501(c)(3) medical specialty foundation
FITE advances patient outcomes by strengthening the field of interventional and therapeutic endoscopy — standardizing training, establishing credentialing criteria, funding research, and widening access to minimally invasive procedures.
Governance
Current items before the membership. Nomination and meeting materials are posted to the member portal as they are finalized.
The Foundation is seeking candidates for the following executive positions.
Please note that these are all unpaid, volunteer positions. All positions do come with perks and benefits; more information will be available when nominations open.
Agenda items for the coming session.
Please be on the lookout for an incoming Doodle poll to coordinate final timings. Members will receive the link by email.
Purpose
Mission
To advance healthcare outcomes by enhancing the field of interventional and therapeutic endoscopy to provide cost effective, safe and minimally invasive procedures.
Vision
The foundation will enhance and promote the expansion of advanced therapeutic endoscopy — increasing access to specialized procedures while reducing cost and morbidity for patients — in a manner that promotes uniform quality, training, and credentialing to optimize healthcare value and outcomes.
Programs
Areas of work spanning education, research, credentialing, and access — open to members at no cost.
Webinars, hands-on courses, and accredited sessions covering ERCP, EUS, third-space endoscopy, and bariatric intervention.
View catalogResearch and travel funding for trainees and early-career endoscopists, awarded annually at DDW.
See grantsA quarterly digest of the interventional endoscopy literature, with recorded interviews alongside the authors.
Read current issueA searchable record of advanced endoscopists by procedure and region, for referring clinicians and patients.
Search directoryGuidance for institutions building or expanding an advanced endoscopy service, including privileging criteria.
For hospitalsMulti-center study support, registry participation, and connections between investigators and industry.
For researchersEducation sponsorship, device development input, and direct access to the practicing specialist community.
For industryPlain-language explanations of endoscopic alternatives to open and laparoscopic surgery.
For patientsMembership
Any professional with clinical expertise and/or research or clinical interest in therapeutic endoscopy can join FITE — attending physicians, advanced endoscopy fellows, GI fellows, internal medicine residents, medical students, allied health professionals, and industry personnel.
Newsroom
Dr. Michel Kahaleh on the role therapeutic endoscopy will play in the next decade of patient care, and the collaborations required to get there.
Read articleThe latest Research Review author conversation, recorded for the member library.
Watch videoFITE travel grants were presented at Digestive Disease Week to trainees and early-career investigators.
View grantsQuarterly summary of new evidence across ERCP, EUS-guided intervention, and endoscopic bariatrics.
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