Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program
Openings for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025

Description: The Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, has begun accepting applications for its ACGME-accredited one-year fellowship program beginning July 2023. This Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine fellowship, established in 1979, is a twelve-month ACGME-accredited program. The fellowship is divided into 3 sites: Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (10 months), Versiti Blood Center of Michigan (1 month), and Karmanos Cancer Center (1 month). Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak is a 1,131-bed major academic and referral center with Level I adult trauma and Level II pediatric trauma designations, an expanding solid organ transplant program, and busy OB/GYN and Hematology/Oncology services. Blood donor center experience is obtained at Versiti Blood Center of Michigan, which is a large regional blood center with an associated reference laboratory. Training for Transfusion Medicine support of stem cell transplantation programs is obtained through the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at the Karmanos Cancer Center, which is a university-based program providing autologous, related and unrelated stem cell transplants under certification of the National Marrow Donor Program.

The overall goal of this fellowship is to prepare a physician to become a competent Transfusion Medicine Specialist for any clinical setting; therefore, upon completion of this fellowship the fellow has learned the essential administrative, laboratory, and clinical aspects to be a director of a blood center and/or hospital transfusion service.

Prerequisites: Applicants should be eligible to take the American Board of Pathology certifying examination or be certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology or Clinical Pathology alone from ACGME training obtained in the United States or Canada OR be certified by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties

Candidates must also hold a license or be eligible to practice medicine in the State of Michigan.

Stipends: Salary is commensurate with the level of postgraduate training.

Applications:
Lynn Marie Van Renterghem
Program Manager Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
3601 West Thirteen Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073-6769
Email: LynnMarie.VanRenterghem@beaumont.edu
Phone: (248) 551-1226
Fax: (248) 898-3398

Website: http://beaumont.edu/bb-tm-fellowship

[#12193, exp. 24 February 2023]

Cytopathology Fellowship
Opening for 2024-2025

The Beaumont Health Cytopathology Fellowship Program is accepting applications for the 2024-2025 academic year. This comprehensive one-year ACGME accredited fellowship offers advanced training in diagnostic cytopathology. Approximately 68,350 specimens are processed in the Cytology Laboratory annually (64,987 GYN, 5,779 non-GYN, and 3,177 FNA). The fellow will participate in all aspects of cytopathology, including interpretation of gynecologic, non-gynecologic and fine-needle aspiration specimens. All training is conducted at the Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak campus. The Department of Anatomic Pathology currently processes 59,917 surgical specimens per year. Sign-out responsibilities in cytopathology are graduated and based on the level of experience of the fellow. The fellow will be involved in the teaching of residents and rotating medical students. The fellow is required to participate in a research project.

Requirements

Candidates must have completed either a four-year combined AP/CP residency or a three-year residency in anatomic pathology. Candidates must hold, or be eligible to hold, a medical license in the State of Michigan.

Facilities

The Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak campus, a tertiary-care facility with 1,131 in-patient beds, hosts 44 accredited residency and fellowship training programs with 481 residents and fellows, and is the primary teaching facility for the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. Annual hospital discharges (57,479), inpatient surgeries (16,484), outpatient surgeries (32,308), outpatient visits (1,283,189), and births (6,986). Over 91 medical and surgical specialties are represented by the medical staff providing a large volume of diverse material to our clinical and anatomic laboratories.

Stipends

Commensurate with level of postgraduate training in pathology.

Applications

For additional information and applications instruction go to the website http://beaumont.org/cytopathology-fellowship.

Osama Alassi
Program Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Anatomic Pathology
3601 West Thirteen Mile Road
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Telephone: (248) 898-4462
Fax: (248) 898-1257
Email: Osama.Alassi@beaumont.org

[#12172, exp. 11 March 2023]

Beaumont Health System
Hematopathology Fellowship
Openings for 2022-2023 and 2024-2025

Description: This comprehensive one-year ACGME accredited training program is based in a 1131 bed major academic and referral center with Level I adult trauma and Level II pediatric trauma designation. Our fellowship program accepts one hematopathology fellow yearly. The fellowship program offers subspecialty training in the multiple aspects of diagnostic hematopathology, laboratory hematology and coagulation. Trainees will gain experience in the following: laboratory management in a high volume hematology laboratory, coagulation consultation for bleeding and thrombotic disease, and detailed interpretation of peripheral blood smears, bone marrow, lymphoid tissues, body fluids (including the appropriate use, integration of immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, cytogenetic/FISH, and molecular genetic data). Training includes dedicated rotations in flow cytometry, molecular diagnostics and cytogenetics. The fellow will also be expected to participate in medical technologist, medical student and resident teaching as well as clinical and/or basic research.

Requirements: Applicants must be eligible to take the American Board of Pathology certifying examination or be certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology or Clinical Pathology alone from ACGME training obtained in the United States or Canada. They must also hold a license or be eligible to practice medicine in the State of Michigan.

Applications: Please visit our website: http://beaumont.edu/hematopathology-fellowship for additional information and application.

Contact:
Lynn Marie Van Renterghem
Program Manager, Pathology Residency and Fellowships
Beaumont Health, Royal Oak
3601 W. 13 Mile Rd.
Royal Oak, MI 48073
Email: Lynnmarie.vanrenterghem@beaumont.edu
Telephone: (248) 551-1226

[#12173, exp. 3 June 2023]

Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Next Opening 2024-2025

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:
We do not participate in the Fellowship Match. 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

[#11514, exp. 31 December 2022]

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]

Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Unexpected Opening - 2023-2024

This one-year fellowship provides comprehensive training in diagnostic surgical pathology. Surgical pathology fellows at the University of Michigan are appointed as clinical instructors, which fosters professional development through graduated responsibility and independence. We are a tertiary referral center, which generates over 90,000 surgical specimens annually, and in conjunction with our busy extramural consultant practice, we accession over 120,000 cases annually. The University houses a Comprehensive Cancer Center with active oncologic services and a full range of cancer-related clinical and research programs. A large faculty with broad clinical and research interests allows fellows to gain unparalleled clinical experience and opportunities to engage in collaborative research projects.

In addition to working in a very rich and active general surgical pathology service, the fellowship includes subspecialty rotations in gastrointestinal, genitourinary, gynecologic, breast, and bone and soft tissue pathology. The program emphasizes intraoperative frozen section consultation, participation in clinicopathologic conferences and extramural consultation practice. Ample time is provided for electives in other areas such as head and neck pathology, dermatopathology, neuropathology, pediatric pathology, cytopathology, hematopathology and molecular diagnostics. Fellows may use elective time to tailor their experience toward an area of subspecialization. Teaching and mentoring residents and medical students is also an important component.

Requirements:
Candidates must be board certified or eligible in anatomic pathology or AP/CP and eligible for a Michigan license.

Stipends:
Support is commensurate with level of training.

Applications:
Fellowship applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and will be reviewed once all items listed below are received:
  •   Fellowship application
  •   Current CV
  •   Three letters of recommendation

Submit applications online:
https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/forms/applications/fellowship

Please direct inquiries to:
Tao Huang, BM, PhD, Assistant Professor, and Surgical Pathology Co-Director
Department of Pathology
2800 Plymouth Rd, Building 35
Ann Arbor, MI 48109 - 2800
Telephone: (734) 615-4239
Email: taohuang@med.umich.edu

[#12088, exp. 7 February 2023]

Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University
Cytopathology Fellowship
Openings for 2022-2023

The Department of Pathology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center offers two (2) one-year, ACGME-accredited fellowships in cytopathology, beginning July 1, annually. The program is offered at the central campus of the Detroit Medical Center - University Laboratories (DMCUL), which includes Harper University Hospital, Karmanos Cancer Center, and a large outreach Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology lab based at Hutzel Hospital.

The cytopathology annual workload includes approximately 80,000 GYN Pap tests, including 75 percent Thin Prep specimens, 700 image guided FNAs, 3,000 non-gyn specimens of all varieties, 3,000 outpatient FNAs and non-gyn specimens. State-of-the-art Fine Needle Aspiration service and hands on training of performing FNA is provided. The Outreach laboratory is unique in offering both cytopathology and gyn biopsy interpretations and is staffed by 5 FTE cyto-surgical pathologists.

The rotation includes in depth exposure to gyn cytology, including biopsy, HPV and colposcopy correlation, abundant non-GYN and FNA exposure and performance of FNA procedure. Participation in laboratory management, QA/QC, hospital conferences, tumor boards and medical student teaching is expected. Fellows are encouraged to participate in clinically related research and presenting at national meetings or writing one paper. In addition, elective rotation in Molecular Diagnostic and Cytogenetic labs is available. Facilities for basic research projects are available on campus.

Position Available: Two fellowships each year (next opening 2022-23)

Requirements: Candidates must be board eligible or certified in anatomic pathology or anatomic and clinical pathology, and be eligible for Michigan license.

Applications: We will interview until the positions are filled. Send CV, personal statement and three reference letters to:

Vinod Shidham, M.D., Director of Cytopathology Fellowship Program (vshidham@med.wayne.edu) and cc Kathy Rost, Program Coordinator (krost@dmc.org)

[#11704, exp. 8 May 2023]

Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University
Hematopathology Fellowship
Opening for July 2023

Description: The Department of Pathology of Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center is accepting applications for a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in hematopathology with a start date of July 1, 2023. The program is highly competitive and is offering training in adult and pediatric hematopathology, and benign hematology. There are two fellows in each year alternating on weekly basis in two core rotations: (1) The bone marrow/flow cytometry rotation which includes interpretation of blood smears, body fluids, bone marrow aspirate and biopsy. This rotation also includes interpretation of flow cytometry; (2) The lymph node/consults rotation which handles in-house primary cases and outside primary/secondary consults. The training includes highly specialized and dedicated rotations in flow cytometry, special coagulation, cytogenetics and molecular genetics.

Participation in laboratory management, hospital conferences and medical student teaching is expected. Fellows participate in clinically related research, writing one or more papers.

Requirements: Board eligible or certified in anatomic and clinical pathology.

Stipends: Commensurate with year of postgraduate training in accordance with GME policy.

Applications: Send CV, three letters of recommendation, and letter of interest to:

Ali Gabali, MD, PhD, Professor
Director, Hematopathology Division and Fellowship Program
Department of Pathology
Detroit Receiving Hospital
4201 St. Antoine
Detroit, MI 48201
Telephone: (313) 745-3561 or (313) 577-2752
Email: agabali@med.wayne.edu (Must also cc: rhone@med.wayne.edu)

[#12002, exp. 25 January 2023]

Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University
Openings for 2023

The Division of Pediatric Pathology at the Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University School of Medicine offers a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in pediatric pathology, beginning July 1, 2023. The program is based at Children's Hospital of Michigan and provides training in pediatric anatomic and clinical pathology, embryo-fetal and placental pathology, cytogenetic, and molecular diagnostic pathology. In addition to regular training in a wide spectrum of pediatric pathology cases, the program offers training in pediatric autopsy, and supervision of residents.

Fellows are given the opportunity to present at and participate in several multidisciplinary tumor boards, M&M conferences, and other clinical conferences in conjunction with a broad range of clinical programs. Participation in laboratory management, and university teaching is also expected. Research projects are strongly encouraged and supported.

Our annual volume is approximately 5000 pediatric surgical pathology cases, drawn mainly from GI, neurosurgery, cardiovascular transplant surgery, general surgery and other sub-specialties. In addition, Children's Hospital of Michigan has also extensive case archives of CNS tumors, cardiovascular, and pediatric tumors. Being a part of the Detroit Medical Center, a multi-disciplinary service that includes hematopathology, neuropathology, and fetal-placental pathology, strengthens our program.

Children's Hospital of Michigan is located in the city of Detroit, a city that is presently undertaking vast and significant re-energizing and re-building efforts and incentives.

Requirements: Successful completion of ACGME-accredited residency training in anatomic and clinical pathology (AP/CP) or anatomic pathology (AP). Applicants must be eligible for medical licensure in the State of Michigan.

Applications: Inquiries should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and application directed to:

Janet Poulik, MD, Program Director
Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
Department of Pathology Department
3901 Beaubien
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: (313) 966-7298
Fax: (313) 993-8754
Email: jpoulik@dmc.org and rhone@med.wayne.edu

Rachael Hone
Pediatric Pathology Fellowship Coordinator
Phone: (313) 745-2101
Email: rhone@med.wayne.edu

[#12303 exp. 22 May 2023]

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 13 counties throughout western Michigan and provides consultant forensic services for several other counties. Our fellow will work alongside seven 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:
Joyce DeJong, DO; Program Director
Email: Joyce.deJong@med.wmich.edu

Erica Jonas; Program Coordinator
Email: fpfellowship@med.wmich.edu

[#12424, exp. 25 July 2023]