Cytopathology Fellows

My name is Jennifer Addo, and I was born and raised in Accra, Ghana. I completed my undergraduate education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, then went to medical school at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. After medical school, I moved to Texas, where I completed my AP/CP residency training at Baylor College of Medicine. I was grateful for the opportunity to remain at Baylor as a cytopathology fellow for the 2025–2026 academic year.

I was drawn to cytopathology because of the dynamic and problem-solving nature of the field. Following completion of my cytopathology fellowship, I will pursue subspecialty training in surgical pathology with a focus on gynecologic and breast pathology at Duke University. I am deeply passionate about women’s health pathology and look forward to combining my interest in cytopathology with gynecologic and breast pathology.

My training at Baylor College of Medicine has been an incredibly rewarding experience. I value the collegial environment and the diverse, knowledgeable faculty who are committed to teaching. The diversity and high volume of cases within the Texas Medical Center have provided invaluable exposure and have been a major strength of my training. Overall, I am truly grateful for the experiences and growth I have gained at Baylor.

My name is Adam Johnson. I was raised in Northwest Arkansas and graduated from medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences before moving to Houston for my AP/CP residency at Baylor College of Medicine. My first exposure to pathology occurred prior to medical school when I was working as a phlebotomist after college. The hospital’s clinical laboratory was adjacent to and shared an entrance with anatomic pathology. One day after word had gotten around that I had been accepted to medical school, the hospital’s pathologist said: “I’ve got something to show you,” and pulled me aside to the gross room, where he had some lungs out sitting on his grossing table, and I thought, “Huh, this is pretty cool.” My interest in pathology only deepened after working with the excellent pathologists at UAMS, cementing my decision to pursue pathology as a career. My time receiving my pathology education working with the wonderful pathologists at Baylor College of Medicine has completely reaffirmed that decision.

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to stay with Baylor College of Medicine for my cytopathology fellowship in the 2025–2026 academic year. Throughout my training at Baylor, both during residency and fellowship, it has been a fantastic environment for learning with knowledgeable and supportive attending pathologists and other faculty. The multi-site model also provides us with experience with different preparation methods (e.g., ThinPrep vs SurePath liquid-based systems, and histogel vs. plasma-thrombin cell blocks) and the varying ways different institutions approach the same problems. As a result, I have had the opportunity to learn which methods I prefer while also allowing me to get comfortable with other approaches so that I will be able to practice regardless of how my future workplace does things.