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University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)

Gastroenterology fellowship · Los Angeles, CA · Program website

Internal Medicine residency here · Other fellowships: Rheumatology · Nephrology · Infectious Disease

Some matches pending. 4 people are awaiting a decision between possible publication profiles, so these numbers may change.

Fellows here publish more than most (4th of 13 gastroenterology fellowships with complete rosters, by share who have published). 35% of their papers have a co-author at University of Southern California, most often Norah Terrault, Brian P Lee, and Brian P. Lee. How fellows publish ↓

18
Fellows
56%
Have published here
4th of 13 fellowships
4th of 13 fellowships
1.43
Papers per fellow-year
7th of 13 fellowships
7th of 13 fellowships
46%
Papers led by a fellow
3rd of 13 fellowships
3rd of 13 fellowships
35%
With a co-author at University of Southern California
8th of 13 fellowships
8th of 13 fellowships

Roster from the program's own page keck.usc.edu, collected 2026-11-08: 18 current fellows in 3 classes. Something off? Tell us

Papers

By this program's leadership and fellows since 2022, 261 in all · 37 with a fellow author. Updated 2026-11-08.

Trainees aren't named, for privacy. A paper is included when one of its authors is a current resident or fellow, or a graduate of the last two years, and it came out during their training.

How fellows publishauthor positions, co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 10 of 18 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

56%
of trainees have published
4th of 13 gastroenterology fellowship programs with complete rosters
4th of 13 gastroenterology fellowship programs with complete rosters
1.43
papers per trainee-year
7th of 13 gastroenterology fellowship programs with complete rosters
7th of 13 gastroenterology fellowship programs with complete rosters
46%
of authorships as 1st author
3rd of 13 gastroenterology fellowship programs with complete rosters
3rd of 13 gastroenterology fellowship programs with complete rosters
16%
of trainee papers with program leadership
2nd of 13 gastroenterology fellowship programs with complete rosters
2nd of 13 gastroenterology fellowship programs with complete rosters
35%
of trainee papers with an institution co-author
37
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 39 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

3 / 4
faculty matched
13 (11.5–60.5)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
1.84
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Brian Kim, MDPD (unresolved)——000—
Sarah Sheibani, MDAPDSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research; Inflammatory Bowel Disease1313000.28
Saroja Bangaru, MDAPDLiver Disease and Transplantation; Healthcare Policy and Management105200.48
Norah Terrault, MD, MPH, FAASLDHepatitis B Virus Studies; Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment1081479442.08

18 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

Gastroenterology at University of Southern Californiashared by every program there, not this program's own

Institution-level: all gastroenterology publications from University of Southern California + LAC+USC Medical Center + University of Colorado Hospital and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-08; refreshed daily.

92
works per year
13th of 80 institutions with gastroenterology fellowships
13th of 80 institutions with gastroenterology fellowships
+3.9%
2-year growth
47th of 79 institutions with gastroenterology fellowships
47th of 79 institutions with gastroenterology fellowships
30.0%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
18th of 72 institutions with gastroenterology fellowships
18th of 72 institutions with gastroenterology fellowships
52.1%
cited above world average
23rd of 72 institutions with gastroenterology fellowships
23rd of 72 institutions with gastroenterology fellowships
2022: 89 works’222023: 92 works’232024: 99 works’242025: 89 works89’252026 (so far): 94 works94’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Hepatology · 270Gastroenterology · 193

Gastroenterology research topics at University of Southern California

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Most cited at University of Southern California since 2024

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