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The University of Maryland Medical Center Department of Pathology offers a one-year ACGME-approved fellowship in Cytopathology. The fellowship is based at the University of Maryland Medical Center, a 731-bed tertiary care center located in the heart of downtown Baltimore, in the attractive Inner Harbor area, minutes from Camden Yards.
The Division of Cytopathology diagnoses over 10,000 cytology cases per year, including 4700 gynecologic cytology cases and 5600 non-gynecologic cases. This includes over 800 fine needle aspiration cases per year, with immediate evaluation for adequacy by a cytopathologist in nearly all of them, and a large and growing number of Pathologist-performed fine needle aspirations. The program offers access to an outstanding range of cytologic cases, representing all of the major organ systems and specimen types typically encountered in the practice of cytopathology, with particular strengths in gastrointestinal (including pancreatobiliary and hepatic), pulmonary, head and neck, and transplant cytology.
The Cytopathology fellow will devote the bulk of the year to rotation on the Cytopathology service, and will be expected to render a preliminary diagnosis on all cytology cases, and perform all pathologist-performed FNA procedures and rapid evaluations for adequacy under the supervision of the attending pathologist. In addition, the fellow will have an introductory rotation and rotations in molecular pathology and transplant pathology, as well as several months of elective time, which may be used for additional UMMC Cytology rotations, cytology electives at outside sites, surgical pathology electives, and/or research. Training in pathology informatics and laboratory management will be integrated throughout the program. Training will be complemented by an extensive collection of glass slide study sets, a series of didactic lectures by the faculty, a fellow journal club, and opportunities for formal and informal teaching of residents by the fellow.
Chen-Chih Sun, M.D.; Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Paul N. Staats, M.D.; Director, Cytopathology Division; Assistant Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
Olga B Ioffe, M.D.
Borislav Alexiev, M.D.
Cinthia Drachenberg, M.D.
Also refer to the residency website for the complete department faculty list.
Baltimore, the eleventh largest city in the U.S., is located on the western shore of Maryland at the northern extent of the Chesapeake Bay, a famous site for fishing, sailing and swimming. The Baltimore-Washington area has a great variety of universities, colleges and medical centers. Baltimore itself offers many galleries and museums, a symphony orchestra, professional athletic teams of championship caliber in several sports, a variety of theaters, and other cultural advantages of a large metropolitan area. For additional information, please visit:
Official Baltimore Tourism Site
Information about the Inner Harbor
Resident Wiki page
We accept the CAP Residents Forum Standardized fellowship application, and require a curriculum vitae, statement of interest, and three letters of recommendation.
For the 2013-2014 academic year, if a nationwide decision is made to proceed with a fellowship match, we intend to participate in the match and follow the timeline associated with it. Otherwise, the deadline for receipt of applications will be December 1, 2011. Interviews will be conducted in January and early February 2012, and an offer will be made in February 2012.
For additional information, please contact:
Paul N. Staats, M.D.
Assistant Director, Cytopathology Fellowship Program
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Pathology Department
22 South Greene Street, UMMC, NBW43
Baltimore, MD 21201 Email: pstaats@umm.edu
Phone: 410-328-5555
Fax: 410-328-5508
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