Job Description / Duties

Fellows will be expected to work in the clinics of physicians who have a specific interest in nutrition disorders and to become competent in the diagnosis and management of these conditions, including the nutritional management of celiac disease, intestinal failure, inflammatory bowel disease, dysphagia, cystic fibrosis and malnutrition.

Fellows will, also, be expected to participate in weekly in-patient rounds for the management of patients requiring parenteral or enteral nutrition support and to work in the indirect calorimetry clinic to become competent in the use and evaluation of metabolic cart studies.

Fellows will be expected to participate in one or more research projects during the year. Projects range from clinical studies evaluating nutritional deficiencies and quality of life in conditions such as celiac disease, gluten sensitivity and inflammatory bowel disease or in the management of intestinal failure. Research conducted in the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute is translational in nature and focuses on the role of diet as well as the intestinal microbiota in determining GI nutritional status and GI function in health and disease and involves preclinical and clinical research.

Fellows will be expected to attend the weekly academic half-day offered by the academic division of gastroenterology at McMaster as well as the weekly seminar series offered by the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute. Fellows will be encouraged and supported to write nutritional board exams through ASPEN to become a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC).

Qualifications / Required Skills

A one-year fellowship in Gastrointestinal Clinical Nutrition is offered, starting in July or October 2025. Eligible candidates must have completed their core training in adult gastroenterology (FRCPC or equivalent) and must be eligible for medical licensure in the Province of Ontario. The fellowship is ideally suited for those wishing to practice gastroenterology in an academic setting and with a specific interest in nutritional disorders and nutrition management in gastroenterology.

Additional Information

• Applications will be accepted until June 30th, 2025.
• For full information about this fellowship, visit: 
  https://medicine.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/divisions/gastroenterology/gastroenterology-education/gastroenterology-nutrition-fellowship/
• Please submit your application to the Post-Graduate Medical Education (PGME) office via the following link: https://pgme.mcmaster.ca/apply/fellowships-application

Salary: $80,000

Contact Information

Dr. David Armstrong
Douglas Family Chair in Nutrition Research
Director of the GI Nutrition Fellowship Program
McMaster University Medical Centre
1280 Main Street West, HSC-3V68, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
Tel: 905-521-2100 Ext. 76404
Email: armstro@mcmaster.ca

Employer Profile

The gastroenterology nutrition service at Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University includes a specialty adult celiac disease clinic (recognized by Society for the Study of Celiac Disease), a regional home parenteral nutrition program, an intestinal failure clinic and an IBD-nutrition clinic; the McMaster University Medical Centre site is home to facilities for breath testing (SIBO, carbohydrate intolerance) and indirect calorimetry. In addition, there is an in-patient nutrition consultation service with weekly rounds at the Juravinski Hospital and the Hamilton General Hospital. The GI Clinical Nutrition service is supported by the Farncombe Institute Nutrition Initiative (FINI) and works closely with the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute for translational research.