The University of Alabama at Birmingham
UAB Department of Pathology
Forensic Pathology Fellowship

Opening for 2023
Number of appointments per year - 1

Description: The Pathology Department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner Office offer a one year accredited fellowship training program in forensic pathology. The office draws its caseload from Jefferson County, which includes the city of Birmingham, and has a population base of approximately 662,000. The office annually examines approximately 950 bodies including approximately 150 homicides and 450 accidental deaths. Complete scene investigations are routinely conducted by in-house investigators of homicidal, accidental, and suicidal deaths. All medical and police records are routinely obtained. The fellow acts as a functioning forensic pathologist and is responsible, under supervision by staff pathologists, for scene investigations, complete postmortem examinations, protocol preparations, conferences with interested parties, and actual court testimony. Consultation in all medical specialties is readily available if needed, as are opportunities for teaching. Two crime laboratories (representing two jurisdictions) serve the metropolitan area. The medical examiner office is well staffed and equipped, including complete photographic and radiography facilities and digitization of all records. The database makes research feasible, and research with presentation at a national scientific meeting is encouraged. In addition, toxicological testing is provided in-house by the UAB Department of Pathology's Forensic Toxicology Section. Opportunities for collaboration on research projects with faculty in the Toxicology Division are also available.

Staff: Daniel Dye, M.D., Associate Professor/Associate Coroner-Medical Examiner, Fellowship Program Director; Gregory G. Davis, M.D., Professor/Chief Coroner-Medical Examiner; Daniel Atherton, M.D., Assistant Professor/Associate Coroner-Medical Examiner; Brandi McCleskey, M.D., Assistant Professor/Associate Coroner-Medical Examiner, Assistant Fellowship Program Director

Requirements: Successful completion of accredited pathology residency training program in either anatomic pathology or anatomic/clinical pathology.

Stipends: Salary levels are commensurate with the level of postgraduate training. Also provided is a professional development fund.

Applications: Submit application along with curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation, including one from current program director to: path-fellowships@uabmc.edu.

Address letters of recommendation to:
Daniel Dye, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, Forensic Pathology Fellowship Program
Department of Pathology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
619 19^th Street South, HSB 149M
Birmingham, AL 35249-6823

Additional information can be obtained from:
Program Coordinator
Telephone: (205) 975-3450
Email: path-fellowships@uabmc.edu
Website: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/pathology/education/fellowship-program

[#10009-6, exp. 16 November 2021]

University of Louisville Health Sciences Center
Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Openings for 2022 and 2023

Description: The University of Louisville Division of Forensic Pathology, in conjunction with the Kentucky Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (KY OCME), offers a unique educational opportunity during a 12-month ACGME-accredited fellowship program in Forensic Pathology. The NAME-accredited KY OCME is staffed by six full-time, board-certified forensic pathologists, all of whom actively participate in the training of the forensic fellow. The office performs approximately 1200 cases per year from both urban and rural areas, encompassing 40 counties. The fellow is thus afforded with the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of cases, including cases unique to rural settings, such as farming, hunting, and mining fatalities. Located in one of the country's largest metropolitan areas, the KY OCME also conducts many cases associated with urban areas. Ample opportunity is provided for attendance at death scenes. Regularly scheduled didactics include monthly Journal Clubs, monthly Check Sample reviews, and bi-monthly forensic topic discussions with faculty. Fellows are provided private office space and ample educational materials, including standard texts and microscopic glass slide teaching files. The fellow is given time and funds to attend a two week homicide seminar and one national meeting (either NAME or AAFS). Additional offsite rotations include a forensic toxicology laboratory, forensic anthropology course, and the Kentucky State Police Crime Laboratory. The fellow participates in the courtroom experience, first by accompanying the attending physician to court, and later in the year, by giving sworn testimony in the cases that the fellow has participated.

Requirements: Successful completion of an ACGME-accredited residency in Anatomic Pathology or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.

Stipends: Commensurate with the year (5) of postgraduate training

Program Director: William Ralston, MD
Telephone: (502) 489-5209  
Email: william.ralston@ky.gov
Address: KY OCME, Bingham Building 1 st floor, 10511 LaGrange Rd, Louisville, KY 40223
Website: http://louisville.edu/medschool/pathology/fellowships/forensic-pathology-fellowship.html

Applications: To include U of L application form (available by request) or CAP common application, CV, medical school transcript, documentation of USMLE scores, and three letters of recommendation.

[#9696-2, exp. 15 July 2021]

Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Next Opening 2023-2024

This one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship seeks to train the next generation of leaders in forensic medicine. This comprehensive training program splits time between the offices serving Wayne (Pop. 1,690,000) and Washtenaw (Pop. 420,000) counties, providing a diverse training experience in both a large metropolitan center and suburban community in association with a world-class academic center. Fellows work directly with up to eleven forensic pathologists who are all board-eligible or board-certified and hold faculty appointments with U of M, as well as with photographers, medicolegal death investigators, anatomic pathologists’ assistants, autopsy technicians, and clerical staff. This unique training experience offers a breadth of clinically complex case material, courtroom testimony, and unlimited educational and research opportunities. Fellows gain experience and training in specialized autopsy techniques, photography, crime scene investigation, toxicology, anthropology, odontology, criminalistics, testimony, and administrative and managerial techniques. Fellows participate in teaching at both locations, through didactic lectures and hands-on learning and participation in interdepartmental, local, regional, and national conferences. The Pathology Department provides access to a world-class faculty with available consultants in each subspecialty, educational programs, and financial support for education and research. The Department emphasizes programs in quality, safety and improvement, education and research with the goal of a peer-reviewed publication during the fellowship.

Requirements:
  • Successful completion of ACGME-accredited Anatomic Pathology (AP) or Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology (AP/CP) residency
  • Eligible for a license to practice in Michigan
  • Complete application
  • Current CV
  • 3 letters of recommendation

Applications:
Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until available positions are filled.
Applications should be submitted online at: https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/forms/applications/fellowship

Contact Information:
Leigh Hlavaty, M.D.
Associate Professor, and Forensic Pathology Fellowship Director
Wayne County Medical Examiner Office
1300 E. Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48207

Email: lhlavaty@med.umich.edu
For more information, visit: https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/forensic-pathology-fellowship

[#10252, exp. 31 December 2021]

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Openings 2023 and 2024

The Department of Pathology at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed), offers a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in Forensic Pathology, providing training in a state-of-the-art facility located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners. The Medical Examiner's Office serves as the medical examiner for 12 counties throughout western Michigan and provides consultant forensic services for several other counties. Our fellow will work alongside six board-certified forensic pathologists, one of whom is also a board-certified neuropathologist, two forensic anthropologists, a forensic toxicologist and a forensic odontologist, while being exposed to a wide-range of challenging medicolegal deaths. Our fellow will also have access to our in-house toxicology laboratory, radiology equipment (including a Lodox® radiographic scanner) and research histology laboratory.

Together, our faculty, team of medicolegal death investigators and autopsy assistants, and partnerships with nearby specialists in forensic entomology, cardiovascular pathology and forensic biology allow us to perform high quality investigations and examinations of a high volume of diverse deaths. Furthermore, our fellow will have regular opportunities to teach medical students, engage in research projects, attend and present at local and national meetings, and actively participate at multi-agency community death reviews.

For more information about our fellowship program or the Medical Examiner's Office, please see our websites at WMed Forensic Pathology Fellowship and mimedicalexaminer.com. If you have any questions regarding our fellowship program, please contact us.

Application Requirements:
•  Three letters of recommendation, including a letter from your residency program director
•  Personal statement or letter of interest
•  Curriculum vitae
•  USMLE/COMLEX scores

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please send all application documents to fpfellowship@med.wmich.edu.

Contact Information:
Theodore Brown, MD; Program Director
Email: Theodore.Brown@med.wmich.edu

Abigail Grande, MPH; Program Coordinator
Email: Abigail.Grande@med.wmich.edu

[#9548, exp. 25 July 2021]

Forensic Pathology Fellowship
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Openings for 2023

Under the tutelage of eight board-certified forensic pathologists, this one-year fellowship program prepares pathologists for careers in forensic pathology. The State of New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI), a statewide medical examiner system, is located on the campus of the UNM School of Medicine. This arrangement ensures that the state is provided with excellent facilities and death investigation, as well as affording outstanding educational and research opportunities in forensic pathology. It is in this fertile environment that the forensic pathology fellow conducts a substantial number of medicolegal autopsies on routine and unusual cases from around the state and is given substantial control of cases (natural, accidental, suicidal and homicidal) at all levels, commensurate with their increasing ability. Training during the year includes rotations in toxicology, forensic odontology, forensic anthropology, and the state and local crime labs. The OMI has in-house CT and MRI, as well as an experienced forensic radiologist. The trainee is afforded the opportunity to testify in court, under supervision and direction, and is also encouraged to witness testimony by others who are experienced in courtroom dialogue. In this system, consultations are presented to all of the senior pathologists for review and advice. The trainee is allowed to actively participate in these interesting consultations. In addition to the case-by-case instruction, the trainee will be involved in didactic teaching and should be a participant in the annual Medicolegal Investigation of Death seminar conducted each year for investigators and law enforcement personnel.

For more information, contact Lauren Decker, M.D. (fellowship director) at LDecker@salud.unm.edu or visit http://pathology.unm.edu/fellowships/forensic-pathology-fellowship.html and http://omi.unm.edu.

New Mexico's mild four season climate and abundant outdoor recreational opportunities combined with a rich cultural heritage complement the educational opportunities. Visit http://www.itsatrip.org to discover Albuquerque. Find out more about our Department and view our YouTube videos at http://pathology.unm.edu.

Requirements:
To apply, please submit: CAP Standardized Fellowship Application form, personal statement, Curriculum Vitae, copies of USMLE Step I, II, III scores, medical school transcript, three letters of recommendation (one of which should come from your program director) and ECFMG certification, if applicable, to:

New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator: Attention Lauren Decker, M.D.
MSC 07-4040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: (505) 272-3053

[#9492-3, exp. 17 May 2021]

 

Monroe County Office of the Medical Examiner
Affiliation with University of Rochester Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Forensic Pathology Fellowship

Openings: 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Description: The Monroe County Office of the Medical Examiner (MCOME) in conjunction with the University of Rochester Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers a one-year long ACGME accredited fellowship program in Forensic Pathology—the only one in Upstate New York. The MCOME, located in Rochester, NY, serves all of Monroe County as well as 11 surrounding counties, covering cities and towns, rivers, lakes, national parks, farms, and hunting areas. This allows for a unique variety of both rural and urban cases, with over 3000 death investigations and over 1200 autopsies per year, including roughly 45-50 homicides annually. The MCOME team includes 2 full-time, board-certified forensic pathologists, 9 forensic toxicologists, medical death investigators and autopsy technicians. The office also has a case manager, a forensic transcriptionist, and other administrative support staff to assist with a smooth transition and productive working environment. A full range of consultative services including neuropathology, forensic odontology, and anthropology are available.

The fellowship addresses on-scene death investigation by providing opportunities to accompany the medical investigators to scenes. It also includes exposure to the courtroom and testimony, first by accompanying the forensic pathologists and later by giving sworn testimony in the cases in which the fellow has participated. On-site training is available in forensic toxicology and odontology. Additional off-site rotations include visits to the Monroe County Crime Lab (ballistics, serology, and trace evidence), firearms training, and a forensic anthropology course. The fellow will be expected to interact with and instruct medical students, residents, law enforcement officers, and attorneys during regular business. Private office space and ample educational materials including standard texts and microscopic glass slide reviews will be provided. There will be regularly scheduled didactics, Journal Clubs, and diagnostic consensus conferences with faculty members. The fellow will be given time and funding to attend at least one national meeting (either NAME or AAFS). Further information regarding the program can be found here: https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/education/graduate-medical-education/prospective-fellows/forensic-pathology.aspx.

Requirements: Successful completion of an ACGME-accredited residency in Anatomic Pathology or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.

Stipends: Commensurate with the year four or five of postgraduate training.

Interested applicants can apply at https://redcap.urmc.rochester.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=8FYMW3F4PK.

Applications:
Melissa Sullivan
Fellowship Coordinator
Email: Melissa_Sullivan@urmc.rochester.edu

[#10038-3, exp. 26 October 2021]

East Carolina University / Vidant Medical Center
Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Opening for July 2020 and 2022-2023

Description: The department offers an ACGME-accredited, one-year forensic pathology fellowship with three board-certified forensic pathologists at the Eastern Regional Autopsy Center, part of the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner system. The catchment area of approximately 25 counties provides a wide range of experiences including approximately 650 autopsies (540 Medical Examiner, 80 hospital, and 30 private) and 400 external examinations (2015). The fellowship provides extensive training in the forensic determination of cause and manner of death, death investigation, courtroom testimony and familiarization with ancillary disciplines. The office has 3 ABMDI-certified investigators with on-call investigations 24/7. Through East Carolina University and Vidant Medical Center, the department has on-site expertise for consultation in forensic neuropathology, cardiovascular pathology, physical anthropology, surgical pathology, clinical consultation, and associated allied disciplines. Criminalistic familiarization is provided through the local police department; firearms training will be provided. Additional external rotations include familiarization with toxicology procedures at the OCME and a rotation with the State Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Arrangements with a local District Attorney provide experience in the litigation side of forensics. The fellow also participates in formal and informal resident teaching and a variety of forensic case and journal club conferences. Opportunities also exist for participation in clinical research projects, national workshops, and attendance at a national forensic meeting.

Position: Our forensic pathology fellow positions for July 2020 as well as 2022-2023 are still available. (One per year)

Stipend: Salary is at PGY 5 level.

Send applications to:
Jennifer Cooper
Program Coordinator
Department of Pathology
Email: cooperj@ecu.edu
Telephone: 252.744.1229

Required documents for application:
  • Application form
  • Personal statement
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Medical school transcript
  • Three letters of recommendation (One must be from the Program Director where you did your residency.)
  • USMLE score reports (Steps 1, 2 (CS and CK) and 3)
  • ECFMG certificate (if applicable)

[#9387, exp. 3 March 2021]

Forensic Pathology Fellowship, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Immediate opening for the academic year 2021-2022 and beyond

Wake Forest School of Medicine announces an immediate opening for one forensic pathology fellowship position for the academic year 2021-2022 and potential openings for 2022-2023 and beyond. The autopsy service at Wake Forest Baptist Health is a designated Regional Autopsy Center for the medical examiner system in North Carolina and provides guidance and forensic autopsy services for county medical examiners in 32 counties within the western portion of North Carolina.

A forensic pathology fellow at this institution can expect a wide variety of cases encompassing deaths in more populated urban areas and rural, mountainous areas. Expected autopsy cases encompass homicides by all classifications of traumatic injuries, including gunshot fatalities by a wide variety of firearms, blunt force trauma, poisonings, various forms of accidental deaths as well as interesting natural manners of death. Our office performs approximately 1050 medicolegal autopsies and 300 external examinations annually. The fellow is expected to perform about 200 medicolegal autopsies and construct thorough autopsy reports, engage in scholarly activity, including (but not limited to) presenting at a national forensic meeting, interact with rotating pathology residents and medical students, and attend death scenes within Forsyth County. The fellow will gain ample opportunity honing communication skills with families, law enforcement, attorneys and other interested parties. Hands-on experience in ballistics, forensic anthropology, and forensic toxicology is an integral part of the program.

The autopsy faculty consists of 7 board-certified forensic pathologists, one of which also has board-certification in neuropathology, and two of which also have board-certifications in pediatric pathology.

Winston-Salem is a vibrant small city with an affordable cost of living and lies at the foot of the Appalachian Mountain Range (www.visitwinstonsalem.com).

Contact information:
Jerri McLemore, MD
Interim Forensic Pathology Fellowship Program Director
Office Telephone: 336-716-3821
Email: jmclemor@wakehealth.edu

Nathan Shaller, MD
Associate Forensic Pathology Fellowship Program Director
Office Telephone: 336-716-2637
Email: nshaller@wakehealth.edu

[#9794, exp. 14 August 2021]

University of Tennessee Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Memphis
2023-2024

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), in conjunction with the Shelby County Medical Examiner's Office and West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (WTRFC) are accepting applications for its Forensic Pathology Fellowship - a position in the academic year 2023-2024. The fellowship is part of the Department of Pathology in the UTHSC College of Medicine. The fellow will perform approximately 200 autopsies under the mentorship of five American Board of Pathology certified forensic pathologists. The WTRFC performs approximately 1,100 autopsies per year for most of the counties west of the Tennessee River. The fellow will encounter a wide variety of cases ranging from traumatic deaths, toxicological deaths and natural deaths. The trainee is expected to gain experience as an expert witness in court proceedings and will participate in mock trials at the University of Memphis College of Law. Being affiliated with the UTHSC Department of Pathology, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and Methodist University Hospital allows consultations in many pathology subspecialties including pediatric pathology, neuropathology and all of the surgical pathology subspecialties. The fellow will take calls with ABMDI registered death investigators and attend death scenes throughout Memphis and Shelby County.

Program Requirements: Must have completed AP/CP or AP residency. Must be eligible for medical licensure in Tennessee.

Applications: Applicants should submit a copy of their CV, personal statement and three letters of reference to:

Leland Rodgers
Program Coordinator
Forensic Pathology Program
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
930 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN 38163
Telephone: 901-448-6344
Fax: 901-448-6979
Email: lrodgers2@uthsc.edu

[#9704, exp. 17 July 2021]

Forensic Pathology Fellowship
2021-2022 and 2022-2023

The Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Department of Pathology at VCU Health, offer four one-year ACGME-accredited fellowships in the specialty of Forensic Pathology. The positions are located in three of our statewide district offices. Two positions located in the historic city of Richmond, one encompassing the waterfront, maritime cities of Norfolk/Virginia Beach and one in the scenic mountain surrounded valley of Roanoke. The training program fulfills the eligibility requirements for APB board certification.

Your training will include learning to gather information from death scenes to determine the extent to which further investigation is necessary. Performing autopsies on bodies in order to determine the cause and manner of death. Understanding how to report autopsy findings in court, in consultation with families, law enforcement, and attorneys. Fellows are mentored by nine Board certified forensic pathologists. Co-location with the State Division of Forensic Science permits contemporaneous case consultation with firearm, tool marks, trace evidence, imaging, forensic biology (DNA) and other forensic science specialists. VCU Health provides forensic radiology, neuropathology and surgical pathology subspecialty consultation. Fellows are given anthropology and odontology training and the opportunity to attend national meetings with forensic colleagues. Trainees attend subspecialty courses and reference a medicolegal library, Medline, Internet, and case database. Each district office participates in the teaching of students, residents and other professionals. Fellows will work with staff to undertake a research project.

Requirements: Applicants must be Board certified or eligible in AP, NP or AP/CP, able to obtain an unrestricted medical license in the State of Virginia and be able obtain a Virginia state driver's license.

Stipends: The University salary and benefits are competitive and supplemented by LME activity.

Available Position(s): Currently accepting applications for the 2021 – 2022 academic year – two positions. Currently accepting applications for the 2022 – 2023 academic year – three positions.

Fellowship Director: Jennifer Bowers MD

Applications: Interested individuals should contact:

Sandra Thomas
Program Coordinator
VCU
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
400 E. Jackson St.
Richmond, VA 23219
Telephone: 804-786-3176
Fax: 804-371-8595
Email: sandra.l.thomas@vdh.virginia.gov

Website: www.vdh.virginia.gov/MedExam/

[#9818-4, exp. 21 April 2021]