Thoracoesophageal Fellowship

The Digestive Disease Institute, in partnership with the Ryan Hill Research Foundation and the Sections of General Thoracic Surgery and Gastroenterology at Virginia Mason Medical Center, offers a one-year advanced thoracoesophageal fellowship.

Fellows gain extensive experience in clinical and endoscopic research focused on upper gastrointestinal disease, with active engagement in both clinical and laboratory-based digestive disease research.

• Extensive clinical and endoscopic research experience in upper GI disease
• Active engagement in digestive disease research, both clinically and in the laboratory
• Funding to present findings at national medical meetings
• Direct participation in patient care during procedures and outpatient follow-up

• Physicians who have completed a formal surgical residency in the United States (ACGME approved)
• International applications eligible, dependent on training level and visa eligibility

The Foundation has a successful track record funding physicians, surgeons, and scientists from across the United States and around the world. The majority of our research fellows have continued their careers as:

• Practicing physicians and surgeons
• Clinical researchers
• Medical educators
• Professors of surgery at academic institutions
• Hospital administrators