LAC+USC Medical Center/Keck School of Medicine of USC
Cytopathology Fellowship

Accepting Applications for
Academic Years 2023-24 and 2024-25

The Cytopathology Fellowship training program of the LAC+USC Medical Center has positions available for 2023-24 and 2024-25. This Cytopathology Fellowship training program has the status of Continued Accreditation by the ACGME.

The Cytopathology Fellowship training program provides primary training experience in cytopathology at LAC+USC Medical Center where there are annually 21,000 cytology accessions, including 1,300 fine needle aspirations (FNA’s), 2,900 non-gynecologic exfoliative specimens and 16,800 ThinPrep Pap tests per year. The affiliated hospitals of Norris Cancer Hospital and Keck Hospital of USC provide an additional 6,900 cytopathology accessions, including 850 FNA’s, 2,850 non-gynecologic exfoliative specimens, and 3,200 ThinPrep Pap tests. The Department of Pathology at the LAC+USC Medical Center operates a daily morning ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration clinic. The LAC+USC Medical Center has a high risk population with a cervical cancer rate that provides ample experience in gynecologic cytopathology. The Norris Cancer and Keck Hospitals provide extensive exposure to cancer cytopathology.

Requirements: The candidate must have completed 3 years of Anatomic Pathology training or 4 years of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology training by the beginning of the fellowship training.

The candidate must have a California Medical License by July 1st of their training year. A letter from the resident’s Program Director must document all rotations the resident has taken. Additional letters from the resident’s Cytopathology faculty are recommended.

Stipends: Support will be commensurate with the applicant’s level of training.

Submit applications to:
Wafaa A. Elatre, M.D., M.P.H., Cytopathology Program Director
Maria Guerra, Cytopathology Program Coordinator
LAC+USC Medical Center
1200 North State Street, Room A7E114
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: (323) 409-7150
Fax: (323) 441-8193
E-mail: Wafaa.Elatre@med.usc.edu; mrg@usc.edu

Website: http://keck.usc.edu/pathology/training-education/fellowship-programs/cytopathology/

For more information, please visit our website at
https://sites.usc.edu/cytopath/

[#9896, exp. 20 September 2021]

Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Pathology
Genitourinary (GU) Pathology Fellowship
Opening 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

[#10529, exp. 27 June 2022]

Cytopathology Fellowship Position
2024 - 2025

The University of Florida Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine Cytopathology Fellowship is an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited comprehensive one-year fellowship program in cytopathology that begins annually on July 1.

The program provides advanced and intensive training in all areas of cytopathology including gynecological cytology, non-gynecological cytology, and fine needle aspiration (FNA). Additionally, the fellows will have hands-on experience in ultrasound guided FNA of superficial lesions.

Our faculty includes six American Board of Pathology-subspecialty certified cytopathologists. We currently review more than 6,500 non-gynecological cytology specimens, including approximately 2,400 FNAs and over 9000 gynecological specimens (Thin-layer preparation pap tests) per year. Our fellows are expected to participate in teaching and related interdepartmental conferences. Opportunities for research activities are available throughout the program.

Applicant Requirements
Successful fellowship candidates must be eligible for certification or certified in Anatomic, or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, by the American Board of Pathology. Applicants are required to have passed all three steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.

For International Medical Graduates (IMGs)
The Department requires that all IMGs applicants have valid certificates from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates. The University of Florida supports J1 visas but does not support H1B visas.

Applications

Completed application packets must include:

• National Standard Application-pdf (or National Standard Application-Word document download)
• Curriculum vitae
• Three letters of recommendation (addressed to fellowship director)

Please send completed packets to:

Marino E. Leon, M.D.
Cytopathology Fellowship Program Director
University of Florida College of Medicine
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
P.O. Box 100275
Gainesville, FL 32610
Email: marino.leon@ufl.edu

Please cc:
Margo Kramer
Fellowship Coordinator
Email: kramer@pathology.ufl.edu

[#10196, exp. 12 January 2022]

Blood Banking / Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Iowa City, Iowa
Openings for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025

Program:
The program offers a one year accredited fellowship in blood banking and transfusion medicine. DeGowin Blood Center provides on-site transfusion, donor center (whole blood and cytapheresis) and therapeutic hemapheresis (including hematopoietic progenitor collection and processing) services to a large university tertiary care hospital. Daily experience is provided in blood donor selection, blood banking serology, compatibility testing and selection of special products (e.g., crossmatch compatible platelets) therapeutic and donor hemapheresis, neonatal transfusion, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and other cellular therapies, and surgical tissue banking. Additional rotations provide education on HLA testing, community blood center operations, and community hospital transfusion practices.

Requirements:
Applications will be accepted from individuals who are board eligible or board certified in Pathology, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Neurological Surgery, or Thoracic Surgery, or hold a subspecialty certificate in Hematology from an ABMS member board.

Stipends and Benefits:
Commensurate with level of training. The website of the Graduate Medical Education Office (https://gme.medicine.uiowa.edu/) contains specific information regarding stipends and benefits.

Inquiries:
Annette Schlueter, MD, PhD
Fellowship Program Director
Telephone: (319) 356-0370
Email: annette-schlueter@uiowa.edu

Application Process:
Please send or email a cover letter, CAP Standardized Pathology Fellowship Application, current curriculum vitae, personal statement, medical school dean's letter, 3 letters of recommendation that include 1 from your Residency Program Director and 2 from additional faculty, USMLE scores (steps 1, 2, and 3), copy of ECFMG certificate (if applicable), copy of permanent visa (if applicable), and copy of medical school diploma to:

Vicky J. Farrington-Howrey
Fellowship and Extern Coordinator
Department of Pathology (C684 GH)
University of Iowa Health Care
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Telephone: (319) 356-0319
Fax: (319) 384-9613
Email: vicky-farrington@uiowa.edu

Applications will be accepted until fellowship position is filled.

Please visit our website for additional information by clicking here.

[#9729, exp. 13 August 2021]

Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship
Iowa City, Iowa
Openings for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025

Program:
The University of Iowa offers a one-year accredited fellowship in molecular genetic pathology. The fellowship program entails a broad educational experience in both traditional and leading-edge technologies combined with knowledgeable and friendly faculty and staff providing a unique training experience in all areas of molecular pathology. The Molecular Pathology Laboratory serves as the primary site for molecular testing of neoplastic, genetic, and infectious diseases from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as well as for regional, national and international clients. We have over 50 diagnostic tests utilizing various methods including next generation sequencing by synthesis (Ion Torrent and Illumina systems), qualitative/quantitative PCR, emulsion PCR, and real-time PCR, Sanger sequencing, traditional and capillary electrophoresis and Southern blotting. The MGP fellowship includes six months of hands-on training in the Molecular Pathology Laboratory with special emphasis on molecular oncology, genetics, and infectious disease. Another three to four months are spent predominantly in the Genetics Division of the Department of Pediatrics. This block includes one month of general genetics, one month of specialty genetics rotations in the cancer center and neurology clinics and one month of cytogenetics training. The Cytogenetics Laboratory will provide exposure to traditional cytogenetics, FISH and Comparative Genomic Hybridization using microarray technology. During these rotations the fellow learns the role of an attending physician, with levels of responsibility and supervision appropriate for the level of training and experience. The fellow is also exposed to administrative and management aspects of directing a molecular diagnostics laboratory. The remaining three months are spent with independent test development in the Molecular Pathology Laboratory or on basic research projects in any one of numerous laboratories associated with the program. The fellows are encouraged to use this time to obtain preliminary data serving as the basis for applications for career development grants from federal and private agencies.

Requirements:
Applications will be accepted from residents who are MD or MD/PhD and have ACGME-accredited residency training in Pathology (AP/CP, AP, or CP) or Medical Genetics.

Stipends and Benefits:
Commensurate with level of training. The website of the Graduate Medical Education Office (https://gme.medicine.uiowa.edu/) contains specific information regarding stipends and benefits.

Inquiries:
Aaron Bossler, MD, PhD
Fellowship Program Director
Telephone: 319/384-9566
Email: aaron-bossler@uiowa.edu

Application Process:
Please email the contact below for further application information:

Vicky J. Farrington-Howrey
Fellowship and Extern Coordinator
Department of Pathology (C684 GH)
University of Iowa Health Care
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Telephone: (319) 356-0319
Fax: (319) 384-9613
Email: vicky-farrington@uiowa.edu

Applications will be accepted until fellowship position is filled.

Please visit our website for additional information by clicking here.

[#9730, exp. 13 August 2021]

Gastrointestinal Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Iowa City, Iowa
Openings for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025

Program:
This one-year program is designed to provide an advanced, intensive educational experience in Gastrointestinal Surgical Pathology. The fellowship emphasizes graduated responsibility and includes a significant component of independent fellow signout. The fellow will also present at our 4 GI Tumor Boards (Colorectal, Hepatobiliary, GI-Neuroendocrine Oncology, Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy) and will be integral to our weekly, pathologist-driven GI-Liver Biopsy Multidisciplinary Teaching Conference. This fellowship represents the "GI track" within our larger Surgical Pathology Fellowship, and the fellow will also rotate through 4-months of our General Surgical Pathology Service, with Hot Seat, Frozen Section, and Consults rotations. Research is strongly encouraged, and our faculty are highly motivated to mentor trainees in clinical and translational projects.

The University Hospital has 48,000 Surgical Pathology accessions each year, including >10,000 in-house GI cases and 350 extramural consultations. The GI Pathology Service handles all in-house and consult tubal gut and liver cases, including a large volume of pediatric cases. We also have an active liver transplant program. Our various GI Pathology faculty direct the Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry Laboratory, sign out on the Molecular Pathology Service, and participate in the nation's first and only neuroendocrine tumor SPORE.

Requirements:
Applications will be accepted from residents who will have had three years of straight Anatomic Pathology training or four years of combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology training. Board eligible applicants are preferred.

Stipends and Benefits:
Commensurate with level of training. The Graduate Medical Education Office website (https://gme.medicine.uiowa.edu/) contains specific information regarding stipends and benefits.

Inquiries:
Andrew M Bellizzi, M.D.
Director of GI Pathology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Phone: (319) 356-4436
Email: andrew-bellizzi@uiowa.edu

Application Process:
Please send or email a cover letter, CAP Standardized Pathology Fellowship Application, current curriculum vitae, personal statement, medical school dean's letter, 3 letters of recommendation, USMLE scores, copy of ECFMG certificate (if applicable), copy of permanent visa (if applicable), and copy of medical school diploma to:

Vicky J. Farrington-Howrey
Fellowship Coordinator
Department of Pathology (C684 GH)
University of Iowa Health Care
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Email: vicky-farrington@uiowa.edu

[#9936, exp. 10 November 2021]

Surgical Pathology Fellowship
Iowa City, Iowa
Up to 4 Openings for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025

Program:
This one-year program, in existence since 1982 with over 100 graduates, is designed to provide an advanced, intensive educational experience in General Surgical Pathology, with the opportunity to develop additional subspecialty expertise. Core rotations include Hot Seat, Frozen Section, Gross Room Teaching, and Consults. The fellowship emphasizes graduated responsibility, and there is opportunity for independent signout of cases. Fellows are also integral in Tumor Boards and have ample opportunities to teach. Research is encouraged, and our faculty is highly motivated to mentor trainees in clinical and translational projects. At completion, the successful fellow will demonstrate the knowledge, poise, maturity, and communication skills to effectively function at the level of junior staff/faculty.

Requirements:
Applications will be accepted from residents who will have had three years of straight Anatomic Pathology training or four years of combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology training. Board eligible applicants are preferred.

Stipends and Benefits:
Commensurate with level of training. The Graduate Medical Education Office website (https://gme.medicine.uiowa.edu/) contains specific information regarding stipends and benefits.

Inquiries:
Laila Dahmoush, M.D.
Fellowship Program Director
Telephone: (319) 356-4440
Email: laila-dahmoush@uiowa.edu

Application Process:
Please send or email a cover letter, CAP Standardized Pathology Fellowship Application, current curriculum vitae, personal statement, medical school dean's letter, 3 letters of recommendation that include one from the pathology residency director and two additional faculty, USMLE scores (steps 1, 2, and 3), copy of ECFMG certificate (if applicable), copy of permanent visa (if applicable), and copy of medical school diploma to:

Vicky J. Farrington-Howrey
Fellowship and Extern Coordinator
Department of Pathology (C684 GH)
University of Iowa Health Care
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Telephone: (319) 356-0319
Fax: (319) 384-9613
Email: vicky-farrington@uiowa.edu

Please visit our website for additional information by clicking here.

[#9731, exp. 15 August 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]

Head and Neck Pathology Fellowship
Opening for July 2024 and beyond

Description:

The Mount Sinai Health System Department of Pathology in New York City offers a one-year fellowship experience in Head and Neck Pathology, directed by Dr. Margaret S Brandwein-Weber, Professor of Pathology and Site Chairman. This fellow will have the opportunity of training in one of the most robust, dynamic, academic multidisciplinary settings, and the expectation of graduated sign-out responsibilities and independent intraoperative assessment in newly renovated facilities. He/she will be encouraged to participate in ongoing translational research projects which include an innovative computational pathology platform.

The fellow must have completed a residency in either Anatomic Pathology (AP) or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (AP/CP) and be eligible for a New York State Medical License. Occasionally, fellows are accepted in the middle of training, but most are in their 5th or 6th year of training. Stipends are commensurate with the level of postgraduate training in Pathology.

An application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference are necessary.

Please contact:

Marian.Burgos@mountsinai.org

Margaret Brandwein-Weber, MD
Professor of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Site Chair, Pathology Mount Sinai West, Mount Sinai Best Israel
Email: Margaret.Brandwein@MountSinai.org

[#9779, exp. 8 January 2022]

Fellowship in Blood Banking / Transfusion Medicine
Openings for 2024

This is an exciting and innovative program that incorporates a required 24 week core component on the transfusion service and an 8 week core rotations on the coagulation and hemostasis service. This will be followed by 4 week rotations on the apheresis service, the hematology/oncology service and the American Red Cross Donor Collection Center. A 4 week elective period may be done either at Vanderbilt University, or as an away-rotation at another institution, including the possibility of a global health rotation in transfusion medicine in another country.

A major strength of this Fellowship compared with other TM fellowship programs in the US, is the foundation it will provide in delivering service through Diagnostic Management Teams (DMT) - an innovative health delivery modality pioneered in our department at VUMC, now being adopted at numerous other US medical institutions. The program also includes daily Morning Rounds with the attending physician and residents, as well as daily supervision of the Stem Cell Collection and Photopheresis Unit.

The fellowship includes a strong didactic component with regular lecturers, seminars, journal clubs, case conferences. The fellow will be required to present regularly at these meetings and will also regularly attend and participate in various QA/QC meetings including the Hospital Transfusion Committee. In addition, the fellow will regularly participate with the faculty in seminar meetings in hematology/oncology and in pediatrics/neonatology in order to give the fellow broad exposure to all fields of transfusion medicine. The fellowship also includes a 26-lecture series on "Fundamentals of Laboratory, Business and Human Resource Management" offered by faculty from the Owen Graduate School of Management and the Department of PMI that is attended by all residents and fellows in the department and encompasses topics in health policy; laboratory analytics, business management; as well as topics human resource management, negotiation and conflict management. In addition, the department has now established the Vanderbilt Pathology Education Research Group (VPERG) with a weekly lecture and research meeting series to promote education research in pathology for fellows, residents and faculty.

The fellow will also complete a small research project under faculty supervision. Funds will be provided to attend at least one conference during the year, and a $600 stipend will be provided for books and supplies. Publication of research, review and/or commentary papers will be strongly encouraged.

Located in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University is one of the nation's leading research and teaching institutions with undergraduate medical programs contiguous on the same campus. Nashville, the capital of Tennessee, is a growing cosmopolitan area with a population exceeding 1 million, diverse entertainment, excellent schools and ready access to outdoor activities.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, application*, CV, personal statement, USMLE scores, passport size photo, three letters of recommendation and ECFMG certificate (if applicable) to:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Graduate Education Office
1161 21st Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37232-2561

Email: t.devany@vumc.org

*Application and pertinent information can be found under Graduate Medical Education at: https://www.vumc.org/gme/applications-and-requirements

Click here to see full brochure.

[#9860, exp. 17 October 2021]

 

Neuropathology Fellowship
Open position for 2024

The Department of Pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine offers an ACGME-accredited two-year fellowship program in Neuropathology. One position is available on an annual basis. Experience is provided at the University of Utah Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, Primary Children's Hospital and the Office of the Medical Examiner.

This fellowship is designed to give the fellows a broad experience in diagnostic neuropathology, with emphasis on surgical neuropathology but also with exposure to autopsy, forensic and neuromuscular neuropathology. A diverse patient population, as well as an active consultation service provides adequate volumes of material.

The overall goal of the fellowship is to provide in-depth exposure to neuropathology with our faculty, Christian Davidson (Fellowship Director), Dr. Cheryl Palmer (Director of Neuropathology), and Dr. Nick Mamalis (Faculty in Ophthalmology).

This training program satisfies the requirements for the American Board of Pathology examination in Neuropathology.

Requirements: Applicants must hold an M.D. degree, D.O. degree (or foreign equivalent with ECFMG certification), be board eligible or board certified in anatomic pathology, and be eligible for a Utah State medical license.

Interested candidates should submit cover letter with personal statement, curriculum vitae, CAP Standardized Fellowship Application, and three letters of recommendation (one of which should be from current/most recent program director) to:

Ashleigh Mckensie
Fellowship Program Coordinator / Manager, Clinical Programs
University of Utah | Anatomic Pathology
2000 Circle of Hope, 3100
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Telephone: (801) 587-4563
Email: ashleigh.mckensie@path.utah.edu

Please address letters to:

Christian Davidson, M.D.
Director of Neuropathology Fellowship
University of Utah
Department of Pathology
2000 Circle of Hope, 3100
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

[#10199, exp. 14 March 2022]