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Fellowship Application Resources

The Association for Academic Pathology (AAPath) strongly endorses the national movement to a uniform timeline for fellowship recruitment as described in the recent article by Herrmann et al in Academic Pathology. In an announcement by AAPath, several key points were made on the importance and responsibility of AAPath membership in supporting a uniform recruitment process to protect pathology residents. All questions and concerns regarding the uniform timeline can be emailed to: FellowshipInquiries@academicpathology.org. 

Click here to access an informational flyer on Applying for Pathology Fellowships in 2025 and 2026. 

For information on Fellowship Open Houses and Unexpected Fellowship Openings, visit www.apcprods.org/fellowship-openings.

The AAPath Council endorses the plans of the AAPath GME Committee to establish:

  1. a free, public registry of open fellowship positions (within 24 months of matriculation), with program contact information, to be promoted by AAPath and maintained by AAPath or ICPI;
  2. a list on the AAPath website of all fellowship programs and their parent departments that have pledged to adhere to the timeline and guidelines;
  3. a confidential review process for reporting violations by fellowship programs that pledged to adhere to the timeline and guidelines; verified violations will be reported to the Chair of the Department housing the fellowship, and
  4. responses and possible penalties, commensurate with levels of infraction, for fellowship programs found to be in violation that pledged to adhere to the timeline and guidelines.

These guidelines will take effect in a phased manner beginning in July 2023.  Note that the AAPath reserves the right to provide consequences to a department who reneges on its stated commitment.  However, we recognize that such circumstances must be explored carefully and confidentially on a case-by-case basis consistent with the principles and requirements associated with academic freedom.

We have compiled a list of resources below to assist with the fellowship application process. 

Recent Virtual Events:

Title: Pathology Fellowship Recruitment Town Hall
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Time: 8:00pm ET / 7:00pm CT / 6:00pm MT / 5:00pm PT Duration: 1 hour  

References

FDC Representatives and Subspecialty Information

 Subspecialties are listed in alphabetical order.

FDC Representative: David Oh, MD
Subspecialty Society: Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies
Society Website: https://www.aabb.org/

FDC Representative: Julie Smith, MD
Subspecialty Society: International Society of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Society Website: https://isbstp.org/

FDC Representative: Beverly C. Handy, MD, MS
Subspecialty Society: American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Society Website: https://www.aacc.org/

FDC Representative: Bruce Levy, MD
Subspecialty Society: Association for Pathology Informatics
Society Website: https://www.pathologyinformatics.org/
Fellowships: https://www.pathologyinformatics.org/informatics-fellowships

FDC Representative: Diva Salomao, MD
Subspecialty Society: American Society for Cytopathology
Society Website: https://cytopathology.org/
Fellowships: https://cytopathology.org/page/CytopathologyFellowshipUnifiedTimeline

FDC Representative: Jane Messina, MD
Subspecialty Society: The American Society of Dermatopathology
Society Website: https://www.asdp.org/
Fellowships: https://www.asdp.org/physicians-in-training/dermatopathology-fellowships/

FDC Representative: Maura Dejoseph, DO
Subspecialty Society: National Association of Medical Examiners
Society Website: https://www.thename.org/
Fellowships: https://www.thename.org/forensic-fellowship-match

FDC Representative: Joseph Misdraji, MD
Subspecialty Society: Gastrointestinal Pathology Society 
Society Website: https://usgips.com/

FDC Representative: Bachir Alobeid, MD
Subspecialty Society: Society for Hematopathology
Society Website: https://www.society-for-hematopathology.org/web/index.php

FDC Representative: John Branda, MD
Subspecialty Society: American Society for Microbiology
Society Website: https://asm.org/

FDC Representative: Noah Brown, MD
Subspecialty Society: Association for Molecular Pathology
Society Website: https://www.amp.org/
Fellowships: https://www.amp.org/education/career-development/molecular-genetic-pathology-mgp-fellowship-training-programs/

FDC Representative: Suzanne Powell, MD
Subspecialty Society: American Association of Neuropathologists
Society Website: https://www.neuropath.org/
Fellowships: https://www.neuropath.org/neuropathology-fellowships

FDC Representative: Mai (Mike) He, MD, PhD
Subspecialty Society: Society for Pediatric Pathology
Society Website: https://www.spponline.org/
Fellowships: https://www.spponline.org/fellowships

FDC Representative: Paul Staats, MD
Subspecialty Society: Association of Directors of Anatomic & Surgical Pathology
Society Website: https://www.adasp.org/
Surgical Pathology and Surgical Pathology Subspecialties Fellowship Recruitment page 

Fellowship Directors Committee (FDC)

In May 2013, the Association for Academic Pathology (AAPath), in cooperation with the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology (ADASP), created the Fellowship Directors Committee (FDC) for the purpose of further exploring issues in common and serving as a vehicle for communication between programs and the AAPath, as well as other pathology organizations. The FDC is Chaired by Paul Staats. Committee members, representing each subspecialty area, were selected through coordination with relevant specialty societies. Please contact your FDC representative to get involved with your specialty society. The current committee members are listed above.

The Fellowship Directors Committee first met face-to-face on July 11, 2013, at the APC Annual Meeting. The committee has quarterly conference calls, interim listserv communication, and meets face-to-face again at the AAPath Annual Meetings. For more information, please contact the AAPath office by email or call 302-660-4940.

*This page and all information provided on it is sponsored by the FDC.