Our program offers 18 residency and up to 3 fellowship positions. Each year of the program, each resident receives individualized instruction, guidance and evaluation on a personal level. The program director meets regularly with each resident to tailor the program to his or her needs, to clarify and define the resident's goals, and to discuss appropriate elective and research programs. The program director also actively helps residents with job placement. We encourage our residents to take boards in both areas for certification by the American Board of Pathology.
Residents spend up to eighteen months in clinical training in research or on advanced rotations.
A wide variety of options are possible for the remainder of the elective time, including subspecialty training and basic or applied research. We stress options that further career goals and strengthen the individual's areas of weakness. Electives include advanced rotations in cytopathology, hematology, microbiology, transfusion medicine, flow cytometry, surgical pathology, molecular diagnosis, image analysis, informatics and laboratory management. Residents may use a clinical internship as the credentialing year. They work in groups with a faculty member to teach the basic pathology course for medical students.