This is an ACGME-accredited one-year GI/Hepatic pathology fellowship program, with balanced training in both luminal GI and liver pathology, including medical and transplant liver pathology. The GI/liver pathology service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania prides itself on being able to offer a busy, academically challenging experience in a very supportive environment that fosters learning and professional development. The goal is to provide a nurturing, high quality, comprehensive and flexible learning experience in all facets of GI/Pancreas and Liver pathology. To that end, the fellowship year is devoted to clinical duties including the development of research projects. The fellow is responsible for an assigned set of GI and Liver pathology cases each day and multiple conferences involving the departments of medicine, surgery, and radiology. The clinical service encounters a wide variety of cases from the very active liver transplant, inflammatory bowel disease, hepatology, and oncology programs across the entire health system. Through exposure to a wide array of complex GI pathology cases including surgical resection specimens and biopsies, we strive to achieve our goal by tailoring a personalized and increasingly challenging educational experience for the GI pathology fellows. A critical part of the program is Liver transplant pathology that includes analyzing critical liver biopsies and explants, and direct communication with the clinical colleagues. The diverse and strong academic research environment of Penn Medicine serves as a rich source from which the fellow is expected to complete one or more research projects.
Prerequisites: 4 yrs AP/CP or 3 yrs AP training. Step 3 required at the time of application. Strong training in surgical pathology or prior surgical path fellowship would be an advantage.
