Surgical Pathology Fellowship

Program Description: The UNC School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers a one-year Fellowship/Instructorship in Surgical Pathology. This training year is intended for board-eligible or board-certified anatomic pathologists who want progressive responsibility in the practice of academic Surgical Pathology. UNC Surgical Pathology volumes are currently 29,000 cases per year, and represent a broad spectrum of pathology. Service responsibilities include case diagnosis, case reporting, outside case review, and case presentation at multidisciplinary conferences. In the Fall, the Fellow’s service work is supervised, and his/her diagnoses are finalized by faculty. In the late Fall, Fellows are credentialed by the Hospital to allow independent sign-out of cases, and are appointed as faculty Instructors. In the Spring, the Instructors diagnose and sign out cases independently. In addition to these service responsibilities, opportunities are available for didactic and slide-based teaching of medical students and residents.

Program Requirements: Applicants must possess an MD degree, be board-eligible/board-certified in Anatomic Pathology, and be eligible for medical licensure in North Carolina.

Stipends: Fellowship stipends are based on the trainee’s postgraduate year, currently $55,000 for a PGY5, with an increase during the Instructorship appointment.

Program Director: William K. Funkhouser, MD, PhD, Director of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology

Faculty Members:

Debra Budwit, MD — Gynecologic pathology

Megan J. DiFurio, MD — Gynecologic pathology

William K. Funkhouser, MD, PhD — Surgical pathology and transplantation pathology

Kevin Greeene, MD — Surgical pathology, cytopathology, and gastrointestinal pathology

Pamela A. Groben, MD — Surgical pathology, dermatopathology, and gastrointestinal pathology

Ruth A. Lininger, MD, MPH — Surgical pathology, gynecologic pathology, and breast pathology

Susan J. Maygarden, MD — Uropathology and lung pathology

Siobhan M. O'Connor, MD — Surgical pathology of the breast and cytopathology

Lori R. Scanga, MD, PhD — Cytopathology, gynecologic pathology, and molecular pathology

Scott V. Smith, MD — Surgical pathology and pediatric pathology

Dimitri M. Trembath, MD, PhD — Neuropathology, surgical pathology, and molecular pathology

John T. Woosley, MD — Surgical pathology, dermatopathology, and gastrointestinal 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 Dr. William Funkhouser at the address below. Letters of recommendation should be submitted by January 1. Electronic format is welcomed for applications and letters of recommendation. Interviews will be completed by March 1. Offers will be made in March.

For additional information, please contact…

Dr. William Funkhouser
CB# 7525, Brinkhous-Bullitt Bldg.
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525
Email: Bill_Funkhouser@med.unc.edu
Telephone: 919-843-1069
Fax: 919-966-6417