Gastroenterology Fellowship
About Lahey's Gastroenterology Fellowship
The Gastroenterology Fellowship at Lahey Clinic provides trainees with a broad-based, comprehensive experience in digestive diseases. Faculty members offer specialized expertise in:
- General gastroenterology and hepatology
- Transplant hepatology
- Therapeutic endoscopy
- Motility
- Nutrition
- Inflammatory bowel disease
Fellows gain proficiency in all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology. Approximately eighteen months are spent on the gastroenterology service, which includes both inpatient care for patients admitted with primary GI disorders and a consultation service. Lahey is also a busy liver transplant center, and trainees spend a total of six months on the inpatient liver service caring for patients with complex liver disease.
Hands-On Learning & Teaching Opportunities
Fellows maintain their own continuity clinic, which meets weekly over the course of the three-year program. During their third year, fellows rotate into both IBD and hepatology outpatient clinics. Additional rotations in endoscopy, clinical research, motility and nutrition round out the training experience.
A robust conference schedule complements hands-on learning, with didactic lectures, case discussions, and instruction in pathology and radiology. Fellows also participate in teaching, with 1-2 medical students and/or residents regularly rotating on the GI consult service. There are additional teaching opportunities on the liver service, which functions as a house staff service.
Lahey is the home of UMass Chan–Lahey, the regional medical school campus created in collaboration with UMass Chan Medical School. Lahey Gastroenterology also offers a 4th year elective for Tufts University School of Medicine students.
Graduating fellows are well-prepared for careers in academic clinical gastroenterology.
Learn More About Gastroenterology Fellowship
Victoria Gill
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Chandler Shapiro
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Brian Yan
Medical School: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA
Bowei Deng
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Residency: Tufts Medical Center, Boston MA
Maisa Elbadawi
Medical School: University of Gezira Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Joseph Cappuccio
Medical School: University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Olivia Karcis
Medical School: University of Massachusetts T.H. Chan School of Medicine
Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2026
Akshay Kapoor, MD
Staff Physician: The Vancouver Clinic
Karim Osman, MD
Post-Fellowship Training/Institution: Inflammatory Bowel Disease/Brigham & Woman Hospital
Timothy Toomey, MD
Post-Fellowship Training/Institution: Inflammatory Bowel Disease/University of Chicago
2025
Mythri Subramaniam, MD
Staff Physician: NYU Langone Hospital
Christopher Ward, MD
Post-Fellowship Training/Institution: Advanced Endoscopy/ Lahey Advanced Endoscopy
2024
Adel Farhoud, MD
Staff Physician: GI Associates of NH ad Concord Hospital
Ayman Usmani, MD
Staff Physician: Salem Hospital Gastroenterology
2023 Graduates
Leah R. Decoste, MD
Staff Physician: Gastro Health
Alexandra Pogosky, MD
Staff Physician: US Digestive Health
Pavlos Kaimakliotis, MD
Post-Fellowship Training/Institution: Advanced Endoscopy/ Penn Advanced Endoscopy
2022 Graduates
Jennifer A. Coukos, MD
Staff Physician: UMass Memorial Health
Andrew P. Lange, MD
Staff Physician: Raleigh Medical Group
2021 Graduates
Ahmed Maher Abdelfattah, MD
Post-Fellowship Training/Institution: Interventional /Umass Memorial Hospital
Staff Physician: Loudoun Medical Group
Vishant Ramadorai, MD
Staff Physician: Gastro Health - Fairfax
2020 Graduates
Saad Javed, MD
Post-Fellowship Training/Institution: Neurogastroenterology and Motility Fellowship Penn
Staff Physician: Allegheny Health Care System
Matthew Schlossberger, MD
Staff Physician: Tufts Medical Center Community Care
Michael Sighinolfi, MD
Staff Physician: St Joseph’s HealthCare, Bangor ME
2019 Graduates
Anita Krishnarao,MD
Post-Training/Institution: Transplant Hepatology Fellowship: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
Staff Physician: Transplant Hepatologist: UMass Memorial Health
Kelly D. Pizzo, MD
Staff Physician: Maine Medical Partners
The Gastroenterology Department offers two, three-year fellowship training opportunities. Prerequisites include an MD or DO degree and completion of an ACGME-accredited Internal Medicine residency program.
Lahey’s Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program only accepts applications via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). Required documentation include a personal statement, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, USMLE scores and a medical school dean’s letter. Selection is made exclusively through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
Attention International Medical School Graduates: You must qualify for a J-1 Visa from the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and have a valid ECFMG certificate in order to be eligible for graduate medical education training at Lahey.
Kristen Farwell, MD
Program Director
Gastroenterology Department
Lahey Clinic
41 Mall Road
