Surgical Pathology Fellowship

Description

This one-year accredited program is designed to train up to two well-rounded academically oriented surgical pathologists and to provide advanced training in diagnostic surgical pathology.  The fellowship will provide extensive training in all aspects of surgical pathology, including head and neck, neuropathology, endocrine, GYN, GU, GI, breast, bone and soft tissue, liver, transplant pathology, dermatopathology and hematopathology.  Approximately 17,500 surgical specimens are evaluated each year in our hospital-based laboratory.  

Particularly strong interdepartmental programs exist in cancer prevention and control, epidemiology and biostatistics; and fellows have the opportunity to participate in clinical and basic research in addition to diagnostic cases.  After a training period, the fellow is expected to assume graded sign-out responsibilities under supervision. The fellow has first-hand experience in signing out cases, intra operative consultations, including frozen sections and review of outside consultations. Participation in conferences and teaching pathology residents is required.  The program is designed to provide the successful candidate with an in depth-experience that will include immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, molecular diagnostics, flow cytometry and health services research.  Fellows are encouraged to design and complete a research project.

Requirements

Candidates must be Board eligible or certified in anatomic pathology or anatomic and clinical pathology and must have or be eligible for an unrestricted license to practice medicine in Kansas.  Preference will be given to candidates who have demonstrated an interest in pursuing an academic career in anatomic pathology.

Stipends

Commensurate with the level of training and experience.

Faculty

• Mark Cunningham, MD, hematopathology, flow cytometry.
• Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD, director of autopsy, surgical pathology, liver pathology, transplant pathology, fertility and testicular pathology, GI pathology, renal pathology and electron microscopy.
• Fang Fan, MD, PhD, director of cytopathology, surgical pathology, breast pathology, GYN pathology, Head and neck pathology, thyroid and salivary gland pathology.
• Timothy Fields, MD, PhD, renal pathology, transplant pathology.
• James Fishback, MD, autopsy, infectious diseases.
• Garth Fraga, MD, dermatopathology.
• Roy Jensen, MD, director of cancer center, breast pathology.
• Rashna Madan, MD, surgical pathology, cytopathology, GI pathology, lung pathology, soft tissue pathology, thyroid pathology.
• Kathy Newell, MD, neuropathology, nerve and muscle pathology.
• Ossama Tawfik, MD, PhD, Program director, surgical pathology, cytopathology, breast pathology, GYN pathology, GU pathology, interstitial lung diseases, immunohistochemistry, image analysis and telepathology.
• Patricia Thomas, MD, MA, Surgical pathology, cytopathology, breast pathology, pediatric pathology, GYN pathology.
• Lowell Tilzer, MD, PhD, Department chair and director of clinical laboratories, hematopathology, chemistry, flow cytometry, molecular pathology.
• Da Zhang, MD, surgical pathology, renal pathology, electron microscopy, hematopathology, molecular pathology.

Applications

Surgical Pathology Fellow Application (Word)

Send cover letter, CV and three letters of recommendations to:

Charla Tunget, Program Coordinator
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Surgical Pathology
3901 Rainbow Blvd
2071 Wahl West
Mail Stop 3045
Kansas City, KS 66160-7410.

Have letters of recommendation addressed to:  Ossama Tawfik, MD, PhD, Professor, Vice Chairman, Director of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology.

Additional information may be obtained by calling (913) 588-7076.