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

Opening for 2024
Number of appointments per year - 1

Description: The Division of Anatomic Pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, offers a one-year fellowship experience in Genitourinary (GU) pathology. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Surgical Pathology laboratory performs approximately 50,000 surgical cases yearly, of which ~2500 are GU cases comprising benign and malignant conditions of prostate, bladder, kidney, testis, penis and adrenal gland, from different specimen types, including needle biopsies, resections, and consult cases. Fellows actively participate in previewing and signing out all types of GU cases. Sign-out privileges are also anticipated for fellows with appropriate qualifications for both routine and frozen section services. Opportunities for elective rotation in subspecialty areas of Surgical Pathology are available, making the program flexible and individually tailored. There are multiple interdisciplinary conferences at UAB (including GU and multidisciplinary tumor board, among others) in which fellows may actively participate. Fellows are encouraged to participate in ongoing basic, translational or applied research projects in collaboration with the more than two dozen faculty members in the Division, leading to publications and presentations at national meetings. Rotations are entirely at The University of Alabama Hospital. The program is optimized with structured didactic lectures and slide sessions relevant to daily practice. A combined GYN/GU fellowship may be considered for those interested in both subspecialties.

This fellowship program is directed by Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology.

Requirements: MD degree, license to practice medicine in the State of Alabama and completion of pathology core requirements (3 years of AP or 4 years of combined AP/CP training). Previous Surgical Pathology or Cytopathology training is preferred.

Stipends: Stipends are commensurate with the level of postgraduate training in Pathology. 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:
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi, M.D., Ph.D.
Division Director, Anatomic Pathology
Director, GU Pathology Fellowship Program
The C. Bruce Alexander Endowed Professorship in Pathology
Department of Pathology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
619 19th 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: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/pathology/education/fellowship-program

[#11584-10, exp. 16 November 2022]

Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology
Genitourinary (GU) Pathology Fellowship
Openings for 2024-2025

Overview:
At Stanford, we offer a dedicated Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship (1 position per year, ACGME accredited) that will provide in-depth training in GU pathology with the goal of becoming a specialist in the field. The Stanford Genitourinary Pathology Service is rich with both routine GU pathology and advanced consultative material to learn from. Graduated responsibility opportunities include a Junior Attending rotation, presenting at GU tumor boards, teaching opportunities (such as departmental fellow-led teaching conferences), and service as a point person and consultant on GU-pathology-related issues.

Elective and research time can be used to pursue additional subspecialty training in other areas (such as GYN, GI, or renal pathology) or to work on research projects. Departmental resources and support are available for clinicopathologic and translational research projects.

Rotations:
We offer a one-year GU fellowship that provides advanced, focused, and intensive training in diagnostic genitourinary pathology:
•   GU service fellowship rotation (consults, in house overflow cases, second reviews, tumor board coverage, overall service point person)
•   "Junior Attending" rotation (fellow reviews GU cases with assigned residents at "sign-out" and works up cases as if going to finalize independently, with hand-off to GU pathology faculty for report finalization and discussion)
•   Frozen section rotation
•   Surgical pathology selectives (including "Hotseat" preliminary review of all cases prior to residents with focus on GU bench)
•   Research
•   Elective
•   Vacation and educational/conference leave (4 weeks total)

Prerequisites: 3 yrs AP or 4 yrs AP/CP

Application Process:
Please fill out the application form (http://med.stanford.edu/pathology/education/clinical-fellowships/gu-fellowship.html) and send along with supporting documents (preferred via email) to:

Dr. Chia-Sui (Sunny) Kao, MD
Director of Genitourinary Pathology
Department of Pathology
Stanford University School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive, Room L235
Stanford, CA 94305-5324
Telephone: (650) 723-8824
Email: ckao2@stanford.edu

[#12421, exp. 27 June 2023]

Genitourinary and Gynecologic (GU + Gyn) Pathology Fellowship
(1 position per year)
Accepting Applications for 2024-2025

The Division of Genitourinary (GU) Pathology and Gynecological (Gyn) Pathology in the Department of Pathology at Moffitt Cancer Center (MCC) is currently accepting applications for a combined GU and Gyn Pathology fellowship position starting July 1, 2024. The 2023 position has been filled.

Description: The combined GU + Gyn Pathology Fellowship Program at MCC is an ACGME accredited program which provides comprehensive training in all oncologic aspects of GU and Gyn pathology. The fellow will equally divide the clinical service time rotating between the two subspecialties and will be trained to diagnose and report routine and complex cases of the two subspecialties. Fellow is expected to present tumor boards and departmental teaching conferences. Involvement in departmental research activities contributing to publishing abstracts and papers is encouraged.

The Department of Pathology processes 4500 GU and 3600 Gyn specimens per year which include in-house, review and consult cases.

The program allows for 2 weeks research, 3 weeks vacation and 1 week conference time.

Requirements: Applicants must have completed three years of accredited anatomic pathology training in the U.S. and must be Board certified/eligible. Board certified candidates are preferred.

Stipends: Stipends are commensurate with the years of postgraduate training.

Required application material:

•  Standardized Application for Pathology Fellowships (download from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) website)
•  3 letters of recommendation (1 from current program director)
•  CV
•  Personal Statement
•  USMLE scores
•  Transcripts

Please send completed applications and direct questions to:
Jamie Harrington
Graduate Medical Education Coordinator
Moffitt Cancer Center
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa, Florida 33612
Telephone: (813) 745-3131
Email: Jamie.Harrington@Moffitt.org

And

Jasreman Dhillon, MD
Program Director, GU+Gyn Fellowship
Associate Member and Section Head, GU Pathology
Department of Pathology, MCC
Email: jasreman.dhillon@moffitt.org

[#10777, exp. 8 August 2022]

Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship
Openings for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025

The Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship program is a one-year ACGME-accredited program geared towards advanced study in diagnostic surgical pathology with emphasis in Bladder, Prostate, Kidney, Testis and Penile pathology, including neoplastic diseases of adults and children. The Genitourinary service signs out approximately 2,500 surgical specimens per year. The fellow will supervise resident grossing and previewing before signing out cases with the attending pathologist, take an active role in intraoperative consultations and be primarily responsible for clinical-pathological conferences and tumor boards. In addition to surgical pathology rotations in these areas, the fellow will have clinical rotations in urology, radiation-oncology, and medical oncology clinics and in Cytogenetics/Molecular Biology. Lastly the fellow will attend week-long research-oriented “boot camp” and prepare and submit a least one manuscript by the end of the fellowship year.

Requirements: Applicants must be Board eligible or certified in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology or Anatomic Pathology.

Stipends: Commensurate with the applicant’s year of postgraduate training.

Application: Applications should be submitted by August 31 (22 months prior to start date). Candidates should submit the CAP standardized application, curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation via email to pathology.fellowships@miami.edu.

Fellowship Program Director
Oleksandr Kryvenko, MD, FCAP
Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Email: o.kryvenko@med.miami.edu

Fellowship Program Coordinator
Briana Freeman
Email: pathology.fellowships@miami.edu

[#12159-2, exp. 8 March 2023]

Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Department of Pathology
Advanced Specialty Training Program (ASTP) in Genitourinary Pathology
Opening for 2024-2025
Unexpected Opening for 2023-2024

Note: We had an unexpected opening for this program during the 2023-24 AY and are urgently and actively recruiting to fill this position.

Clinical Experience
The candidate is expected to participate in the diagnosis of GU specimens from a wide range of benign and malignant urologic conditions and interdepartmental clinical conferences. In addition, ample opportunities are available for scholarly collaborations in all areas of GU pathology, including collaborations with investigators from the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.

As a junior faculty member in the Department of Pathology, the ASTP instructor will be granted the privilege of independently signing out surgical pathology and frozen section cases and participating in on-call process similar to the department’s staff pathologists after an initial six-month observation period. Additionally, the ASTP instructor is expected to participate in interdepartmental clinical conferences and training of anatomic pathology residents.

Education & Research
Great environment for education and research at Northwestern Memorial Hospital with the NCI designated Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and Prostate SPORE program. Fellows will get to participate in teaching conferences and a number of research projects.

Highlights
Northwestern Memorial Hospital is one of the premier referral medical centers in the Midwest for patients with urologic diseases and a Urology department with 20 full-time urologists on staff. Within pathology, there are 4,000+ GU cases per year, including more than 500 prostatectomies, more than 1,000 in-house prostate needle core biopsies, and a wide range of benign and malignant conditions from all other GU organs. Also, there are active consultation cases from 10 other Northwestern-affiliated hospitals. Fellows will get to experience Daily Surgical Pathology QA conference and weekly multidisciplinary GU tumor board conferences.

Eligibility and Requirements
Candidates must be board eligible or certified in anatomic pathology. Please note that we can only accept candidates that are US Citizens/Permanent Citizens or Green Card Holders.

Application Process
Submit the following documents via email to the Program Coordinator at gupathfellowship@northwestern.edu:
  •   Current CV
  •   Personal statement
  •   Three letters of recommendation
  •   ASTP Application

[#12295, exp. 3 June 2023]

Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship 2023-24 and 2024-25

The Division of Genitourinary Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine is accepting applications for 1 position for 2023-24 and 3 positions for 2024-25.

Description
The Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship Training Program at the Indiana University School of Medicine provides comprehensive training in all aspects of genitourinary pathology. Upon completing the program the fellow will be prepared to assume a role as a subspecialty consultant in genitourinary pathology whether in an academic or private practice setting. The program is approved as a non-ACGME accredited fellowship by the Indiana University Graduate Medical Education Committee. The Division of Genitourinary Pathology is currently responsible for the handling of all adult genitourinary clinical material from the IU Health system in Indianapolis (University Hospital, Methodist Hospital, IU Health North and IU Health West) and personal consultations received by the faculty. The GU service is currently the busiest of all the surgical pathology sign out services and provides the fellows with the opportunity to develop the ability to handle a large and diverse case-load in an efficient and accurate manner. Currently, we have three fellow positions each year.

Requirements:
Applicants must have completed two years of accredited anatomic pathology training, and be eligible for a medical license in the State of Indiana.

Staff:
John Eble MD (program director); Michael Hwang MD; Muhammad Idrees MD; Thomas Ulbright MD; Katrina Collins MD

Applications:
The Standard CAP fellowship application, curriculum vitae, personal statement and 3 letters of recommendation should be emailed to:

Beverly Jarrett
Pathology Fellowship Coordinator
Telephone: (317) 491-6350
Email: bjarrett@iupui.edu

The letters of recommendation should be addressed to:

John Eble, MD
Program Director, Genitourinary Pathology

Website: https://pathology.medicine.iu.edu

[#12056, exp. 24 February 2023]

   

Fellowship in Genitourinary Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Openings for 2022 and 2023

The Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), a major teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, is offering a one-year Fellowship in Genitourinary (GU) Pathology, with upcoming openings commencing July 1st 2022 and July 1st, 2023, designed to provide expertise training in GU pathology. Clinical service activities include evaluating 'in-house' surgical specimens and numerous consultation cases (2500+) reviewed for the BWH/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, or as personal expert review of pathology cases. Our pathology department evaluates ~80,000 general surgical specimens annually; 5-7% from the GU tract, predominantly from the prostate (~400 prostatectomies, ~1000 biopsies), kidney (~250 nephrectomies, ~50 biopsies), bladder (~100 cystectomies, ~600 biopsies), and testis (~50 orchiectomies). Participation at GU conferences and teaching of younger trainees is expected. Fellows are encouraged to engage in translational research projects, to present their work at national meetings, and to publish their work in reputable pathology journals.

At conclusion of the fellowship year, the fellow is expected to: 1) be skilled and independent in diagnostic GU pathology; 2) understand diagnostic pitfalls so to minimize errors in GU pathology; 3) have the skills to complete a clinical research project; and 4) have developed teaching and mentoring skills. Prior GU pathology fellows have obtained jobs in academic and private practice settings, both nationally and internationally.

The pathology department is staffed by >90 faculty and >55 residents and clinical fellows. The subspecialized GU Pathology Division has 6 attending pathologists, all with expertise training in GU pathology. Up to two GU pathology fellows are hired per academic year. Applicants should have completed core-training in an AP or AP-CP residency program and should be committed to excellent clinical care in an academic medical center environment.

A CV, application, personal statement, and three letters of recommendation should be sent to:

Michelle S. Hirsch, MD, PhD
Director, Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship
Department of Pathology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
Email: mhirsch1@bwh.harvard.edu

The Brigham and Women’s Hospital is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.

[#12018, exp. 26 January 2023]

Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship
Still Open for 2023-2024

The Departments of Pathology and Urology offer a one-year fellowship in genitourinary surgical pathology with emphasis on diagnostic uropathology. This program has both strong clinical and research components. The fellow will act as the primary consultant for the genitourinary pathology service, which handles a wide variety of biopsies and resection specimens from a large, active urology service. The University of Michigan has a federally funded Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in prostate cancer. The fellow is expected to pursue research projects in addition to ongoing clinical and teaching activities. There are many opportunities for basic and applied research through close collaboration with the Urology Division of the Surgery Department, the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Michigan Center for Translational Pathology at the University of Michigan Hospitals.

Major program objectives are to provide fellows with sufficient background to pursue academic careers in genitourinary pathology and to expose them to the interdisciplinary care of patients suffering from genitourinary disease.

Requirements:
  •  Applicants must be board-certified or eligible in anatomic and/or clinical pathology.
  •  J-1 visa candidates are not eligible for this position.
  •  Candidates interested in an academic career are strongly encouraged to apply.

Stipends:
Support is commensurate with the candidate’s level of training.

Applications:
Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until available positions are filled. Applications will be reviewed once ALL required documents listed below are received:
  •  Completed fellowship application
  •  Current CV
  •  Three letters of recommendation

Applications should be submitted online:
https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/forms/applications/fellowship

Contact Information:
Inquiries can be directed to:
Angela Wu, MD
Department of Pathology
2800 Plymouth Road, Bldg. 35
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
Telephone: (734) 647-0638
Email: angelawu@med.umich.edu

[#11661, exp. 5 November 2022]

Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship

Positions Available: 2022-2023, 2023-2024

Dr. Xiaoyan Liao leads this one-year, non-accredited department fellowship in Genitourinary Pathology. The program was established in 2005, and is divided into three primary activities: 1) clinically oriented work which includes supervised sign out of genitourinary case material and presentation at clinical conferences; 2) clinical/pathologic research and/or more basic bench research; 3) teaching of residents and medical students.

The Surgical Pathology Division at the University of Rochester is a large one: its more than 30 faculty are responsible for approximately 95,000 cases annually, including those from the medical center’s flagship hospital, Strong Memorial Hospital, as well as four of its affiliates in the surrounding upstate NY region. The Division is completely subspecialized and is home to three departmental fellows including the genitourinary pathology fellowship. There is a significant number of complex and unusual genitourinary specimens through the year. In addition, the Urology and Pathology departments have a wide range of clinical and basic research activities with particular strengths in prostate and bladder cancer research. In the past, we have conducted a variety of research projects where the fellows were the lead presenters/authors. Some of the examples include studies on the utility of frozen section assessment of surgical margins during urological surgeries, immunohistochemistry of biomarkers in a set of tissue microarray consisting of radical prostatectomy specimens, and associations between prostate biopsy and radical prostatectomy findings. Fellows have also been involved in collaborative projects with other departments, including urology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, and radiology.

Individuals interested in applying to these programs must have completed a four-year accredited AP/CP Pathology Residency program and be board eligible/certified.

Required Documents: CAP Standard Fellowship Application, Personal Statement, Curriculum Vitae, 3 Letters of Recommendation, USMLE Scores

Interested applicants can apply at: https://redcap.urmc.rochester.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=A7PJF9TTL7

Contact:
Xiaoyan Liao, B. Med, PhD
Program Director

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

[#11637-2, exp. 26 October 2022]