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Transfusion Medicine Fellowship - UC Davis
2010 BLOOD BANK/IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY FELLOWSHIP IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR JULY 2010 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE PARTNERED WITH BLOODSOURCE Description: UCDMC is a 500+ bed University Hospital and Level I trauma center in Northern California with active Hematology, Oncology, Pediatric, Neonatal, OB and Cardiac Surgery services. The Hospital transfuses 30,000 blood products and performs 400 apheresis procedures each year. The Apheresis service does therapeutic plasmapheresis and a variety of cytapheresis procedures. The Center for Regenerative Cures is actively involved in cellular therapy research. BloodSource is a large community-based blood center with 190,000 donors/yr, pre-transfusion Infectious Disease Testing services, HLA testing and a regional Immunohematology Reference Lab. The 12 month program is divided as follows: Transfusion Service Intensive 1 month Apheresis Service Intensive - 1 month Transfusion Service/Apheresis Combined Rotation 5 months, five blocks of 1 month each Hematopathology 1 month Stem Cell Research Elective 1 month Donor Center 1 month Immunohematology Reference Lab 1 month HLA Lab 1 month We plan to train Transfusion Medicine physicians who will be leaders capable of ensuring the most effective treatments, the safest transfusions and the most sophisticated cellular therapies. Requirements: Applicants may come from residencies in Pathology, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology & certain other disciplines as defined by the American Board of Pathology. Pathology applicants should have completed either a combined AP/CP residency or a CP residency. Stipends: Appropriate to postgraduate levels established by the University of California at Davis. Application: Completed applications include;CV or standardized CAP application, personal statement and 3 letters of recommendation (one must befrom current Program Director). Letters may be addressed to Carol Marshall, M.D., Director, Blood Bank Fellowship Program. Please send applications to: Penny Young, Fellowship and Residency Training Program Coordinator, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, PATH Building, 4400 V Street,Sacramento, California 95817. Penny.young@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu Web site:http://ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/pathology Deadlines: These Deadlines only pertain to future Fellowship openings, not the immediate 2010 opening. December 1 (19 months before matriculation): Receipt of CV or Standardized Form January 1 (18 months before matriculation): Receipt of Letters of recommendation February 28th (16 months before matriculation): Completion of Interviews March 1st (16 months before matriculation): Issuance of Offers