Note: We will be accepting applications for the Temple Hepatology Fellowship for the academic year 2027-2028 starting on Monday, October 5, 2026
This one-year non-ACGME fellowship consists of rigorous training in both inpatient and outpatient general and transplant hepatology. Fellows also participate in weekly lectures, meetings and conferences. The program is well suited for those seeking staff positions in clinical Hepatology and Liver Transplantation as well for those seeking further training in gastroenterology fellowship.
Curriculum
Inpatient
Fellows will have 3 months of dedicated inpatient time on the hepatology/liver transplant consult service. Fellows will be responsible for completing inpatient hepatology consults on a breadth of topics ranging from transaminitis and decompensated cirrhosis to acute liver failure. They will also evaluate patients in need of urgent and non-urgent transplant evaluations, as well as those requiring pre- and post-liver transplant care. Fellows also gain experience rounding with Temple’s abdominal organ transplant surgeons on transplant patients. In addition, education is also a large component of the experience in the fellowship program and fellows will be responsible for education of residents and medical students on the service along with the attending physicians.
Outpatient
As hepatology practice is primarily in the outpatient setting, fellows receive 9 months of outpatient experience in the hepatology and liver transplant clinic at Temple University Hospital. Evaluation of patients, including consults for transaminitis, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, and hemochromatosis, will provide excellent experience and education in general hepatology practice. In addition, fellows will evaluate and manage pre- and post-transplant patients, including immunosuppression and chronic medical management.
Presentations & Lectures
In addition to clinical duties, fellows participate in a number of presentations, lecture series, meetings, and conferences. Fellows are responsible for presenting at monthly liver pathophysiology conferences, along with GI Fellows, on various topics related to liver disease, about twice per month. You will be responsible for presenting cases at pathology conference on Thursday afternoons with the pathology department prior to reviewing pathology slides. Fellows participate in the weekly transplant listing meeting, where they gain experience in the multidisciplinary evaluation of patients for transplant and in discussing currently listed patients. Fellows also attend liver tumor board weekly with the radiology department, where they will gain knowledge on the interpretation and assessment of liver masses and hepatic malignancies.
Research
Fellows are encouraged to participate in ongoing research projects with hepatology and gastroenterology faculty. In addition, fellows are strongly encouraged to conduct their own research. Fellows are encouraged to attend and/or present at regional, national and international conferences.
How to Apply
Applications are outside the traditional ERAS Fellowship match. Applications for the 2027-2028 academic year will be accepted from Monday, October 5, 2026 through Friday, December 18, 2026. Interviews will be offered to selected applicants in January of 2027. Please note: we cannot accept J-1 visa applicants at this time.
Interested applicants should send a completed Temple Application (see below) and all supporting documents to Taylor Evans.
Temple Application can be found here.
Contact:
Taylor Evans
Program Administrator, Graduate Medical Education
Temple University Hospital - Main Campus
taylor.evans@tuhs.temple.edu
Kimberly A. Forde, MD, PhD, MHS
Program Director, Hepatology Fellowship Program
Temple University Hospital
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
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Recent Fellows
2025-2026
- Charlee McLean-Powell, MD, MSc – Gastroenterology Fellow, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2024-2025
- Miguel Agudelo, M. D. Internist; Newark, NJ
2023-2024
- Joanne Lin, DO, Gastroenterology Fellow, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA
2022-2023
- Camille Lupianez-Merly, MD – Gastroenterology Fellow, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2021-2022
- Hany Eskarous, MD – Gastroenterology Fellow, The Wright Center, Scranton, PA
2020-2021
- Sidra Ahsan, MD – Gastroenterology Fellow, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Edison, NJ
2019-2020
- Carolyn Hogan, MD – Staff Hepatologist, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
2018-2019
- Hammad Liaquat, MD – Staff Gastroenterologist, St. Luke’s University Hospital, Center Valley, PA
2017-2018
- Neha Agrawal, MD – Staff Hepatologist, University of Florida Health, Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2016-2017
- Ahmad Alkaddour, MD – Staff Gastroenterologist, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL
2015-2016
- Hani N. El-Halawany, MD – Interventional Gastroenterologist, SSM Health Medical Group, Bridgeton, MO
2014-2015
- Sirish Sanaka, MD – Gastroenterologist, Center for Digestive Diseases, Cary, NC
2013-2014