Description: The Department of Pathology offers a one-year fellowship program for the advanced study of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. This includes native and transplant hepatopathology, diseases of the gallbladder, biliary tract, and pancreas in both adult and pediatric patients. Our department is devoted to teaching, and the fellow is to participate in clinical conferences, housestaff, and medical student education. The fellowship training includes the use of modern molecular biology techniques, and participation in research is strongly encouraged. There are multiple opportunities to work with our faculty members on projects. The department will provide funding and one-week time off for the fellow to attend a national conference.
Our medical school and clinical campus is within The Texas Medical Center (TMC) with over 60 patient care, basic biomedical sciences, and translational research facilities. The TMC campus between Rice University, Hermann Park, and Brays Bayou constitutes the largest medical center in the world. The fellow has constant access to research talks and symposiums. Our clinical work includes tissue biopsies and resection specimens from patients at UTHealth, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Children’s Memorial Hermann, and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital. In addition, the fellow will have an opportunity to spend a one-month elective at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Curriculum: The fellowship begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th of the following year. The fellow will supervise PA and resident grossing, preview slides, construct pathology reports, have cooperative learning with the attending pathologist, take an active role in intraoperative consultations, participate in clinical-pathological conferences and tumor boards. The fellow has the potential for independent sign-out privileges (see requirements below).
