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University of North Carolina Hospitals Gastroenterology

Fellowship · Chapel Hill, NC

Sponsored by University of North Carolina Hospitals · Directors Balfour Sartor, Edward L. Barnes and Walker D. Redd

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Class size
5
Visas
J-1J-1 case by case
PGY-4 salary
$76k2026 to 2027

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • Applicants apply through ERAS for the GI Match and are strongly encouraged to send a signal, as the program is unlikely to interview applicants who do not.

Who started, by class

Started 20251 on record of 5 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Shabaaz SandhuUniversity of North Carolina Hospitals4 papers · 2 first author · 2 case reports · 1 review
Started 20245 on record of 4 seats · 5 published before starting
  • Jared GloriaEmory University14 papers · 1 first author
  • Jarett CasaleCampbell University9 papers · 7 first author · 3 case reports
  • Christina GaineyUniversity of Southern California8 papers · 1 first author · 1 case report
  • Savannah TaylorTennessee Technological University5 papers · 2 first author · 1 review
  • Meera IyengarIndiana University School of Medicine2 papers · 1 first author

Training

2 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to transplant hepatology.

Months at each site

  • University of North Carolina Hospitals27 mo
  • UNC Hospitals Hillsborough Campus9 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Transplant Hepatology Fellowship2
  • Advanced Esophageal Fellowship1
  • Advanced GI/MIS Fellowship1
  • Advanced IBD Clinical Fellowship Fellowship1
  • Fellowship1
  • GI Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • University of North Carolina Hospitals11
  • Digestive Health Partners Pa2
  • Rex UNC Health Care2
  • University of North Carolina School of Medicine2
  • Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center2
  • Wake Internal Medicine Consultants, Inc.2

Research

88% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

15 of 17, 120 papers between them

  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Hepatitis C virus research

People

Leadership

  • Balfour SartorBasic Science Training Grant Program Director
  • Edward L. BarnesDirector, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship Program
  • Walker D. ReddDirector of Mentorship, Fellowship
  • Gabrielle E. RitaccioAssociate Fellowship Program Director

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  • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant CardiologyPositions: 1
  • Cardiovascular DiseasePositions: 27
  • Clinical Cardiac ElectrophysiologyPositions: 2
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes, and MetabolismPositions: 6
  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)Positions: 4
  • Hematology and Medical OncologyPositions: 24
  • Infectious DiseasePositions: 10
  • Internal MedicinePositions: 101
  • Interventional CardiologyPositions: 3
  • Interventional PulmonologyPositions: 1
  • NephrologyPositions: 8
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 16
  • RheumatologyPositions: 6
  • Sleep Medicine (Multidisciplinary)Positions: 2
  • Transplant HepatologyPositions: 2

Place

Summers reach 89°, winters fall to 29°. About 5 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

160k people live within 20 minutes of University of North Carolina Hospitals by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,520 a month within 10 miles of University of North Carolina Hospitals.

Hazards

  • Winter storms
  • Lightning
  • River flooding
  • Heat waves

Publishes with fellows

  • Edward BarnesInternal Medicine, 4 fellows
  • Evan DellonGastroenterology, 3 fellows
  • Walker ReddInternal Medicine, 3 fellows
  • Cary CottonInternal Medicine, 3 fellows