Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship

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Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship

Next Opening: 2028-2029

The Department of Pathology offers a one-year fellowship in gastrointestinal-hepatobiliary pathology with an emphasis on diagnosis and clinicopathologic correlation. The fellowship begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th of the following year. The program includes training in the diagnosis and handling of resections and biopsies of the gastrointestinal tract, the liver, the pancreas, and the biliary tract, with supporting immunohistochemistry and molecular diagnostics. The fellow is the primary consultant for the daily diagnostic service for approximately 6 months, during which they interact closely with house officers, clinicians, clerical and technical staff, and the GI pathology faculty. The in-house diagnostic service handles approximately 100-160 biopsy slides per day. There is an active liver transplant program, so the fellow will gain extensive experience with liver resections and post-transplant biopsies. In addition, the fellow spends approximately 6 months on the consult service, which receives challenging cases from all over the country. During the consult service rotation, the fellow will gain experience in composing meaningful consultation reports. Elective rotations on the endoscopy service and elective research time may be included in the training. The fellow participates in regular gastrointestinal and liver pathology interdisciplinary and intradepartmental conferences and is encouraged to participate in clinically-oriented research projects with the aim of presenting these projects at national meetings and publishing them subsequently. This program is not ACGME accredited.

Requirements:
Applicants must be Board-certified or Board-eligible in anatomic pathology.  Applicants must be US citizens, permanent residents or pending permanent residents/EAD approved. J-1 visas are not eligible.

Update - Effective immediately, for all non-US or Canadian medical school graduates, the applicant must hold a current, valid ECFMG certificate and be eligible for a State of Michigan professional license. State of Michigan license eligibility information is available at: https://www.michigan.gov/lara/bureau-list/bpl/licensing-requirements-help-guides. 

 

Stipends:
Support is commensurate with the candidate's level of training.

Applications:

Applications will be reviewed once ALL required documents listed below are received:

  • completed fellowship application
  • current CV
  • three letters of recommendation

Applications should be submitted online: Click Here

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Inquiries can be directed to:

Shula Schechter MD, Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship Director

Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories

2800 Plymouth Road, Building 35

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2800

Phone:  (734) 936-6770

E-mail:  sschecht@med.umich.edu