About the Program
Number of Positions: Two
Length: 1 year
The BCM Surgical Pathology fellowship provides ample opportunity to work on many complex cases, in-depth learning about routine cases, and to enjoy the challenges of rare cases. Although this fellowship is directed on advanced training in general surgical pathology, it provides experiences and research opportunities in various areas of subspecialty. This fellowship provides training in all the major areas of surgical pathology, preparing trainees for career in an academic or a private practice setting. In addition, the fellow has an option for focused subspecialty training in the fields of breast, gynecologic and gastrointestinal pathology. Interest in subspecialty training must be expressed at the time of interview.
Strengths of the fellowship include volume and variety of cases including challenging consult cases and transplant specimens, graduated responsibility involving frozen sections, pre-dictating clinical cases, monitoring and mentoring residents and medical students, as well as opportunities for clinical research.
Stipends and Benefits
Visit the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences page on stipends and benefits for fellows.
Curriculum
Two one-year positions are available in BCM’s surgical pathology fellowship. Ben Taub Hospital and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center are the two main hospitals that provide learning opportunities for this fellowship. Ben Taub Hospital is one of the county hospitals within the Harris Health System located in the Texas Medical Center. This institution averages ~16000 specimens/ year, and provides hands-on and allows residents and fellows to cut and perform their own frozen sections. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is a private hospital specializing in complex surgical resections with ~16000 specimens/ year. This provides a dynamic and large variety of surgical specimens for fellows to learn from including thoracic pathology. The hospital also has a prominent transplant service, exposing fellows to transplant biopsies and explant specimens. Both hospitals see large volumes of breast, gynecologic, and gastrointestinal specimens, allowing us to provide the opportunity to fellows to do a subspeciality-focused fellowship in these areas.
In addition, fellows will be responsible for monitoring and mentoring residents and medical students on surgical pathology rotation with them.
Admissions
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