MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR

Welcome to the Larkin Community Hospital Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship Program!

I encourage you to please explore our website to learn about us. We are an ACGME accredited 3-year GI fellowship training program located in beautiful Miami, FL. We offer 3 positions per year. Your clinical training experience will be comprehensive and diverse with our nine clinical training sites. Our goal is to train the next generation of community gastroenterologists. As a fellow here at Larkin, you will have the opportunity to work closely with multiple teaching attendings whose interest and expertise extend to all areas of digestive disease. The endoscopic training exposure is broad, and our curriculum ensures all the fellows develop into exceptional general GI endoscopists. The fellows are also exposed to advanced endoscopy procedures (ERCP and EUS).

I am committed to the training of GI fellows here at Larkin, and ensuring the learning environment is learner focused and responsive to the need of our fellows. I review each aspect of our educational program on a daily basis with direct fellow input and implement any necessary improvements. While I realize there are many options for fellowship training, I assure you the experience at Larkin GI will be the best community-based GI training experience one can have. I look forward to meeting you one day!

Karthik Mohan, D.O
Program Director
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Program
Larkin Community Hospital

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The LCH ACGME Gastroenterology Fellowship is a postgraduate training program of 36 months in length. The program has been designed in compliance with the requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Our mission is to provide the fellows with a structured and comprehensive postgraduate education in Gastroenterology; which allow them to become competent osteopathic physicians with the highest standards of medicine; and to prepare them to attend examination for board certification.

Karthik Mohan, DO

Program Director

Rafael Pina

Coordinator

Email: gastcoordlch@larkinhospital.com

Program Length: 3 Years

Number of Positions each Year:

PGY – 4:	4
PGY – 5:	3
PGY – 6:	3

Program Goals

To provide an extensive and comprehensive training program that adheres to the ACGME requirements for fellowship training in Gastroenterology.
Produce knowledgeable physicians for the independent, conscientious and effective practice of Gastroenterology.
Prepare the graduating physician to sit for the gastroenterology certification exam through the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine.
Promote the growth of future leaders in Research and Gastroenterology with advancing knowledge in neuroscience, pathogenesis, interactions between biology and environment, integrated treatment and prevention.
To provide qualified physicians with an extensive educational training environment assorted in both didactics and clinical experience.
To expose trainees to a wide range of career opportunities available in the area of academics, research, clinical practice, and administration.
To provide fellows with a wide scope, sufficient volume and variety of clinical cases to hone the skills necessary for the patient care of patients.
Encourage our graduates to practice in medically underserved communities and areas of critical need in our state of Florida when they complete their training.
Promote lifelong learning habits, and critical evaluation of the contemporary literature.
Supervise the fellow’s progressive responsibilities for patient care with ongoing exposure to the fundamentals of the core competencies (OMM, Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Practice Based Learning and Improvement, Professionalism, and Systems Based Practice).
Promote excellence in medical education, high quality patient care and scholarly activity.

Program Objectives

To provide a comprehensive educational experience in Gastroenterology.
Guarantee that graduating fellows possess the clinical competencies and knowledge necessary for independent practice in diverse clinical settings.
Prepare the graduating physician to sit for examination that conducts to Board Certification in Gastroenterology.
Provide remarkable learning experiences within an educational environment favorable to the achievement of the program educational goals and objectives.
Provide the fellow with supplementary training in the branches of osteopathic medicine that are of special concern to Gastroenterology specialists.
Develop the fellow’s teaching skills; as a central part of the curriculum, enabling the trainees to perform a leadership role in disseminating the principles and practices of the rapidly developing field of Gastroenterology.
To advance the development of osteopathic physicians who practice critical thinking including an evidence-based approach in all aspects of their medical specialty.
Educate the fellows to understand that biological, psychological and social factors play a significant role in human functioning in the context of disease or illness.
Guarantee an appropriate balance of our fellow’s physical, emotional and educational needs.
Support the trainees scientific and research endeavors.
Provide regular academic instruction in the form of formal Didactic Sessions, Journal Clubs, and opportunities to attend national conferences as approved by the program.
Maintain a work setting that is conducive to teamwork, demonstrating the healthcare industry commitment to adhere to ethical principles and business practices.
Promote compassion and integrity in the application of the trainees’ knowledge and experience to the diverse medical problems, patient demographic and cultural background of human beings that supersedes self-interest.
Ensure that each fellow can professionally manage direct patient care and demonstrate competence in clinical decision-making, upon successful completion of the program.
Provide educational opportunities for the trainees to progressively expand his/her teaching skills.
Train the fellows to develop professional responsibility, adherence to ethical principles and sensitivity to a diverse patient population.

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