Residency Program Structure

Program Director

Diane Persons, MD
Director of Cytogenetics
Director of Residency Program
Associate Professor

Number of positions: Residents/Fellows

Our program offers 14 to 16 positions for residents on service-based rotations. Approximately 3 residents enter the program each year. In addition, there are 1-2 cytopathology fellows, 1-3 post-sophomore fellows, and there may be one resident doing a surgical pathology 5th year.

Overview of Training

We offer a four-year combined AP/CP program or a three-year program in either AP or CP only. The AP/CP program consists of a 41-month core program consisting of 21 months of AP, 20 months of CP, including 1 month of required research for those residents without previous experience in bench research. The faculty works with the residents to design an elective program that will provide a sound educational experience in the resident’s chosen area of concentration, as well as to flexibly adapt to the resident’s level of expertise and career goals. During the elective time residents are encouraged to spend time carrying out basic or applied research and/or time pursuing subspecialty training.

We encourage residents to elect a combined program in AP/CP because we feel that there is a considerable overlap between many of the traditional areas of anatomic pathology and laboratory medicine. This includes particularly the areas of hematopathology/ hematology and microbiology/infectious diseases. We also feel that residents with combined board certification have more flexible future career options.

Faculty