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Neuropathology Fellowship Program

The Neuropathology Fellowship Program is a two-year, full-time training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The program is offered to one applicant each academic two-year cycle.

Program Description

The program requires that the trainee must have completed an ACGME-accredited residency in Anatomic Pathology, or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. The program provides training in neuropathology, with over 900 autopsies with brains, close to 700 neurosurgical cases, and over 150 neurosurgical frozen sections per year. Fellows are responsible under supervision for post-mortem macroscopic examinations of brains, with microscopic evaluation of tissues. They also have the opportunity to assist in teaching medical students and residents and are expected to participate in conferences where difficult cases and subspecialty topics are discussed.

Requirements

• Four or more years of training in anatomic, clinical, or combined anatomic/clinical pathology
• Applications should be received by March 1 of the year preceding the year of the fellowship (15 months prior to the beginning of the fellowship)

Stipends

Salary is commensurate with the PGY 5 level of postgraduate training.

Program Details

• The program provides both clinical and basic science research opportunities
• Fellows are required to oversee intra-operative consultations and cutting in of specimens that are submitted for neuropathology analysis
• Fellows review the microscopic sections with the residents and attend daily sign-out sessions in the presence of the supervising attending physician
• Each fellow must participate in scholarly activity, including at least one of the following:
  • Evidence-based presentations at journal club or meetings (local, regional, or national)
  • Preparation and submission of articles for peer-reviewed publications
  • Research

Program Leadership

• Program Director: Cynthia Welsh
• Program Coordinator: Michelle Barton