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Gastroenterology Fellowship

Gastroenterology Fellowship

The Gastroenterology Fellowship at United Health Services Hospitals, established in 2018, is fully accredited by the ACGME and sponsored by the Internal Medicine Residency program. It is a 3-year program that accepts 1-2 fellows per year. Our goal is to provide advanced education to allow our fellows to acquire competency in Gastroenterology with sufficient expertise to eventually act as an independent consultant.

GI Fellows will be working in the inpatient settings at both Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City and Binghamton General Hospital in Binghamton. GI Labs are located at both sites, which are equipped to provide modern capability in gastrointestinal procedures. The outpatient office, located at Binghamton General Hospital, allows the GI fellows to provide comprehensive care of patients.

The Gastroenterology Department at UHS performs well beyond 10,000 procedures every year. These include upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, esophageal dilation, feeding tube placement, and liver biopsy. Our department also offers more specialized procedures to our community, including ERCP, EUS (diagnostic and therapeutic), EMR, HRM, impedance PH monitoring, capsule endoscopy, fibroscan, cyst gastrostomy, etc.

Program Highlights:

  • Wilson Medical Center is a high-tech, regional referral and level 2 trauma center
  • An extensive and diverse patient population
  • Solid, well established base residency programs
  • Weekly lectures, grand rounds, board reviews, and M&M conference
  • Research experience provided through the outpatient office and UHS Office of Clinical Trials and IRB
  • Involvement in multiple institutional committees
  • Faculty appointment as Clinical Assistant Instructor of SUNY Upstate Medical University
  • Training in hepatic pathology for the understanding and management of liver diseases
Program Director

Amanke Oranu, MD

Title: Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Medical School: University of Nigeria Nsukka
Residency: Meharry Medical College
Fellowships: University of Pennsylvania, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Curriculum
PGY-4
Consult Service 6 months
Hepatology 2 months
Research 1 month
Motility & Capsule Endoscopy 1 month
Nutrition 1 month
Elective 1 month
PGY-5
Consult Service 4 months
Hepatology 2 months
Pathology 1 month
Research 1 month
Elective 1 month
Motility & Capsule Endoscopy 1 month
Procedures 1 month
PGY-6
Consult Service 3 months
Procedures 3 months
Hepatology 1 month
Pathology 1 month
Radiology 1 month
Research 1 month
Elective 2 months

In addition, fellows participate in continuity clinic for one half day per week, with an average of 8 patients per session. Extra ambulatory experience will include hepatology clinic.

Faculty & Fellows

Faculty
 

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Amanke Oranu, MD

Title: Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Medical School: University of Nigeria
Residency: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Special Interests: Hepatology and IBD


                                                         

Gregory Scagnelli, MD

Title: Medical Director, Pediatrics
Medical School: Universidad Central el Este
Residency: Pediatrics, St. Luke’s Hospital, New York, NY
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Special Interests: Pediatric IBD              


                                                                                                                    

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Ali Marhaba, MD

Title: Gastroenterologist
Medical School: American University of Beirut
Residency: New York Medical College
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, University at Buffalo
Special Interests: Advanced Endoscopy (ERCP and EUS)


                                                         

Toseef Javaid, MD

Title: Gastroenterologist
Medical School: King Edward Medical University
Residency: University of Toledo
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, University of Toledo


                                                         

Fahad Malik, MD

Title: Gastroenterologist
Medical School: Sylhet M.A.G Osmani Medical College
Residency: University of Alabama Hospital
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, United Health Services Hospitals, Binghamton, NY


                                                         

Minhaz Ahmad, MD

Title: Gastroenterologist
Medical School: Sylhet M.A.G Osmani Medical College
Residency: United Health Services Hospitals, Binghamton, NY
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, United Health Services Hospitals, Binghamton, NY


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Khadija Raza, MD

Title: Gastroenterologist
Medical School: Quaid-e-Azam Medical College
Residency: United Health Services Hospitals, Binghamton, NY
Fellowship: Gastroenterology, United Health Services Hospitals

 


                                                                                                                                    

Fellows

Current Fellows Medical School

Muhammad Tayyab Anwar, MD
Title:1st Year Fellow

King Edward Medical University
Godson Senyondo, MD                  
Title:1st Year Fellow
Gulu University Faculty of Medicine
Khandokar Talib, MD                
Title: 2nd Year Fellow
Sylhet M.A.G Osmani Medical College  
Ahmed Shehadah, MD                        
Title: 2nd Year Fellow
University of Debrecen Medical School     
Gowthami Ramar, MD                            
Title: 3rd Year Fellow   
Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences
Usama Sakhawat, MD                            
Title: 3rd Year Fellow 
Akhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College    
Alumni
Graduate Location after Fellowship
Khadija Raza, MD                    
2025 Graduate
Joined Gastroenterology at United Health Services Hospitals,
Binghamton, NY
Minhaz Ahmad, MD               2024 Graduate
Joined Gastroenterology at United Health Services Hospitals,
Binghamton, NY
Khaleeq H. Siddiqui, MD    2024 Graduate
Joined Gastroenterology at Adventist Health Memorial Hospital,
Lodi, CA
Ali Khan, MD
2023 Graduate
Joined Gastroenterology at Virginia Hospital Center,
Arlington, VA
Fahad Malik, MD
2023 Graduate 
Joined Gastroenterology at United Health Services Hospitals,
Binghamton, NY
Mohammad Abidi, MD
2022 Graduate 
Joined Gastroenterology at United Health Services Hospitals,
Binghamton, NY
Saif Bella, MD
2021 Graduate
 
Joined Gastroenterology at Marshall University, 
Huntington, WV
Nazif Chowdhury, MD
2021 Graduate
Joined Gastroenterology at United Health Services Hospitals,
Binghamton, NY
To Apply

Applicants are required to have successfully completed a residency in Internal Medicine from an ACGME accredited program. The interested applicant should apply to our program using the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), September through November 1st, to include the following materials:

  • Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Personal Statement
  • Letters of Recommendation (minimum of 3), including 1 from your Residency Program Director
  • USMLE and/or COMLEX Transcript

For more information email Laila.Ragon@nyuhs.org.