Hematopathology Fellowship Program
Description: Fellowships include one year of clinical training in the practice of hematopathology with the option for one or more additional years of research. Two positions are offered. Clinical training includes bone marrow pathology, surgical hematopathology (lymph nodes, spleens), laboratory hematology/coagulation, molecular pathology, and immunopathology. A variety of observational and clinical pathologic studies can be pursued during the clinical year. Research training involves basic research or application of basic research techniques either in immunologic or molecular aspects of hematology or in hemostasis/thrombosis.
Facilities and Faculty: See residency program for details. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is a Tertiary Care Center with a large referral volume of leukemias and lymphomas, and a bone marrow transplantation unit. Faculty includes: Nancy Rosenthal, M.D., Director of Hematopathology, Fred Dee, M.D., and Sergei Syrbu, M.D. Also involved are three immunopathologists and three molecular pathologists.
Requirements: Applications will be accepted from residents who have had two to four years of straight anatomic or clinical pathology training, from residents who have three to five years of combined anatomic and clinical pathology training, or from graduating medical students who wish to integrate subspecialty training with anatomic or clinical pathology residency training.
Stipend: Commensurate with level of training.
Applications: Nancy Rosenthal, M.D., Director of Hematopathology, The University of Iowa, Department of Pathology, 200 Hawkins Drive, 6233 RCP, Iowa City, IA 52242-1009 (email: nancy-rosenthal@uiowa.edu).
Phone: 319-384-8751 (voice) / 319-384-8051 (fax)