Cytopathology Fellowship

Program Description: The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and UNC Hospitals offer a one-year training program in cytopathology. The program is fully accredited by the ACGME and is approved for two fellows per year. The fellowship focuses on service responsibilities within the division of cytopathology, with opportunities for complementary study in surgical pathology, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, and other specialized areas. The Cytopathology Laboratory accessions over 24,000 cytology specimens per year, of which approximately 4,500 are nongynecologic specimens and approximately 1,200 are fine needle aspirations. A portion of the fine needle aspirations are performed by the cytopathology staff. The trainees' responsibilities include supervision of the fine needle aspiration service, participation in cytopathology sign-out, and participation in teaching and conferences in cytopathology with residents and staff. Fellows are also expected to pursue a research project during their fellowship year.

Program Requirements: Applicants must possess an M.D. degree and have at least two years of accredited residency training in anatomic pathology. Preference is given to those applicants who have completed an AP or AP/CP residency.

Stipends: Fellowship stipends are based on the trainee's number of years of postdoctoral training and the current UNC Hospitals' Housestaff salary scale.

Program Director: Susan Maygarden, MD, Director of Cytopathology

Faculty Members:

Debra Budwit, MD — Gynecologic pathology

Megan J. DiFurio, MD — Gynecologic pathology

Kevin Greene, MD — Gastrointestinal pathology

Susan J. Maygarden, MD — Uropathology and lung pathology

Siobhan M. O'Connor, MD — Breast pathology

Lori R. Scanga, MD, PhD — GI, thyroid, head and neck pathology

Applications: The Standardized Application for Pathology Fellowships from the College of American Pathologists should be submitted by December 1 (19 months before start date of July 1) to Janice Badstein at the address below. Letters of recommendation should be submitted by January 1 (18 months before start date). Interviews will be completed by February 28 (16 months before start date). Offers will be issued March 1 (16 months before start date). UNC Hospitals' Housestaff Policies are available for review on the Graduate Medical Education web site.

For additional information, please contact…

Janice Badstein
McLendon Clinical Labs
UNC Hospitals
101 Manning Drive
1106 East Wing
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Telephone: 919-966-2318

Fax: 919-966-6407