Training Facilities

The training rotations are completed at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Hennepin County Medical Center, Regions Hospital, and Abbott Northwestern Hospital. There are 23 full-time gastroenterologists among the five teaching hospitals.

Each teaching hospital has a fully staffed gastroenterology procedure clinic, with facilities for diagnostic and therapeutic upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Liver biopsy, paracentesis, and motility studies are done at all facilities. The VA and Hennepin facilities offer endoscopic ultrasonography, and EUS with fine needle aspiration is performed at Hennepin. All facilities have medical and surgical intensive care units and full surgical, pathology, and radiology services, including CT, MRI, and MR-CP. A liver transplantation program (average of 35 cases per year) is present at University of Minnesota Medical Center. Pediatric GI services and interactions are available at all hospitals except VAMC. The pediatric GI training program at University of Minnesota Medical Center participates in GI teaching conferences.