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Nephropathology Fellowship

Program Description

The UNC School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers a one-year Clinical Fellowship training program in Nephropathology. The training year is intended for board-eligible or board-certified anatomic pathologists who want progressive responsibility and to develop excellent diagnostic skills in renal pathology in an academic practice environment.

The Nephropathology Division specializes in the evaluation of medical kidney diseases using light microscopy, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy. Our expert faculty provide educational framework to develop fellows’ skills at conducting morphologic and clinicopathologic assessments. Our practitioners work closely with nephrologists to guide patient management. We are deeply committed to education. Trainees gain experience with a broad spectrum of native and transplant kidney biopsies, and benefit from case-based learning, collaborative conferences, and exposure to research in glomerular disease and transplant pathology.

Our premier nephropathology laboratory offers expert diagnostic services, providing comprehensive renal pathology reports in a timely manner. Our laboratory conducts the technical and professional components of renal pathology services for the UNC Medical Center.

Graduated responsibility is a hallmark of our department’s residency and fellowship programs. This fellowship is a hybrid fellowship-instructorship position with an emphasis on independent sign-out responsibility for the majority of the year. Fellows begin with an initial period of supervision in working up the full range of neprhopathology cases, and progress to independent sign out of a full volume service in a busy academic medical practice. Fellows are credentialed for independent sign-out in the fall. During the spring semester fellows undertake full independent sign-out workload, developing the necessary skills for future careers as neprhopathologists.

For detailed information about Nephropathology at UNC, please visit our website.

Program Requirements

Applicants must possess an MD or DO degree, be board-eligible/board-certified in Anatomic Pathology, and be eligible for medical licensure in North Carolina and appointment to the faculty of UNC Healthcare.

Applications and Timeline

We will begin accepting applications annually in June (approximately 22 months before the anticipated July start date). Interviews are typically performed June through August.

Please send the following materials to the program director, Dr. Alexei Mikhailov, at alexei_mikhailov@med.unc.edu.

  • The Standardized Application for Pathology Fellowships from the College of American Pathologists
  • A short cover letter expressing your interest in the fellowship
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Three (3) current letters of recommendation (one of which must be from your Program Director)
  • ECFMG certification if applicable

Stipends

Fellowship stipends are commensurate with postgraduate year of training, with an increase during the Instructorship appointment. There are limited funds to support foreign scholars.

Program Director

Alexei Mikhailov, MD

Program Coordinator

Ashley Smith

Faculty Members

Applications

Please send a cover letter and CV to Dr. Mikhailov and Ashley at the email addresses below.

For additional information, please contact:

Alexei Mikhailov, MD, Director
UNC Division of Nephropathology, Department of Pathology
Email: alexei_mikhailov@med.unc.edu

Telephone: 919.966.2421
Fax: 919.966.4542

Ashley Smth

Email: ashley_m_smith@med.unc.edu

Address: Brinkhous-Bullitt Building (Room #409), Campus Box #7525
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7525 (USA)