Thank you for your interest in the MaineHealth Maine Medical Center (MHMMC) Gastroenterology Fellowship. Our three-year fellowship program received accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in April of 2024. We are excited to begin enrolling our inaugural fellowship class that will matriculate in July of 2025. Our principal training sites will be:
- MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland - gastroenterology and hepatology services in Portland, ME
- MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Biddeford - gastroenterology services in Biddeford, ME
- MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital – rural gastroenterology services in Rockport, ME
Fellows will have dedicated subspecialty elective time (e.g. IBD, motility). The fellowship will include dedicated time for research. The three-year fellowship will enroll two fellows per year (6 total).
Mission statement and program objectives
Our mission is to educate and train fellows to become professional, compassionate and independent clinicians with competence in the interpretation of medical evidence, communication skills and the appropriate diagnostic work-up and procedure based treatment of patients with various gastroenterologic and hepatologic conditions.
Given the social and demographic realities of the community we serve, the training will address the unique challenges in the care of patients from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and rural settings, while working to research and innovate the gastroenterologic and hepatologic care delivered to these populations.
Our fellowship objectives:
- Graduates will be proficient and competent gastroenterologists with the cognitive and procedural ability to independently diagnose and manage gastroenterologic and hepatologic conditions.
- Graduates will be prepared to serve their community's clinical gastroenterological needs.
- Graduates will receive dedicated training in the care of rural populations, reflecting the unique demographics of our State.
- Didactics will emphasize evidence-based decision making, critical reviews of the literature, and team-based and inter-professional approaches to gastroenterology care.
- Fellows will work to innovate the care delivery they participate in through quality improvement projects and mentored research with the goal of sharing their work to the medical community at large.
- Fellows will participate in the education of residents and medical students.
Contact Us
Jennifer Burnham, Program Manager
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
22 Bramhall Street
Portland, ME 04102
207-662-7351
jennifer.a.burnham@mainehealth.org
Graduate Medical Education at MHMMC
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