Department of Pathology & Immunology

Pediatric Pathology Fellowship Curriculum

Master
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Rotations and Service

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Rotations happen on four-week blocks (each referred to as 1 month hereafter). The fellows will rotate through surgical pathology (five months), autopsy service (three months), placenta/perinatal pathology (one month), neuropathology (one month) and cytology/consult service (one month). Two months of elective rotations are provided towards the end of the year with the goal of allowing the fellow to tailor elective time towards possible future needs. Elective time can include additional time in one of the core rotations outlined above or alternatively, other elective rotations available include hematopathology, liver and GI pathology, renal pathology, transplant pathology, molecular pathology and research.

We have a very active intraoperative consultation (frozen section) service providing sufficient experience for the fellow to become comfortable reporting intraoperative consultation independently by the end of their training.

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Didactic

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Fellow’s Conference: Occurs on a weekly basis, every Thursday at noon. It is a fellow-run conference and topics rotate to include:

  • Unknown: interesting cases are presented in an “unknown” format.
  • Anatomic Pathology/Molecular Pathology conference: Cases requiring correlation with molecular pathology findings are discussed with our Molecular Pathology colleagues.
  • Autopsy: the gross and microscopic findings of interesting/challenging autopsy cases are presented with discussion of clinicopathologic correlations and cause of death.
  • Journal club: recent research articles pertinent to the field of pediatric pathology are presented and critically discussed.
     

Surgery/Radiology/Pathology Correlation Conference (twice per month, Tuesdays at 8 am): This conference is run by pediatric surgery residents/fellows. Three cases of their choosing are presented from the surgical, radiologic and pathologic perspective. Pediatric pathology fellows are in charge of presenting the pathologic findings.

Additional optional conferences include:

  • Pediatric Grand Rounds (weekly)
  • Renal Pathology Conference (every other week)
  • Liver Pathology Conference (monthly)
  • Pulmonary Radiology-Pathology Conference (monthly)
  • Heart Transplant Conference (monthly)
  • Tumor boards (thyroid, liver, soft tissue)
  • M&M conferences
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Call Schedule

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The fellow will take call every three-four weeks, for a week at a time under the supervision of attending on call.

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Research

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Many of our faculties are actively involved in research projects within our department and in collaboration with other clinical departments. Ample opportunity is provided to participate in any of these endeavors. In addition, we welcome and support research endeavors that are within the fellow’s interests.