About Pediatric Gastroenterology

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Pediatric Gastroenterology is a specialty which includes the diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with gastrointestinal, pancreatic and liver diseases as well as nutritional disorders. This includes treatment of common conditions such as gastroesophageal reflux and abdominal pain as well as complex diseases such as end stage liver and small bowel disease which require transplantation.

Training consists of a three year fellowship following completion of a pediatric or medicine/pediatric residency.

The sponsoring organization is: North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: www.naspghan.org.

Specialty Matches conducted by the NRMP are not centralized applications services. Candidates apply directly to the residency program that interests them.

Once a match begins, registered participants have access to a real-time directory of registered programs located in the Match Site. Program Directors also will have access to a real-time listing of applicants registered for the current match. Another source of information is the Graduate Medical Education Directory published by the American Medical Association. This publication includes the names and addresses of all accredited programs regardless of whether the program participates in the Pediatric Gastroenterology Specialty Match.

Before registering, please review the SMS Match Participation Agreement. By registering with the match and submitting a certified rank order list (ROL), applicants and programs agree to abide by the outcome of the match. Failure to do so is a breach of the Agreement and violators may be subject to penalties under the NRMP's Violations Policy. Both applicants and programs must follow the cardinal rule that neither must ask the other to make a commitment before the submission of ROLs. It is to be expected that one may express a high level of interest in the other; however, it is not acceptable for one to ask the other how one will be ranked.

Any verbal or written contract between an applicant and a program prior to the submission of the ROL is a material violation of the SMS Match Participation Agreement, and violators may be subject to penalties under the NRMP's Violations Policy. The final preference of program directors and applicants as reflected on the submitted ROLs will determine the offering of positions and the placement of applicants.

Applicants should apply to the programs of their choice by requesting applications directly from the programs.

Program directors review candidates' credentials and, if interested, invite them for interviews. Applicants also are responsible for ensuring that they meet all program prerequisites and institutional policies regarding eligibility for appointment to a fellowship position prior to ranking a program through the NRMP.

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Updated 08/13/2007