To meet the American Board of Pathology requirements, the residency program consists of a four-year core curriculum and a fifth year of either clinically relevant subspecialty training in pathology or research. Previous clinical training in a transitional program or straight postgraduate program in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology or family practice may be substituted for the fifth-year requirement. A limited number of positions in either anatomic or clinical pathology only are allocated on individual merit.
Fellowships leading to subspecialty certification are also available.
Currently, twenty pathology residency positions are available in years 1-4. Usually four or five first-year positions are offered each year. The clinical laboratories are staffed by a total of 270 technical and clerical personnel. Facilities are available for research related to both anatomic and clinical pathology. Residents have access to the University Libraries with over one million volumes, the Medical School and Veteran's Affairs Libraries with over 110,000 volumes and subscriptions to over 1,600 medical and scientific journals, and the departmental working library.