Training and Education

The Gastroenterology Fellowship Program is sponsored by OSU Medical Center and housed at St. Francis Hospital. The three-year program features well-structured academics and board clinical training. Ample opportunity exists for critical care experience, invasive procedures, and clinical research. Fellows are encouraged to initiate and develop plans for research projects. Each fellow is required to complete a high-quality scholarly activity project suitable for publication or presentation during their fellowship. Clinical Training is augmented by a robust schedule of conferences including Clinical Case Conference, GI Core Curriculum, Tumor Board, Interdisciplinary Conference and Grand Rounds.

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Clinical Sites

St. Francis GI Springer Clinic

6160 S Yale Ave, Suite 100.
Tulsa, OK 74136

Warren Clinic

Warren Clinic gastroenterologists diagnose and treat many diseases in the digestive track. Common conditions treated include GERD, Colorectal Cancer, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis. In 1988, Warren Clinic was founded by The William K. Warren Foundation to expand the base of available primary care physicians in eastern Oklahoma. Today, this multispecialty medical/surgical clinic includes more than 110 locations across Oklahoma.

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Hospitals

St. Francis Hospital

6161 S Yale Ave
Tulsa, OK 74136

 

Saint Francis is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system wholly governed and operated in Tulsa, Oklahoma, whose mission is to extend the presence and healing ministry of Christ to all who seek its services.

The health system is anchored by Saint Francis Hospital, a 1,112-bed tertiary center, which includes the region's only children's hospital and level IV neonatal intensive care unit, a 168-bed heart hospital as well as Tulsa's leading trauma and emergency center.

Additionally, Saint Francis employs more than 600 providers through Warren Clinic, which serves the region with more than 110 locations throughout eastern Oklahoma.

In total, the organization has more than 11,000+ employees, 1,000 physicians and 700 volunteers, making it the largest private employer in Tulsa County.

Saint Francis Hospital South
Saint Francis Hospital South is a community hospital offering a variety of medical/surgical services to families in southeast Tulsa County. Services include 96 medical/surgical beds, family-friendly labor and delivery, imaging, orthopedics and emergency services, to name just a few. Saint Francis Hospital South offers the quality care patients count on from Saint Francis in a convenient south Tulsa location.
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Integris Baptist Liver Transplant Center – Transplant Hepatology 
The INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute is housed at the INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City where it is one of the nine centers of excellence. The institute is a leader in multi-organ transplants including kidney, liver, lung, heart transplants, and mechanical circulatory support.
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St. Anthony’s Crohn’s and Colitis Center – IBD Rotation 
Our Crohn’s & Colitis Center multidisciplinary team of experts is dedicated to partnering with patients in their care and committed to working together to develop a personalized plan for optimal treatment, health and well-being. The team includes physicians who are specialized in gastrointestinal pathology, radiology, colorectal surgery and inpatient care for IBD patients. Patients also have access to clinical trials and other multicenter national collaborative and educational programs.
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Hillcrest Medical Center 
Hillcrest Medical Center is a 656-beds hospital among Oklahoma’s most widely respected and acclaimed hospitals, offering extraordinary care and a multitude of services in many areas including the state’s largest dedicated heart hospital.
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Rotation Schedule

Call Schedule

The gastroenterology fellow assigned to the In-patient Hospital Service is responsible for taking call as curtailed by the call schedule. It is expected that fellows will share responsibility for weekend and evening call as assigned. Every effort will be made to share the evening and weekend call equitably and to meet residency/fellow guidelines. Any changes in on-call following distribution should be reported to the Chief Fellow who coordinates, publishes, and distributes the call schedules.

 

Didactics & Conferences

Morning Report
Morning report occurs on Tuesday morning between 0700-0800. These conferences include a combination of attending and resident led topics ranging from journal reviews to clinical practice pearls to oral boards.

 

Grand Rounds
Grand rounds occur on most Tuesday mornings, include both national and in-house presenters, and rotate through topics centered on practice development, morbidity/mortality and clinical updates.

 

Book Club

Wednesday mornings are set aside for book club, where the fellows and attendings cover material presented in both Sleisenger and Fordtan’s as well as carefully curated guidelines and review articles.

 

Case Report
Thursday morning 0600-0700.

 

Journal Club 
Journal Club is held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, the fellows and attendings will review relevant journal articles. 

 

Pathology Conference  
Pathology Conference is on the last Tuesday of the month where fellows and attendings discuss Pathology cases.

 

Hepatology Lecture 
Hepatology lecture is dedicated to the fellow who is at Integris Baptist in OKC. Once a month, the fellows will attend/present a case study on hepatology.

 

Medical Student  & Resident Clerkship

The Gastroenterology Clerkship is a four-week block that takes place in the St. Francis Hospital. 
 
This setting provides a unique opportunity for direct patient care providing on-site consultation services. In addition to learning from supervised patient care experiences, a variety of additional learning experiences will be incorporated.
 
For more information, please contact our program coordinator Kindell Dick at kindell.dick@okstate.edu.