Columbia University Medical Center

Fellowship Director: David S. Seres, MD, PNS

Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition

Columbia University Medical Center P&S 9-501

630 West 168th Street

New York City, NY 10032

Phone: 212-305-2068

Fax: 212-305-3213

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Subspecialty: Nutrition

Primary Focus: Adult Nutrition Support

# of Positions: 1st Yr: 1 (possibly 2); 2nd Yr: 1

Duration: 12 - 24 months

Eligibility Requirements: U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or active J1 visa. Must be eligible for and obtain NY State Medical License or permit.

Currently recruiting: yes
Application deadline: November 31 for the following July

# Fellows being recruited: 1

Positions obtained by fellows in last 10 years
Academic: 3
Private: 2
Industry:
Other (Specify):

Certification exams taken by fellows
ABPNS: 1
ASPEN: 4
ACN:
Other (specify):

Background of fellows before entering program
Internal Medicine or Pediatrics: 6
Family Medicine:
GI (adult/peds):
Endocrinology:
Nephrology:
Cardiology:
Critical Care Medicine:
Preventive Medicine:
Other (specify):

Faculty

# Directors: 1

Director Fellowship Trained: yes (nutrition)

Director time (%): 100

Additional Faculty: 2

Time (%) : 100

Other Faculty (#): 2

Time (%): 5

Fellow Funding Source (%):

Extramural: Yes

Hospital: Yes

Practice:

Department:

Other:

Fellow Time Allocation (%)
Yr 1
Didactic: 5
Clinical: 65-80
Research: 10-20
Teaching: 10
Yr 2
Didactic: 0
Clinical: 0
Research: 100
Teaching: 10
Yr 3
Didactic:
Clinical:
Research:100
Teaching:

% Program Content Taught Through:
Self:
Supervised Clinical: 50
Lecture/Academic:
Lecture/Non-academic: 5
Clinical Conference: 5
Research Seminar: 20
Journal: 20
Other:

Courses
Biochemistry: Available through Columbia University
Clinical Nutrition: Available through Columbia University
Biostatistics: Available through Columbia University
Other:

% Fellowship Devoted to Nutrition: 15-25%

% Fellowship Devoted to Nutrition Support: 75-85%

# of Educational Conferences per Month:

Clinical: 1

Clinical Nutrition:1

Fellows expected:2

Basic:

Basic Nutrition:

Fellows expected:

Journal:4

Journal Nutrition:2

Fellows expected:2

Research:4

Research Nutrition:2
Fellows expected: 2

Lab:

Lab Nutrition: variable

Fellows expected: