Fellowship Training:

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers one-year fellowships  in surgical pathology. Fellows rotate through various month-long assignments in surgical pathology at a senior or supervisorial level.  As frozen section/gross room supervisor, the fellow will oversee the preparation and interpretation of intraoperative consults and will guide residents and physician assistants in gross analysis and processing of specimens.  As junior attending, the fellow will rotate on many of our numerous surgical pathology specialty services directly checking and preparing cases with the resident on service.  The fellows will also rotate at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and at Olympia Hospital as junior attending, independently reviewing cases, preparing reports, performing frozen sections and bone marrow biopsies under the guidance of UCLA faculty at those institutions.  The fellows participate in and are responsible for preparing and presenting at numerous clinical conferences, tumor boards, and teaching conferences.  In addition, fellows may choose to rotate at a fellow level on a number of specialty services including hematopathology, neuropathology, GI pathology and cytopathology.  The program remains flexible for those with specific interests or requirements.  Vacation and elective time is built in.  We are committed to making this a meaningful, well-rounded experience in surgical pathology, with a goal of engendering a sense of confidence in the practice of surgical pathology.  Between three and five fellowship positions are offered each year.

These positions are open to residents or applicants who have completed their training in AP and are Board eligible or certified. A California medical license is required.

Support is commensurate with the candidate's level of training.

Please contact Fellowship Coordinator to obtain the requirements and application, submit a curriculum vitae and the names of three references to:  Charles R. Lassman, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Clinical Education, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Room A7-149 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1732.  Applications should be received by February 1 for the year preceding the fellowship, although applications are considered on a rolling basis.

Fellowship Coordinator:  Ms. Annetta Pierro,

Phone: (310) 825-5719

Fax: (310)267-2058. 

Web site: www.pathology.ucla.edu