The University of Florida Advanced Endoscopy program is open to physicians interested in comprehensive training in advanced endoscopy, including Third Space Endoscopy. The program started in 2004 and since then over 20 fellows have graduated and successfully pursued careers in academic medicine and in various practice settings. Currently there is one Advanced Endoscopy Fellow starting each year, with some overlap with the existing fellow due to the 18-month training period.
We offer an 18-month experience with time dedicated to 80% Clinical Activity, 10% Research activity, and 10% teaching time. Within the 18-month period, the program incorporates training in ERCP, diagnostic and therapeutic EUS, luminal stenting, advanced endoscopic resection techniques, suturing/defect closure, small bowel enteroscopy, ablative therapies and the full spectrum of Third Space Endoscopy.
A distinguishing feature of our program is that we provide comprehensive training in Third Space Endoscopy with the expectation that graduating fellows will be prepared for independent practice. Importantly, the third space endoscopy training is carried out over the entire period of 18 months allowing for adequate time and case volumes for skill accumulation and development.
Mission The goal of our fellowship program is to train competent, evidence-based, and compassionate Advanced Endoscopists who become leaders in the field.
Vision To provide the highest quality of care for patients undergoing advanced endoscopy.
Aim The University of Florida Advanced Endoscopy and Third Space Endoscopy Fellowship Program aims to promote comprehensive holistic approach that incorporates the cognitive, technical and collaborative components of patient care with a focus on patient outcomes in a model of shared decision-making.
ASGE Application
How to Apply
- Application must to be submitted to www.asgematch.com
- Post-Undergraduate Education
- USMLE Scores (if necessary)
- 4 Certification of Completion of Residency
- Completed a three-year ACGME-accredited gastroenterology fellowship
- Personal Statement
- Curriculum Vitae
- 3 Letters of Reference
Fellowship Administration
Office Phone: 352.273.9472 Fax: 352.627.4762 Email: Taylor.Ford@medicine.ufl.edu
Current Advanced Endoscopy Fellow
07/01/2024-12/31/2025
Yeseong Kim, MD
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Residency: Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center
Gastroenterology Fellowship: Temple University Hospital
Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship: University of Florida (July 1, 2023- December 31, 2024)
07/1/2025-12/31/2026
Karthik Chandrasekaran, MD
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Gastroenterology Fellowship: Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship: University of Florida (July 1, 2025 – December 31, 2026)
Incoming Advanced Endoscopy Fellow
TBD
Past Fellows
| Fellow | Location after fellow | fellowship period |
|---|---|---|
| Talal Seoud | Adena Health System | 2023-2024 |
| Mark Radetic | Sarasota Memorial Hospital | 2023-2024 |
| Justin Forde | Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates | 2022-2023 |
| Venkata Subhash Gorrepati | Borland Groover | 2021-2022 |
| Nanlong Liu | University of Louisville | 2020-2021 |
| Yaseen Perbtani | Digestive Disease Associates | 2019-2020 |
| Salmaan Jawaid | Baylor University- Waco, TX | 2018-2019 |
| Calvin Koh | National University Hospital, Singapore | 2017-2018 |
| Nieka Harris | Sentara Medical Group | 2016-2017 |
| Alexander Schlachterman | Jefferson University Hospitals | 2016-2017 |
| Roxan Coman | Mercer University Navient Health Medical Center | 2015-2016 |
| Atif Saleem | 2014-2015 | |
| Ravi Prakash | 2014-2015 | |
| Jonathan Blair Williamson | Hartford Hospital Connecticut GI, PC- Hartford, Connecticut | 2013-2014 |
| Charles Shrode | Asheville Gastroenterology Associates | 2013-2014 |
| Benjamin Young | Associates in Gastroenterology- Virginia | 2012-2013 |
| Faisal Bhinder | Calvert Memorial Hospital | 2012-2013 |