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Training > Clinical Fellowships > Liver/GI Pathology FellowshipThe Liver and Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine is a one year program aimed at focusing on and training individuals for academic practice. This is a heavily clinically-oriented program, with the possibility of expansion to 2 years to accommodate research. The latter will depend on the Fellow's level of interest and funding availability. The Clinical Year is designed to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the presence of strong clinical programs in Hepatology, GI, Liver Surgery and Transplant, Colorectal and Hepatobiliary/Pancreatic Surgery Sections at Washington University. Fellows will be allowed to participate in patient clinics in Hepatology and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, as well as the monthly to weekly interdisciplinary conferences shared amongst our Departments. Additional GI research conferences can be attended for further expansion of the Fellow's knowledge base in the field. By the end of this Clinical Year, the fellow should be comfortable with the evaluation, clinical correlations and future research questions pertaining to a wide variety of specimens related to Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases.
Clinical Material | The large referral, quaternary care hospital system associated with Washington University School of Medicine includes Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children's Hospital, and Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. These provide the clinical material for the program. Additionally, the "outside" referral biopsies for Liver and GI are included. Within Anatomic and Molecular Pathology at Washington University, the L/GI and Pediatric Pathology Sections are currently separate, but the L/GI Fellow has an opportunity to avail themselves of pertinent material from both. There are over 7500 specimens and 1000 FS specimens for the adult and pediatric L/GI services. | Other Features | The Liver/GI Fellow will also gain experience by participation in rotations covering frozen sections, oversight and specimen handling of the large Gross Room, and the "Hot Seat". Through these services, the Fellow will work with the diagnostic general surgical pathologists of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology who have a broad range of expertise to allow the Fellow to continue to build their general pathology clinical acumen, grossing skills and rapid diagnostic abilities from the large variety of surgical pathology material. Specifically oriented for the Liver/GI Fellow will be the referred Liver and GI biopsies, participation in the in-house L/GI sign-outs, participation in Liver Transplant coverage and participation in the weekly and monthly clinico-pathologic conferences involving Hepatology, GI, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Colorectal Surgery and Hepatic Imaging. There are 2 faculty members dedicated to L/GI sign-out for adult material, and 3 for pediatric material. |
Research Opportunities
| For Fellows in the Clinical Year who are not pursuing further research opportunities, opportunities for clinical research within the Department or in collaboration with clinical colleagues are encouraged. The Department has a supported Research Laboratory that includes standard histochemical and immunohistochemical processing, as well as access to the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory within the Department, and potentially the core services provided through the Siteman Cancer Center. For Fellows who are interested in developing and pursuing an academically-focused research program, opportunities for discussion are available. |
Application Requirements
| Completed application
CV
Personal Statement
3 Letters of Reference
Completion of either AP or AP/CP residency
A statement attesting to eligibility for permanent Missouri license
Provided below is the link to the Board of Registration for the Healing Arts in Missouri.
http://pr.mo.gov/healingarts.asp
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Fellowship Application
The application deadline is December 1st. At that time all applications will be reviewed and interviews will be scheduled. Interviews will continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. Please submit all application materials to:
Mary Madden
Department of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 South Euclid Avenue, Box 8118
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 747-0687 |
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