The student fellowship in Anatomic Pathology and/or Laboratory Medicine (Clinical Pathology) provides medical students with an opportunity to expand their knowledge, gain a foundational pathology education, and receive hands-on experience working alongside our residents, staff, and faculty. There are also many opportunities for research and independent study.

The structure of the fellowship year is somewhat flexible to permit the student to tailor the program to their individual interests. Students in this program take a year out from medical school (usually between third and fourth years) and spend it in the Department, functioning like a PGY1 Resident. This program has been run by the Department since 1983 and has been a transformative year for many physicians, regardless of their future subspecialty. Graduates of the student fellowship have matched at top residencies at prestigious institutions, gone into every possible specialty, and become respected physician leaders.

Within Anatomic Pathology, the student fellow spends at least three months on the Surgical Pathology service and two months on the Autopsy service, with opportunities to rotate in additional areas such as Cytopathology, Neuropathology, Pediatric Pathology, etc. depending on interest. Additionally, three months of the fellowship are devoted to research and investigation of a problem in disease etiology and diagnosis under staff guidance.

Within Laboratory Medicine, time may be spent in one to three of the major laboratories (Chemistry, Coagulation, Hematology/Hematopathology, Transfusion Medicine, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Pathology/Center for Personalized Diagnostics). Usually, student fellows rotate through two of these service areas and may spend the remaining time engaged in intensive research and study in a third area.