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Pathology

Houston, Texas

Department of Pathology
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Neuropathology Fellowship

Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals

Program(s): This is a rigorous two-year program which prepares our trainees to be competent in both diagnostic and investigational neuropathology. The program has several remarkable affiliated institutions which allows access to a high volume of surgical and autopsy material including approximately 3,000 brain and spinal cord biopsies (~1,800 nervous system tumors), 450 autopsies and 200 pediatric/adult neuromuscular biopsies per year. Our affiliated institutions include a large adult private hospital, The Methodist Hospital; the largest children's hospital in the United States , Texas Children's Hospital; a modern public general hospital, Ben Taub General Hospital ; and one of the largest oncology centers in the United States , M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. In addition, we have close relationship with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the Harris County Medical Examiners Office and a broad community case referral base. 

There are two Neuropathology fellowship training programs in Houston - the Baylor program and The Methodist Hospital/M.D. Anderson program - but we have overlapping faculty, conferences and rotations so the trainee's in both programs receive a rich educational experience.  Research activity is required during the fellowship and may be pursued within the Neuropathology Program with faculty members with the following areas of interest:

  • Adekune Adesina, M.D.,Ph.D.- molecular pathology of pediatric brain tumors and molecular genetic pathology
  • Meena Bhattacharjee, M.D.- developmental neuropathology with an emphasis on autism and mental retardation
  • J. Clay Goodman, M.D.- molecular foundations of neural injury in stroke and trauma
  • Suzanne Powell, M.D.- neurodegenerative disorders
  • Emilie Rouah, M.D.- diagnostic neuropathology
  • H. Takei, M.D.- surgical and autopsy neuropathology
  • Greg Fuller, M.D.- molecular pathology of brain tumors
  • Ken Aldape, M.D.- molecular pathology of brain tumors
  • Lauren Langford, M.D.- diagnostic neurooncology
  • Janet Bruner, M.D.- diagnostic neurooncology

There are also research opportunities outside of the Neuropathology Program in several basic science and clinical departments at Baylor College of Medicine.

Requirements: Applicants must be Board eligible in anatomic and clinical pathology, or anatomic pathology. It is also possible for applicants having Board eligibility in neurology or neurosurgery to enter the fellowship after one year of training in anatomic pathology.

Types and Numbers of Appointments : We have two accredited neuropathology fellowship positions.

Stipends: Stipend is commensurate with the training level of the applicant.

Applications: Direct inquiries to:

J. Clay Goodman, M.D. F.A.A.N.
Associate Dean for Medical Education
Walter Henrick Moursund Endowed Chair in Pathology
Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology) and Neurology
Neuropathology Program Director
Department of Pathology
Room 286A
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza
Houston , TX 77030

Phone: 713-798-7234
E-mail: jgoodman@bcm.edu