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Clinical Fellowships

William B. Hawkins Post-Sophomore Fellowship:

The William B. Hawkins Post-Sophomore Fellowship in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, established in July 1829, offers second or third year medical students of the University of Rochester School of Medicine an opportunity to consolidate their basic science knowledge and gain clinical experience in a real world setting.

Interested SMD medical students should email Betsy McDonald.

 

Post-Graduate ACGME Accredited Fellowships:

Under the direction of Ellen Giampoli, M.D., the Stanley F. Patten Cytopathology Fellowship, is a one-year fellowship offering advanced training in diagnostic cytopathology, including application of ancillary techniques such as immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, molecular diagnostics and electron microscopy to cytologic specimens. Considerable emphasis is placed on correlations between cytopathologic and surgical pathologic diagnoses. The Cytopathology Laboratory examines approximately 72,000 gynecologic specimens and nearly 7,000 non-gynecologic specimens per year, including approximately 3,900 fine needle aspirations biopsies. Pathologists perform superficial FNAs. The fellow also participates in interdepartmental conferences and in teaching residents and medical students.

W. Richard Burack, M.D., Ph.D. is the director of our Hematology in Pathology Fellowship program. Established in 2007, this program offers training in all aspects of diagnostic hematopathology. First and foremost, the program will train hematopathologists who are competent for independent practice. In addition, the program strives to give trainees the intellectual tools and habits that they need to stay abreast of this quickly evolving field throughout their lifetime, and to be the individuals who shape the field through their own scholarship.

 

Post-Graduate Department Fellowships:

A one-year non-accredited department fellowship in Genitourinary Pathology was established in 2005, and is divided into three primary activities: 1) clinically oriented work which includes supervised sign out of genitourinary case material and presentation at clinical conferences; 2) clinical/pathologic research and/or more basic bench research; 3) teaching of residents and medical students. The University of Rochester Medical Center is a regional referral center with a strong Urology department. The Department of Pathology accessions over 50,000 surgical cases a year with a significant number of complex and unusual genitourinary specimens.

The Urology and Pathology departments have a wide range of clinical and basic research activities with particular strengths in prostate and ladder cancer research. Many of the projects are collaborative between the two departments including the investigation of neuroendocrine differentiation in androgen independent prostate cancer. Individuals interested in applying to these programs must have completed a four-year accredited AP/CP Pathology Residency program and be Board eligible/certified.

Our GI/Hepatobiliary department fellowship complements our GI Surigcal Pathology subspecialty encompasses the breadth of GI and liver pathology. The University of Rochester is home to an active groups of foregut surgeons, surgical oncologists and colorectal surgeons who care for patients with both neoplastic and medical diseases. In addition, we perform almost 13,000 GI biopsy examinations annually, both neoplastic and medical pathology. The liver transplant/hepatobiliary surgery program is well established, having been in place for almost 20 years; we have an excellent relationship with their team of four surgeons. There are multiple interdisciplinary GI conferences at URMC (including GI oncology, hepatobiliary oncology, transplant and pediatric among others) in which fellows may actively participate.

If desired, fellows will have the opportunity to rotate through other subspecialty services or affiliated community hospitals. Sign out privileges are also anticipated for fellows with appropriate qualifications. Opportunities for collaborative translational research abound and departmental funds are available for projects as well as travel for presentation of results at a national meeting.

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Individuals interested in applying to any of these programs must have completed a four-year accredited AP/CP Pathology Residency program and be Board eligible/certified. For additional information on fellowship opportunities send an email to betsy_mcdonald@urmc.rochester.edu or contact the Office for Graduate Medical Education in Pathology at 585-273-4580.