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Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program

Application window: July - February
Interview window: August - until positions filled

Fellowship spots:
Please contact our Program Coordinator, Ms. Ela Stekala (estekal@lumc.edu) for more information and application details.

Requirements:
Passage of USMLE and/or COMLEX steps I, II, III
US permanent residency

Surgical pathology fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center is a one-year program available to qualified, licensed AP or AP/CP board-eligible/certified pathologists with two positions available annually. Although the program is non-ACGME accredited, all ACGME regulations regarding duty hour limits, rest, assessment, evaluation and feedback are followed under the supervision of the GME office. The fellowship is based in the Department of Pathology with an ongoing accredited AP/CP pathology residency program and other fellowships.

We are proud to mention several features for this program:

• Trainees career development-centered training and mentioning

• Independent signing out privilege, including frozen coverage surgical pathology with subspecialities focus

• Balanced general training and subspecialty of interest, including; GI/liver, GU, bone and soft tissues, Gyn, Breast, Head & Neck/Thoracic

• Balanced routine and complex consulting cases

• Rich opportunities of teaching (residents, medical school students, tumor boards, consensus discussion and clinical research.

Loyola University Medical Center, located in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, is an academic tertiary-care medical center affiliated with Loyola University Chicago and the Stritch School of Medicine, which is located on the same campus as the medical center.