CCF GI Fellowship
@CCF_GIFellows
The official page for the GI fellowship program at the Cleveland Clinic
Our GI fellowship has just grown by 4 stellar additions👏🏻 Excited to welcome you all to our program. Can’t wait for you to meet our current fellows and leadership and set sail to your journey as the #FutureofGI 🎊👏🏻
Congratulations to a superstar cast of residents who matched to GI fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic! @CCF_GIFellows @FnuVikash @AhmedNadeemMD @AsthaSainiDO @MazenAlmasry4 @Natalie_Farha @TausifSidMD @mattie_md @Chatterjee_MD @AbdulAhmedMD @tqaziMD @Ari_G_MD @CCF_IMCHIEFS
Welcome Mazen. Pickleball all the way! It will help your hand-eye coordination for scoping.
Our next spotlight🔦 Dr. @MazenAlmasry4 joining us from Madison 🧀We see his soccer passion, but will Dr. @JPAchkarMD convert him to a pickleball fan?👀 Welcome Mazen! 👏🏼@Ari_G_MD @MRegueiroMD @MichelleKimMD @AhmedNadeemMD @FnuVikash @AsthaSainiDO @AbdulAhmedMD @JP_Park_MD
Consult service may have had a busy Sunday, but the team did not forget to celebrate Dr. Lashner’s birthday today🥳 Rounds came with a flavor🍰 @JPAchkarMD @Ari_G_MD @HishamWehbeMD

Let’s all show our support to @CMacaronMD!! 👏🏻 @JPAchkarMD @Ari_G_MD @MichelleKimMD @MRegueiroMD @burkegastrodoc @CarolRouphaelMD @Chatterjee_MD @SuhaAbushamma @RobertoSimonsMD @amitbhattMD @SiddikiGI @HishamWehbeMD @mattie_md @akashkhurana_ @AbdulAhmedMD
🌄Our Rising Disruptor noms are just getting started. @ClevelandClinic and @GoHealio had a hard time narrowing down the field. Who will win the title? @CMacaronMD @DrSudhaPandit @renumathyd @IrisWangMD @egsheu Prashant Singh @UMichInterEndo Vote here: bit.ly/4fdJXKo
Honored to share the stage with pancreas legends to present our work on Fatty Pancreas Disease & Exocrine Pancreas Insufficiency — and grateful to receive the travel award! #PancreasFEST25 @MaisamHaijaMD #MitchRamsey @cincykidspcc @CCF_GIFellows #OSUGHNDivision @UCMCGIHEP
Great 🧵 featuring testimonials from our very own @Chatterjee_MD and @HishamWehbeMD👏🏻 @JPAchkarMD @Ari_G_MD
🚨 Attention 1️⃣st year GI fellows 🚨 Enjoying your first few weeks of fellowship? Still struggling to find your feet? 😬 🌟 Check out our GI Fellow Handbook 📖 💡 A nifty guide for tips, tricks, and advice for those formulative early months ✅ ✍️ BY 1st years ✍️ FOR 1st years
9/ ✨ The Fellows’ Corner continues with… ☕️ 🌸 @taliafmalik 🌸 @LuismiNieto14 🌸 @vinayjaha 🌸 @Chatterjee_MD All our fellows were 1️⃣st years at the time of writing these testimonials 👶🏻
8/ 👀 But don’t take my word for it. Our fellows have arrived. Let’s see what valuable advice they have to give… ✨ Welcome to the Fellows’ Corner ☕️ 🌸 @HishamWehbeMD 🌸 @maria_cassera 🌸 @seanpattyp 🌸 @LaurenLoebMD
Great to present our case of endoscopic management of a 12 year retained biliary stent at GI Endoscopy Citywide rounds! Always thankful to @SiddikiGI for the amazing cases and the learning! ✨ @CCF_GIFellows @MadhuSanakaMD
Our next spotlight🔦 Dr. @MazenAlmasry4 joining us from Madison 🧀We see his soccer passion, but will Dr. @JPAchkarMD convert him to a pickleball fan?👀 Welcome Mazen! 👏🏼@Ari_G_MD @MRegueiroMD @MichelleKimMD @AhmedNadeemMD @FnuVikash @AsthaSainiDO @AbdulAhmedMD @JP_Park_MD

Optimizing fellow well-being with popcorn and cotton candy in the middle of weekend rounds. Consult recommendations were stellar after that! @mattie_md @MazenAlmasry4 @AsthaSainiDO @FnuVikash @AhmedNadeemMD @JP_Park_MD @MichelleKimMD @Chatterjee_MD
Nothing beats a midday break with cotton candy and Dr. @JPAchkarMD taking over consult service today‼️Dr. Patel is both excited and ready!!🎉@Ari_G_MD
Nothing beats a midday break with cotton candy and Dr. @JPAchkarMD taking over consult service today‼️Dr. Patel is both excited and ready!!🎉@Ari_G_MD

Thrilled to present our work at #ACG2025! Grateful for the chance to learn from the best in GI. With a great team, @Chatterjee_MD, @renanmgprado, and Dr. Baggott!
📢 Catch our team at #ACG2025! P4140, P2700 & P4264 — rare GI cases & gut microbiome insights. Mon Oct 27, 10:30–4. #GITwitter #MedTwitter @CCF_IMCHIEFS @CCF_GIFellows @AndreiBrateanu @Ari_G_MD @ManuelBragaMD @amitbhattMD @Chatterjee_MD
Great to have @MichelleKimMD and Dr. David Ramsay in town to advocate for improvements to GI patient care with lawmakers as a part of @SpecialtyDocs #ASMFLYIN!
Honored to represent GI physicians on Capitol Hill with @AmerGastroAssn #ASMFLYIN on prior authorizations, Medicare physician payments, graduate medical education - to help us care for our patients. Also strong Ohio @CleClinicMD presence with ENT Dr Mamie Higgins!
Welcome to CLE Astha- looking forward to working with you.
Kicking off our fellows introductory series with Dr.@AsthaSainiDO who is joining us from Detroit🦁Let’s all welcome Astha to our family👏🏼@JPAchkarMD @Ari_G_MD @MichelleKimMD @MRegueiroMD @MazenAlmasry4 @AhmedNadeemMD @akashkhurana_ @mattie_md @FnuVikash @JP_Park_MD @AbdulAhmedMD
Kicking off our fellows introductory series with Dr.@AsthaSainiDO who is joining us from Detroit🦁Let’s all welcome Astha to our family👏🏼@JPAchkarMD @Ari_G_MD @MichelleKimMD @MRegueiroMD @MazenAlmasry4 @AhmedNadeemMD @akashkhurana_ @mattie_md @FnuVikash @JP_Park_MD @AbdulAhmedMD

Great time @CCF_GIFellows picnic today- highlight was waffle ice cream truck. Thanks @Ari_G_MD and @JBarryMDPedsGI for hosting. @HishamWehbeMD @Chatterjee_MD @akashkhurana_ @AbdulAhmedMD @MazenAlmasry4 @AsthaSainiDO @FnuVikash @AhmedNadeemMD @XiaoliangWangMD @JP_Park_MD
Super honoured and excited to present our work at #ACG2025! Always thankful to my mentors for their constant support @burkegastrodoc @SiddikiGI, Dr Macaron
Congrats Hisham. Looking forward to #ACG2025. Here’s a flashback from last year’s birthday celebration/I mean ACG meeting. @MichelleKimMD @MRegueiroMD @CherylBorowski5 @AbdulAhmedMD @akashkhurana_
Excited to be presenting our work at #ACG2025! 💩Also, what’s better than the annual tradition of celebrating my birthday at ACG?🥳Phoenix, we are ready for you🌵🏜️@AmCollegeGastro @CCF_GIFellows @JPAchkarMD @Ari_G_MD @AmerGastroAssn