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The Department of Pathology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of Weill Cornell Medical Center (WMC) offer a joint 1-year Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship Program. All fellows should have completed residency training in anatomic pathology and be certified (or eligible for certification) by the American Board of Pathology.
The fellowship focuses on the characterization of gastrointestinal, pancreatic and hepatic neoplasms and non-neoplastic diseases. It emphasizes a multidisciplinary team approach to patient management as well as clinicopathologic and translational research. A wealth of interesting and challenging in-house and submitted consultation case material is available for study, as are comprehensive slide study sets. The gastrointestinal pathology teams are fully subspecialized and responsible for all gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreatic pathology cases. The fellows spend 6 months at each institution and two positions are available. The case material at MSKCC is largely related to neoplastic diseases, and is especially rich in hepatic and pancreatic neoplasms. The case material at WMC covers the full range of gastrointestinal diseases, including a substantial amount of non-neoplastic hepatic pathology.
- Program Director
- Application Deadline
- January 1
- Length of Program
- One year
- Number of Positions
- Two
- How To Apply
Apply Online
- Additional Information
Goals and Objectives
- To increase experience with the diagnosis of non-neoplastic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver.
- To increase experience with gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and hepatic tumors, their precursors, and their mimics.
- To develop an understanding of special techniques in the pathologic characterization of gastrointestinal diseases.
- To develop an understanding of the clinical features of gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreatic diseases, including diagnostic evaluation of patients, treatment algorithms, and tumor staging parameters and prognostic indices.
- To develop an appreciation of the multidisciplinary team approach to the treatment of patients with these diseases.
- To enhance teaching abilities through the interaction with pathology trainees, students, and clinicians.
- To develop appreciation for research techniques and utilize these techniques to complete research projects.
Clinical Responsibilities
The gastrointestinal pathology fellows will review the slides and prepare reports for selected in-house and submitted consultation cases, with increasing independence as the fellowship progresses. The fellows will be significantly involved in teaching pathology residents, surgical pathology fellows, and medical students. Their responsibilities will include the supervision of trainees in the handling of specimens, assistance to trainees in the preparation of cases, and participation in intradepartmental teaching conferences and journal clubs. Numerous interdisciplinary conferences are held regularly with various members of the institutions' gastrointestinal disease management teams, and the fellows will review cases and present them at conferences such as tumor boards, gastroenterology fellows' conferences, and hepatic disease conferences.
Research Activities
The gastrointestinal pathology fellows will engage in both independent and collaborative research. The fellows will select a limited number of primary research projects to pursue under the guidance of the attending faculty. Collaboration with members of other departments may be sought as necessary. The fellows will prepare research proposals, participate in and coordinate the completion of projects, compile and analyze the data from these studies, and prepare abstracts for submission to scientific meetings. The fellows will prepare presentations of the data and compile manuscripts for submission to scientific journals. While at MSKCC, the fellows will also participate in activities such as tissue procurement, review of archival pathology cases, and correlation of pathologic data with clinical outcomes and other data.
Contact
For questions regarding this fellowship please contact Mr. Moshe Klompus at 212-639-6336 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center or Ms. Jessica Pfeifer at 212-746-6464 at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Applications should be submitted no later than January 1 of the preceding year. They may be sent to either institution at the addresses listed below and consist of a curriculum vitae and at least three letters of reference. Additional information is also available from Dr. Klimstra at 212-639-2410 and from Dr. Yantiss at 212-746-2824.
David S. Klimstra, M.D., Chief of Surgical Pathology
Department of Pathology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Rhonda K. Yantiss, MD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical Center
525 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10021
