Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple
Department of Pathology
Cytopathology Fellowship

Description: A one-year fellowship, ACGME-accredited program offers advanced training in diagnostic clinical cytopathology. Experience is provided through daily signout of gynecologic and non-gynecologic specimens as well as training in performance and interpretation of fine needle aspiration biopsies. Exposure to performance of ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration is also available.

The cytology laboratory processes 35000 GYN Pap tests, 3,500 non-GYN specimens and 4000 fine needle aspirations.

The fellow participates in all aspects of the service and is given progressive responsibilities. Participation in conferences and teaching of pathology residents and cytotechnologists is required. Involvement in clinical research is also encouraged. Diagnostic and research facilities are available in molecular biology, immunocytochemistry, and flow cytometry.

Devoted time to specimen preparation, laboratory management and quality issues is provided. Continued exposure to surgical pathology with annual accession of 80,000 cases is through tumor board participation, elective rotation and weekly conferences.

Requirements: Candidates must have completed AP or AP/CP pathology residency in the United States and be certified or eligible in AP or AP/CP. Applicants must have passed all USMLE Steps before entering the Cytopathology Fellowship Program. Foreign medical graduates are required to have an ECFMG certificate. Baylor Scott & White Health sponsors only the J1 Visa for those individuals who require a visa in order to be work-authorized.

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

Faculty (cytopathology board certified): Lina Liu, MD, Lubna Sayage-rabie, MD; Ryam Zreik, MD; Bing Leng, MD; Douglas Larsen, MD; Xingbai Chen; Constance Cleaves, MD; Kenneth Youens, MD; Joy King, MD.

Community: This is a family oriented small town with a beautiful Belton lake 20-minute away from hospital and within a reasonable distance from large cities.

Inquiries: Address inquiries to
Lina Liu, MD
Director, Cytopathology Fellowship
Telephone: (254) 724-4730
Email: lina.liu@BSWHealth.org

Applications: Mail or email CAP standardized fellowship application, CV, personal statement and three letters of recommendation to:

Wanell, Eschun
Program Administrator
Department of Pathololgy
Baylor Scott and White Health
2401 S. 31st Street, MS-01-266
Temple, TX 76508
Phone: 254-724-7354
Fax: 254-724-6329
Email: Wanell.Eshun@bswhealth.org
Web site: https://www.bswhealth.med/education/Pages/gme/temple/cytopathology-fellowship.aspx

[#10025, exp. 6 November 2021]

Baylor Scott & White Hospital and Clinic
Hematopathology Fellowship
Openings for July 2021-June 2022

Description: The Scott and White Healthcare Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Texas A&M College of Medicine offer a one-year fellowship in hematopathology. The program has the goal of training individuals who will, after completion of the program, be able to direct a hematology laboratory; consult with clinicians on hematopathology; have the morphologic expertise to accurately render hematologic diagnosis on any appropriate specimens, including lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow aspirate/biopsies, and properly interpret peripheral smears. The program will prepare them to qualify and successfully complete the American Board of Pathology Hematology Board certification examination. The fellow will be exposed to routine and special hematology testing, routine and special coagulation testing, cytochemistry, histochemistry, flow cytometry, cytogenetics and molecular techniques as they apply to the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of hematologic malignancies. All these tests are performed in our core laboratory in Temple. The morphologic evaluation of peripheral smears, bone marrow aspirates and biopsies, lymph node and other tissue biopsies for the diagnosis of hematologic malignancies are part of the daily activity and are obtained from all of the regional hospitals and clinics in the Central Texas Division of the Baylor Scott and White Healthcare system. The program emphasizes the practical aspects of the hematopathology practice in regard to morphologic skills, laboratory management and clinical consultation.

Requirements: Completed training in combined anatomic and clinical pathology. All applicants must pass USMLE Steps 1 and 2 before entering any Scott & White GME program and must pass Step 3 before completing the first year of residency or fellowship training. Foreign medical graduates are required to have an ECFMG certificate. Scott & White sponsors only the J1 Visa for those individuals who require a visa in order to be work-authorized.

Facilities: The Baylor Scott & White Healthcare system-Central Texas Division is an integrated system very conducive to such exposure because of the complex practice involving over 1200 physicians, including primary care and specialists and a system that includes 17 hospitals or hospital partners and more than 140 clinic locations throughout Central Texas. The fellowship is based in Temple which is the location of the core laboratory for the system.

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

Applications:

William Koss, MD, Program Director
Scott & White Healthcare, Pathology
2401 S 31st Street, MS-01-266
Temple, TX 76508
Telephone: (254) 724-7354
Fax: (254) 724-6329
E-mail: William.koss@bswhealth.org and felix.olobatuyi@bswhealth.org
Web site: https://www.bswhealth.med/education

[#9761, exp. 16 October 2021]

Houston Methodist Hospital
Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine
Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship

Houston Methodist Hospital, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, in Houston, Texas, an affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College and Texas A&M College of Medicine, offers a one-year ACGME accredited Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship under the directorship of Christopher Leveque, MD. Houston Methodist is a 950-bed private adult, acute care referral, and teaching hospital which offers a full range of services from primary to tertiary care, including a multi-organ transplant center and cancer center.

Houston Methodist Hospital is known internationally for its quality of care. The fellow will be expected to develop expertise in clinical coagulation, and will be introduced to the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) service and to clinical informatics, as they relate to transfusion medicine. The hospital’s blood donor center houses a busy apheresis center that performs over 3,000 therapeutic procedures annually, as well as performing many stem cell collections for in-house transplants and the National Marrow Donor Program.

The fellowship includes rotations at The University of Texas Health Science Center–Hermann Hospital, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, and Texas Children’s Hospital. The fellow is expected to present case conferences and a research project that results in publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Requirements:
Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in clinical pathology or anatomic/clinical pathology. Candidates must be eligible for a Texas Medical Board (TMB) Physician-In-Training Permit (PIT) or hold a Texas Full Physician Medical licensure.

Stipend:
Commensurate with level of post-graduate training.

Application inquiries are to be directed to:
Christopher Leveque, MD
Director, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program
Houston Methodist Hospital, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine
6550 Fannin Street, Smith Tower, Suite 383, Houston, TX 77030
c/o Sofia Medrano, Fellowship Coordinator
Telephone: (713) 441-9027
Fax: (713) 793-1178
Email: smedrano@houstonmethodist.org
Website: https://www.houstonmethodist.org

[#10296, exp. 14 January 2022]

Clinical Informatics Fellowship
Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children's Hospital
Department of Pathology & Immunology
Openings for 2021-2023 and 2022-2024

Program Description

Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Immunology, and Texas Children’s Hospital are offering a fellowship position in Clinical Informatics starting July 2021. The two-year ACGME-accredited program provides comprehensive training to become a leader in clinical and laboratory informatics, in informatics research and education. The fellow will gain training and experience in fundamental informatics concepts, technology, application, and management. Fellowship rotations provide experience and project opportunities in electronic health records, laboratory information systems, data analytics, clinical decision support, database architecture, quality and utilization improvement, interoperability, cybersecurity, and lab management. The fellow will have opportunities in research and digital pathology initiatives. The fellowship experience is flexible to match the trainee's interests and goals.

Fellow Responsibilities
  • Active participation in rotations, projects, education, and research
  • Up to 20% time in the fellow's primary specialty
  • Completion of Epic Physician Builder courses and AMIA 10x10 Introduction to Biomedical & Health Informatics course, or equivalent
  • Service to local and national informatics communities

Fellow Candidate Requirements
  • Board certified/eligible in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, or both. All ABMS specialties considered
  • Must have or be eligible for Texas medical licensure
  • Demonstrate strong interest and aptitude in clinical/pathology informatics

Interested applicants for the 2021-2023 and 2022-2024 openings, should write to:

Program Director: Ila Singh, MD, PhD, irsingh@texaschildrens.org
Program Coordinator: Rosario Guzman, rsguzman@texaschildrens.org
Website: https://www.bcm.edu/departments/pathology-and-immunology/education/clinical-informatics-fellowship

Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) is a HIMSS Stage 7 organization and continues to receive the "Most Wired" designation for outstanding health care-based technology from Hospital & Health Networks Magazine. TCH is the nation's largest children's hospital and is ranked third in U.S. News and World Report's Best Children's Hospitals.

[#9509, exp. 30 April 2021]

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Pathology
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Opening for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) has one position open for the Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking fellowship for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years.

Description: During training, the fellow receives training in transfusion therapy, immunohematology, donor center supervision, therapeutic apheresis, laboratory management and hemostasis with optional selective rotations within histocompatibility, flow cytometry, paternity testing, and molecular pathology. The training is based upon participation of daily activities, consultations, various elective experiences as well as didactic teaching. The primary teaching site is a tertiary care teaching hospital, University Hospital System (UHS), which is a 716-bed teaching hospital that provides transfusion services to diverse adult and pediatric patient populations. At UHS, annually, over 18,000 red cell units, 8,000 plasma units and 4,000 platelet doses are transfused. In addition, Transfusion Medicine oversees the therapeutic apheresis program, where over 450 therapeutic apheresis procedures and red cell exchanges are performed annually for various diseases. The hospital based donor services collects whole blood and apheresis-based allogeneic blood products from over 5,000 donors annually. A fellowship-affiliated hospital located across the street from the primary site (South Texas Veterans Health Care System) is a national referral center for bone marrow transplantation. Exposure to the operations of a larger scale donor center, donor infectious disease testing and allogeneic tissue is provided at the subsidiaries of BioBridge Global, which is located 5 miles from the primary site. Paternity testing experience is obtained through the DNA reference laboratory located in San Antonio.

Requirements: Completion of ACGME accredited residency with Board eligibility or certification in clinical pathology, internal medicine, pediatrics or other related fields.

Types and Numbers of Appointments: 1 appointment per academic year. This fellowship is also available to combine with the Clinical Informatics Fellowship. See UTHSCA Clinical Informatics fellowship page for more information and available positions.

Facilities: University Hospital and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, with possible elective rotations at various sites within South Texas.

Community: The purpose of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals who will provide excellent patient care and research that can be applied to treat and prevent disease.

Stipends: Pay levels are as follows effective July 1, 2020: PGY-5 = $61,473.66; PGY-6 = $63,213.76; PGY-7 = $65,475.78.

Staff: Leslie Greebon, M.D. Program Director; John Daniels, DO. Associate Program Director

Applications: Please submit inquiries/applications to:
Maria Gomez
Fellowship Program Coordinator
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Pathology, MSC 7750
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

Telephone: (210) 567-4010
Fax: (210) 567-4637
Email: GomezM10@uthscsa.edu or Dr. Greebon (Greebon@uthscsa.edu)
Website: https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/pathology/education/fellowship/transfusion-medicine-fellowship/

[#9541-3, exp. 14 May 2021]

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Pathology
Cytopathology Fellowship
Openings for 2022-2023

Description: This one-year fully accredited program provides advanced training in diagnostic cytology. The experience includes daily sign-out of gynecologic and nongynecologic specimens as well as training in the performance and interpretation of fine needle aspiration biopsies. Participation in conferences and teaching of pathology residents and cytotechnology students is required. Involvement in clinical research is also encouraged. Cytology specimens from the University Hospital and the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, approximate total 17,000 annually, of which 4,600 are nongynecologic specimens. The latter group includes approximately 1,650 fine needle aspiration biopsies. The hospital processes over 15,530 cytology cases; the latter includes 2,311 Non-GYN and 1,650 FNA specimens.

Requirements: Applicants must have completed a four-year AP/CP residency or a straight anatomic pathology residency.

Types and Numbers of Appointments: 2 appointments per academic year.

Facilities: University Hospital and South Texas Veterans Health Care System with possible elective rotations at various sites within the South Texas Medical Center.

Community: The purpose of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals who will provide excellent patient care and research that can be applied to treat and prevent disease.

Stipends: Pay levels are as follows effective July 1, 2020: PGY-5 = $61,473.66; PGY-6 = $63,213.76; PGY-7 = $65,475.78

Staff: Philip T. Valente, M.D. Professor and Director; Daniel Mais, M.D. Associate Professor; Alia Nazarullah, M.D. Assistant Professor; Sarah Hackman, M.D. Assistant Professor

VA Staff: Aamir Ehsan, MD, Director; Muhammad Pathan, MD; Lisa Radkay-Gonzalez, MD; Fermin Tio, MD; Shiwen Yang, MD; Andrea Yunes, MD

Applications: Please submit inquiries/applications to:
Maria Gomez
Fellowship Program Coordinator
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dept. of Pathology
7703 Floyd Curl Dr. MC 7750
San Antonio, TX 78229

Telephone: (210) 567-4010
Fax: (210) 567-4637
Email: GomezM10@uthscsa.edu or Dr. Valente ValenteP@uthscsa.edu
Website: https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/pathology/education/fellowship/cytopathology-fellowship/

[#9541-1, exp. 14 May 2021]

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Hematopathology Fellowship
Openings for 2021-2022 & 2022-2023

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) has one opening for the hematopathology fellowship for the 2021-2022 and openings for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Description: This is a one-year, fully accredited fellowship in hematology/hematopathology. Training includes laboratory hematology, interpretation of tissue biopsies performed for hematolymphoid disorders and experimental hematology. The fellowship training includes core training in the clinical hematology laboratory at University Hospital and the flow cytometry, molecular diagnostics and cytogenetics laboratories in the South Texas Reference Laboratories at UTHSCSA. Clinical training includes interpretation of peripheral blood films, body fluid preparations, bone marrow aspirates and biopsies, lymph node and other tissue diagnosis, work-up of patients with hemostasis/thrombosis disorders, flow cytometry immunophenotyping, cytogenetics, molecular diagnostics, and immunohistochemistry. The fellow actively participates in teaching medical students and residents. There is potential for an optional non-accredited second year of fellowship. The optional second year of non-accredited fellowship training is principally dedicated to research in hematopathology.

Requirements: Board eligibility or certification in anatomic and clinical pathology.

Types and Numbers of Appointments: 2 appointments per academic year.

Facilities: University Hospital, South Texas Reference Laboratories, Mays Cancer Center

Community: The purpose of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals who will provide excellent patient care and research that can be applied to treat and prevent disease.

Stipends: Pay levels are as follows effective July 1, 2020: PGY-5 = $61,473.66; PGY-6 = $63,213.76; PGY-7 = $65,475.78

Staff: Kenneth N. Holder, M.D., Associate Professor and Fellowship Director; Hongxin Fan, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Wieslaw Furmaga, M.D., Professor; Leslie Greebon, M.D., Assistant Professor; Russell Higgins, M.D., Professor, Marsha Kinney, M.D., Professor and Department Chair; Edward Medina, M.D., Assistant Professor; Alia Nazarullah, M.D., Assistant Professor; Golpalrao Velagaleti, Ph.D., Professor.

Applications: Please submit inquiries/applications to:
Maria Gomez
Fellowship Program Coordinator
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Pathology, MSC 7750
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

Telephone: (210) 567-4010
Fax: (210) 567-4637
Email: GomezM10@uthscsa.edu or Dr. Holder HolderK@uthscsa.edu
Website: https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/pathology/education/fellowship/hematopathology-fellowship/

[#9541-2, exp. 14 May 2021]

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Department of Pathology
Clinical Informatics (CI) Fellowship
Opening for 2021-2023 and 2022-2024

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) has one opening for the Clinical Informatics (CI) fellowship for the 2021-2023 and 2022-2024 academic years.

Description: This is a two-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in clinical informatics (CI). The CI fellowship includes cross-disciplinary learning for physicians from different medical specialties. Training includes specialized coursework in foundational CI as well as healthcare analytics, cybersecurity, and data science. Fellows will work with the program director and selected faculty to develop an individualized learning plan including foundational knowledge as well as elective learning opportunities (e.g., healthcare business intelligence, machine learning/artificial intelligence, population/community health, bioinformatics for large scale-nucleic acid sequencing and clinical metabolomics, sensor data/internet of things). Each fellow will actively participate in healthcare analytics and process improvement projects with selected CI faculty mentors. These projects enable fellows to analyze data from different large data sources (clinical, operational, financial, community, etc.). In addition, projects provide an environment for fellows to lead and carry out effective healthcare analytics and process improvements. Fellows are also encouraged to participate in CI research activities leading to publication of manuscripts and/or presentation of research findings at professional meetings. Fellows with pathology specialty training are strongly recommended to apply concurrently to another pathology subspecialty program, at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA), to coordinate clinical activities required for the CI fellowship.

The program includes collaborative faculty from multiple clinical departments at UTHSCSA and University Health System (UHS). In addition, the program includes outside faculty with considerable experience in data science, applied analytics, predictive modeling, and machine learning/artificial intelligence, based at: 1) the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), 2) the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a large non-profit engineering center, and 3) Health Access San Antonio (HASA), a large multi-regional health information exchange.

Requirements: Successful completion of ACGME-accredited or RCPSC-accredited residency program. Must have, or be eligible for, a Texas Medical Board Physician-in-training permit or have a full Texas medical license.

Types and Numbers of Appointments: 1 appointment per academic year.

This fellowship is eligible to be combined with the UTHSCSA Transfusion Medicine fellowship which will count towards one year of clinical informatics training. Interested candidates should review the UTHSCSA Transfusion Medicine Fellowship page for additional information.

Facilities: University Hospital System, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, University of Texas at San Antonio

Community: The purpose of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed educating health professionals to provide excellent patient care and research applied to treat and prevent disease.

Stipends: Pay levels are as follows effective July 1, 2020: PGY-5 = $61,473.66; PGY-6 = $63,213.76; PGY-7 = $65,475.78.

Staff: Brad Brimhall, MD, MPH (Pathology) Program Director, Philip Beckett, PhD (CEO HASA), David Chambers, MS (SwRI Intelligent Systems Division), Marjorie David, MD (Pathology), Liem Du, MD (Internal Medicine), Leslie Greebon, MD (Pathology), Russell Higgins, MD (Pathology), Max Kilger, PhD (UTSA Data Security/Data Analytics), Philip LoVerde, PhD (Biochemistry/Pathology), Edward Medina, MD, PhD (Pathology), Frank Rosinia, MD (Anesthesiology), Paula Shireman, MD, MBA (Surgery), Michael Shoffeitt, MD (Internal Medicine)

Applications: Please submit inquiries/applications to:

Maria Gomez
Fellowship Program Coordinator
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Pathology, MSC 7750
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

Telephone: (210) 567-4010
Fax: (210) 567-4637
Email: GomezM10@uthscsa.edu or Dr. Brimhall (Brimhallb@uthscsa.edu)
Website: https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/pathology/education/fellowship/surgical-pathology-fellowship/

[#9541-5, exp. 14 May 2021]

University of Texas Health, Long School of Medicine
Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Opening for 2021-2022 & 2022-2023

Description: This program is designed to provide a rich experience in surgical pathology, including a wide variety of in-house cases, outside consultations, and frozen sections. The fellowship is centered at the University Hospital, which is associated with the Mays Cancer Center, an MD Anderson affiliate, and processes approximately 30,000 cases per year. Within our faculty, all subspecialties are represented; however, the sign-out of cases is non-subspecialized. The fellow can choose greater exposure in specific areas if desired. Clinical duties include frozen sections, routine surgical pathology case sign-out, review of outside consultations, serving as first-line consultant to residents, and inter-disciplinary conferences. Case numbers are capped and grossing responsibilities are minimal in order that the fellow can pursue their academic interests. Fellows may choose to participate in quality improvement activities and research, with a large number of active projects available. Elective time is available, and in-house electives include cytopathology, gynecologic pathology, hematopathology, breast pathology, hematopathology, pulmonary pathology, molecular pathology, nephropathology, and neuropathology. .

Requirements: Three years of AP training, or four years of combined AP/CP training from a program accredited by either the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).

Types and Numbers of Appointments: 2 appointments per academic year.

Facilities: University Hospital.

Community: The purpose of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is to provide the best in health careers education, biomedical research, patient care and community service to San Antonio and the South Texas/Border Region. Through undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs, the faculty is committed to educating health professionals who will provide excellent patient care and research that can be applied to treat and prevent disease.

Stipends: Pay levels are as follows July 1, 2020: PGY-5 = $61,473.66; PGY-6 = $63,213.76; PGY-7 = $65,475.78

Staff: Daniel Mais, M.D. Associate Professor and Director; Yanli Ding, M.D., Assistant Professor; Andrea Gilbert, M.D., Assistant Professor; Sarah Hackman, M.D. Assistant Professor; Josefine Heim-Hall, M.D. Professor; James Henry, M.D. Professor; Kenneth Hughes, M.D., Assistant Professor; Alia Nazarullah, M.D. Assistant Professor; Courtney Thomas, M.D., Assistant Professor; Philip T. Valente, M.D. Professor.

Applications: Please submit inquiries/applications to:

Maria Gomez
Fellowship Program Coordinator
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Pathology, MSC 7750
7703 Floyd Curl Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78229-3900

Telephone: (210) 567-4010
Fax: (210) 567-4637
Email: GomezM10@uthscsa.edu or Dr. Mais (Mais@uthscsa.edu)
Website: https://lsom.uthscsa.edu/pathology/education/fellowship/surgical-pathology-fellowship/

[#9541-4, exp. 14 May 2021]

Pathology Fellowship Training Positions
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Unexpected Opening for 2021-22, Openings for 2022-23

Description: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is one of the world's most respected centers focused on cancer patient care, research, education and prevention. The hospital is located in the Texas Medical Center (TMC), and was named the nation's No. 1 hospital for cancer care in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020-21 rankings. Our mission at MD Anderson is to eliminate cancer, and it shows in our fervent commitment to research-driven cancer care and comprehensive educational programs to enable the next generation to join the fight to end cancer. The Department of Anatomical Pathology’s academic programs are competitive and comprehensive with a wide variety of specimens. Fellowship training is available in ten (10) surgical and subspecialty pathology areas. Each program is one-year in duration, and accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). For further information and program description, please click on the links below.

Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Breast Pathology
Cytopathology
Dermatopathology
Gastrointestinal & Liver Pathology
Genitourinary
Gynecologic Pathology
Head & Neck Pathology
Surgical Pathology
Thoracic Pathology

Requirements: Candidates must have an MD or DO degree, be board eligible/certified in AP or AP/CP, and eligible for Texas Training Permit. See other eligibility requirements.

Stipend: Commensurate with the candidate’s postgraduate training in pathology.

Application: Submit curriculum vitae, personal statement, three (3) letters of recommendation, and a letter of good standing from current program director via email at Pathology-Fellowship@MDAnderson.org. Please address the application and supporting documents to the program director:

MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 085
Houston, TX 77030

For additional information, please contact:

Kareen Chin, MBA, C-TAGME
Program Manager

Monica Gilliam, MA
Program Coordinator

Telephone: 713-792-3108
Fax: 713-745-0789
Email: Pathology-Fellowship@MDAnderson.org

[#9857, exp. 28 August 2021]

The University of Texas Medical Branch
Cytopathology Fellowship Position, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023

There are currently openings for both the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic year for an ACGME-accredited, one-year cytopathology training program at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.

Application requirements include satisfactory completion of residency training in AP or AP/CP with American Board of Pathology certification or eligibility. Gynecologic cytology training (~ 30,000 paps/year) includes interpretation of mostly liquid-based gynecologic cytology from a high-risk population. Certification in both Surepath® and ThinPrep® is offered. Non-gynecologic training (~3000/year) consists of exposure to a wide variety of both neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease cytology. Training includes integration of surgical pathology, use of ancillary immunohistochemistry, molecular diagnostics and flow cytometry for neoplasm classification and use of special stains for infectious disease diagnosis. Fellows will also be trained in performance of FNA (with optional hands-on training in US-guided FNA) and rapid onsite evaluation of palpation- and image-guided (US, CT, EUS and EBUS) FNA. Interpretation and participation in quality assurance and quality improvement activities is expected. Fellows will be expected to participate actively in interdisciplinary tumor board conferences and teaching conferences. Elective rotations in Hematopathology, Microbiology, Interventional Radiology and Molecular Diagnostics are offered. The Fellow is expected to have a research project culminating in a presentation at a national meeting and/or publication in a peer reviewed journal.

Application forms are available online at:
https://www.utmb.edu/pathology/education/pathology-residency-training-program/fellowships/cytopathology-fellowship

Ranjana Nawgiri, MD
Program Director
Email: ranawgir@UTMB.edu

Please direct any inquiries to:
Rani Hayes
Fellowship Coordinator
301 University Blvd
Galveston, TX 77555-0428
Email: rchayes@utmb.edu

[#10076, exp. 4 November 2021]

Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Two Fellow Positions for 2022

The Surgical Pathology Fellowship at UTMB offers advanced training with in-depth exposure to the full spectrum of Surgical Pathology. The Division evaluates approximately 20,000 surgical pathology cases each year, with a great diversity of neoplastic and non-neoplastic specimens and a high degree of complexity. There are nine full-time faculty and numerous subspecialty consultants on the surgical pathology service. Sign out is by subspecialty, with each faculty member specializing in one primary and one or more secondary subspecialties. All of the major subspecialties are well represented and experienced during the fellowship including GI, GU, Gyn, Breast, Head and Neck, Thoracic, Bone and Soft Tissue, Pediatric, Medical Renal, Liver and Transplant pathology. Elective time in Neuropathology, Hematopathology, Dermatopathology, Cytopathology, Informatics or Molecular Pathology is also available to supplement the core rotations. There are significant opportunities for clinical and basic research. The range of experience ensures that the fellow will be well-prepared for a career in academia or in private practice, and there is a strong record of former fellows having accomplished those objectives.

Two surgical pathology fellows are accepted each year, for a one year term. Primary responsibilities consist of previewing cases, preparing reports, and presenting cases at tumor boards and other interdepartmental conferences. Fellows play an important role as teachers and mentors to the residents on the surgical pathology rotation, helping them develop diagnostic skills and showing interesting cases at the multi-headed microscope. In the gross room the fellows serve in an advisory capacity but do not routinely gross specimens. On the frozen section service, and in all other aspects of surgical pathology, the faculty provide the fellows with a nurturing and supportive environment as they develop their own skills and confidence to make the transition from 'trainee' to 'independent practitioner'.

The University of Texas Medical Branch, home to the first medical school in Texas, has been at the forefront of educational, research and clinical excellence since 1891. For more than 120 years, UTMB has graduated more health professionals, including physicians, nurses, allied health professionals and researchers, than any other academic health center in the state. There is a strong emphasis on graduate medical education, and approximately 560 interns, residents, and fellows are receiving graduate medical training.

UTMB's John Sealy Hospital in Galveston is home to a Level l Trauma Center, serving a nine-county area with a total population of more than 1.25 million people. UTMB's Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston opened in 2016 and offers private rooms in a patient- and family-centered environment that brings a unique approach to healing. More than 80 UTMB clinics at 30 locations promote wellness through prevention, and provide residents of the rapidly growing Bay Area and Galveston with access to a full range of primary and specialty care. The institution continues to grow, with a recently opened hospital in League City (a partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center) and another new hospital opening in Clear Lake in 2019.

Requirements: Candidates must have completed 3 years of a GME approved AP or AP/CP residency training and be Board eligible in Pathology by the start date of the fellowship. Citizenship, permanent residency, or J1 visa status is also required.

Harsh Thaker, MD PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Director, Surgical Pathology
Email: hathaker@utmb.edu

Mrs. Irasema "Sam" Diaz de Leon
Email: irdiazde@utmb.edu

[#9780, exp. 19 October 2021]

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas, Texas
Breast Pathology Fellowship
Opening for 2022

UTSW offers a one-year ACGME accredited fellowship in Breast Pathology. The Breast Pathology program has access to a wide variety of neoplastic and non-neoplastic breast cases from two large hospital systems, the Clements University Hospital and the Dallas County Parkland Hospital system. The Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UTSWMC, is the only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in North Texas, and a major center for breast oncology and serves as a regional referral center for the diagnosis and treatment of breast diseases.

The fellow will be mentored by very experienced breast pathologists with 10 to 20 years of experience in the field with daily sign outs of cases from both institutions. The fellowship emphasizes on the multidisciplinary approach to breast diseases. To this end, the fellow will actively participate in the weekly multidisciplinary breast conference where challenging and complex breast cases are discussed with the various clinical disciplines. The interpretation of breast biopsies form a very important part of the fellowship training. The fellow will be trained to interpret biopsy findings and understand the nuances of breast biopsy interpretation with radiologic and clinical correlation. The fellow will mentor residents, medical students and breast surgical oncology fellows during their rotation in Breast Pathology. Fellow is expected to complete a research project and submit abstract to a national meeting. Elective rotation in one of the clinical disciplines related to breast diseases is also an option. The one-year fellowship can also be extended for a second (transition) year as an Assistant instructor with independent sign outs.

Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion/.

Requirements: Applicants must have at least three years of AP training or four years of AP/CP training in an ACGME accredited program and must be eligible for AP or AP/CP boards.

Applications: https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/pathology/education-training/fellowships/breast-pathology.html

Contact: PathFelProg@utsouthwestern.edu

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas, Texas
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
Opening for 2022

Description
The Department of Pathology at UTSW offers a one-year ACGME accredited fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology. The fellowship offers training in a wide variety of areas, including hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, mendelian disorders, cytogenetics, and medical genetics. Fellows rotate through the Molecular Diagnostics labs at UT Southwestern and Children’s Health Children’s Medical Center. The fellowship also incorporates clinical rotations in Clinical Genetics at Children’s and Parkland Hospital, and Cancer Genetics at Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. At the completion of this program, the fellow will be eligible to take the Molecular Genetic Pathology board examination.

Fellows will participate in assay sign utilizing various methodology including real-time PCR, Sanger, Illumina and Ion Torrent next generation sequencing, capillary electrophoresis fragment analysis, and Sequenom mass spectrometry. All of our previous fellows have led a new assay validation project. Fellows will participate in journal clubs, molecular and clinical conferences, and can attend UT Southwestern basic science and clinical conferences to fit their interests. Involvement in a translational or clinical research project is expected. Elective rotations in cytogenetics, FISH, DNA arrays, and HLA are available. Research projects can be tailored around each fellow’s personal interests.

Successful candidates will be Texas medical licensed or eligible, board certified or board-eligible, and have completed an ACGME-accredited Anatomic and/or Clinical Pathology residency.

Application
Please see our website for complete information about submitting an application.

Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion/.

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas, Texas
Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
Openings for 2021 and 2022

The Pediatric Pathology Fellowship Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center is centered at Children’s Health℠ Children’s Medical Center, a 600-bed tertiary care pediatric hospital that is the primary pediatric teaching hospital for the UT Southwestern Medical School. The Department of Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Services at Children’s Health℠ houses 14 faculty overseeing in-house histology, electron microscopy, chemistry, hematology, microbiology, transfusion medicine, and molecular diagnostics laboratories. State-of-the-art flow cytometry and cytogenetics laboratories reside within UTSW and are readily accessible to the fellow. Children’s is nationally recognized in multiple subspecialty areas, and cases include challenging as well as routine cases, exposing fellows to the full spectrum of pediatric and perinatal pathology. Yearly case volumes include 5500 surgicals, 1800 GI biopsies, 300 non-heme cytology cases, 90 FNAs, and 90 autopsies, in addition to 3000 placentas from the affiliated Parkland Hospital.

The program accommodates two fellows per academic year. Stipend and benefits are provided through the UT Southwestern Department of Pathology. Fellows must have completed AP or AP/CP training in an ACGME-accredited Pathology residency. Currently, we have openings for the academic year 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.

Online application (interviews must be completed by 12/31 in the year prior to fellowship start): https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/pathology/education-training/fellowships/pediatric-pathology.html

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status. To learn more, please visit: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/why-work-here/diversity-inclusion/.

Questions may be directed to:

Denise Anderson
Program Coordinator, Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
Email: PATHFELPROG@UTSouthwestern.edu

OR

Ameet Thaker, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Program Director, Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
Email: Ameet.Thaker@UTSouthwestern.edu

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