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Surg Path Fellowship 2010 - LAC + USC
LOS ANGELES COUNTY+UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE NETWORK SURGICAL PATHOLOGY FELLOWSHIP Fiscal Year 2010-11 Two Positions Available The Surgical Pathology Fellowship of the LAC+USC Healthcare Network has two positions available for FY10-11. Both positions are funded at the PGY5 level; these final two items (of seven total FTE) are funded through the USC Department of Pathology. The LAC+USC Surgical Pathology Fellowship Training Program has recently received five years Continued Full Accreditation by the ACGME. Description: The fellowship training program in Surgical Pathology includes experience at the new Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center where there are annually 22,000 surgical accessions and 2,200 frozen section/intraoperative consultations per year. Fellows are given responsibilities that are similar to junior faculty, where they supervise junior residents in grossing specimens, microscopic review and sign out, preparing and conducting clinicopathologic correlation conferences and tumor boards, and performing intraoperative consultations and frozen sections. The fellows also rotate through the Norris Cancer Hospital, where there are 3,300 additional surgical pathology accessions and 1,200 additional intraoperative consultations/frozen sections per year. The fellows concentrate on oncologic surgical pathology at the Norris Cancer Hospital, developing grossing skills and refining microscopic signout skills. In general, three elective months are available for fellows to choose from a variety of anatomic pathology electives. These include GI-liver service and a surgical pathology consultation service that draws 4,000 outside cases per year. Requirements: The candidate must have completed 3 years of Anatomic Pathology training or 4 years of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology training by the beginning of the fellowship training. The candidate must be a resident in good standing at their primary training program. The candidate must have a California Medical License by July 1st of their training year. A letter from the resident’s Program Director must document what rotations the resident has taken, and a comment of completion of these rotations with competence. Two additional letters from the resident’s Surgical Pathology faculty is recommended. We will accept the CAP Standardized Application for Pathology Fellowships form. Faculty: Parakrama T. Chandrasoma, M.D., Professor of Pathology, Chief of Anatomic Pathology, Chief of Surgical Pathology, LAC+USC Medical Center and Program Director. Alexander N. Fedenko, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Orthopaedic Surgery, Chief of Anatomic Pathology, USC University Hospital, Juan C. Felix, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief of Cytopathology, Gary C. Kanel, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology, Chief of Autopsy and Liver Pathology, Nancy E. Klipfel, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Associate Program Director, Selective (Surgical) Pathology Fellowship Training Program, Michael N. Koss, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology, Chief of Renal Pathology and Electron Microscopy, Yanling Ma, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, Wesley Y. Naritoku, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology, Peter W. Nichols, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology, Director, Norris, Jr. Hospital Laboratories, Lydia Petrovic, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology, Michael F. Press, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology, Harold E. Lee Chair in Cancer Research, Andy E. Sherrod, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology, Raul G. Simental-Pizarro, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Lina Wang, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Yan Wang, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Wenxue (Richard) Xing, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology. Stipends: Support is at a PGY5 level for those who have completed four or more years of training. For the fiscal year 2009-2010, the salary of a PGY5 was $61,443.48. Applications: Send to Parakrama T. Chandrasoma, M.D., Chief of Anatomic Pathology, Clinicl Tower Room A7A, LAC+USC Medical Center, 1100 North State Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033. Appointments to fellowship positions for the 2010-2011 academic year start on July 1, 2010. Phone: (323) 409-4606, Fax: (323) 441-8193 E-mail: ptchandr@usc.edu