The Baystate/Tufts Endocrinology fellowship program is dedicated to providing a well balanced, academic experience to its trainees. The fellowship includes rotations on both inpatient and outpatient services as well as a large number of well attended conferences ranging from basic science, to pathology, and clinical case conferences. A high faculty-to-fellow ration ensures a broad experience for our trainees. The faculty and staff take pride in creating a friendly learning environment.
Fellowship Director: Kamal Clark Shoukri, MD email: kamal.shoukri@baystatehealth.org
Fellowship Coordinator: Debra Tinkham email: Debra.Tinkham@baystatehealth.org
Program Statistics
- Number of fellows per class: 1 | Total number of fellows: 2
- Male/female ratio: 1 : 1
Department Statistics
- Number of Faculty: 6 | Full-time: 5 | Part-time: 1
- Male/female ratio: 3 : 3
Baystate Statistics
- Number of hospital beds: 653 | NICU beds: 55
- Number of residency programs: 10
- Number of fellowship programs: 16
Fellow Benefits & Facilities
- Salary - PG4: $61,800, PG5: $64,400
- 4 weeks vacation/year, meal subsidy, free parking
- Disability/Malpractice/Health/Life Insurance
- Office for fellows, and a fellows and residents lounge
- Large on-campus library, access to Tufts on-line library, robust e-medicine resources (Up-to-Date, Ovid, etc.)
- Yearly stipend to support medical education
- Participation in week long “Endocrine University” during second year resulting in certification in thyroid ultrasound, bone mineral density interpretation, metabolic laboratory CLIA certification, insulin pump and sensor hands-on instruction, reproductive medicine (ultrasound intervention), and practice management issues.
Curriculum Information
- Rotation every one month between inpatient and outpatient services for both years
- Protected research time and introduction to research course
- Pediatric and reproductive endocrinology rotations
- Specialty Clinics: diabetes mellitus, thyroid ultrasound and biopsy, lipids, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, pediatric metabolic bone disease, podiatry, and ophthalmology
- Weekly Conferences: endocrine grand rounds, pathology, and clinical case conference
- Monthly Conferences: clinical journal club, basic science conference
