Clinical Component

Joining 12 faculty, 12 fellows, 3 advanced fellows

  • 6 will be Interventional 
  • 20 will be General or other subspecialties  
GI’s do all colonoscopies. General Surgeons do not do them. 

Typical Work Week 
A “block” is defined as a half day. 

  • General Gastroenterology with a focus in Motility  
    A. Schedule: 3-4 clinic blocks, 3 endo blocks, 1-2 motility blocks, remaining is academics (20%, but variable) 
    • Call 1:13, fellows take first call 
    • Teaching fellows
    • Research opportunities available  
  • General Gastroenterology with a focus in IBD 
    A. Schedule: 4 clinic blocks, 4 endo blocks, 2 blocks remaining is academics (20%, but variable) 
    • Call 1:13, fellows take first call
    • Teaching fellows
    • Research opportunities available
  • General Gastroenterology 
    A. Schedule: 4 clinic blocks, 4 endo blocks, 2 blocks remaining is academics (20%, but variable) 
    • Call 1:13, fellows take first call
    • Teaching fellows
    • Research opportunities available 
    B. Interventional GI’s handle all advanced procedures.

More on your workspace: The Digestive Health Institute 

Just completed an expansion in 2017.

UCI processes all of their own scopes on site. They have 2 process rooms.

EMR: Pentax Endo Pro  

3 Stories

  • Clinic
    Marabel is the Clinic Manager.
    16 exam rooms
    2 procedure rooms
    4 work rooms/pods 
During your clinic blocks, you will typically get 2-3 exam rooms, and your team will consist of a GI fellow or APP, a nurse navigator, and an MA. They also have social workers and nutritionists onsite. You will see approximately 10-12 patients/block or half day (40 min new, 20 min return). However, initially you will start with closer to 8 patients/block as you work to ramp up. 
  • Endoscopies suites, pre-op, and post-op
    6 labs – 1 for twilight and 5 for anesthesia
    8 pre-op bays
    9 post-op bays
    They have both Anesthesiologists and CRNA’s.
  • Diagnostics
    4 labs 
When we did a tour of the facility, they had 56 scheduled, elective cases and no emergent cases for the day. There were 7 GI’s scheduled to do procedures and 35 total staff to support them. You can anticipate doing 8 procedures/block or half day, dependent on the type of procedures. 

Unique Qualities of the Department:  

  • Digestive Health Institute, there will also be a Digestive clinic at the new campus 
  • Ability to incorporate Integrative Health 
  • Comprehensive approach as a team and great support staff. 
  • Considered Best Practice for processing scopes, great Endo turnover times. 
  • Leadership opportunities available such as: Program Director, etc.  

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