the examples below:

  • Case number deficiency
  • Conflict with existing residency program
  • Lack of curriculum, supervision, etc.

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