Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Pathology Fellowship
For More Information
Director
- Linda Ferrell, MD
Contact
- Caren Hale
- caren.hale@
ucsfmedctr.org - Tel: 415-353-7331
- Department of Pathology
- 185 Berry Street, Box 0506
- Lobby 2, Suite 100
- San Francisco, CA 94107
The Department of Pathology offers one-year fellowships in Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Pathology. The fellowship provides a primary role in diagnosis of adult and pediatric gastrointestinal, liver, pancreas and the biliary tract disease. The consultation service receives ~2000 outside consultations (~60-70% medical and neoplastic liver, 30-40% tubular GI, pancreas, and hepatobiliary) and the fellow serves as a consultant for our busy in-house gastrointestinal, liver, and transplant services. UCSF has large pediatric/adult IBD centers and is a renowned liver transplant center and so provides especially rich diagnostic material in these areas. Fellows also participate in multidisciplinary clinical conferences, including liver transplant, hepatology/gastroenterology conferences, pediatric gastroenterology conference, as well as other ad hoc conferences pertinent to the Liver/GI cases. There are numerous research opportunities and the service extensively uses cutting edge immunohistochemistry and molecular techniques. Rotations are available at Moffitt Hospital and the VA Medical Center; an elective endoscopy experience is available at the VA.
Additional years of post-doctoral level training may be available for qualified candidates with an interest in basic research into questions related to hepatobiliary & gastrointestinal disease.
Candidates who are also interested in general surgical pathology training, in addition to Liver/GI subspecialty training, may be offered a two year combined clinical training experience (please see our surgical pathology fellowship webpage for more details), which may allow for limited independent sign out experience during the second year.
Current Gastrointestinal & Hepatobiliary Pathology Group Photo
Back Row (left to right): Thuy Nguyen, Soo-Jin Cho, Kim Evason, Gregor Krings, Samip Patel & Aras Mattis
Front Row (left to right): Sanjay Kakar, Grace E. Kim, Linda Ferrell, Ryan Gill & Raga Ramachandran
Fellowship Photos & Abstract Information
Faculty Involved with Fellowship
Linda Ferrell, MD
Ryan M. Gill, MD, PhD
Sanjay Kakar, MD
Grace E. Kim, MD
Raga Ramachandran, MD, PhD
Current & Future Residents & Fellows
2012-13
Thuy B. Nguyen, MD
Samip Patel, MD
2013-14
Mojgan Hosseini-Varnamkhasti, MD
Menaka Raju, MD
2014-15
Gillian Genrich, MD, MPH
Carolyn O. Sangokoya, MD, PhD
Sarah E. Umetsu, MD, PhD
Past Fellows
Individual |
Year Completed |
Fellowship Activity |
Post Graduate or Current Position |
| Annoel P. Yabes, MD | 2006 |
HCC Variants | Independent Contractor |
| L. Walden Browne, MD, PhD | 2007 |
Resident Education; FS diagnosis of fatty change for donors; Interoberserver study pre and post training on how to grade fat that showed improvement | Staff Pathologist, Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, CA |
| Hubert H. Fenton, MD | 2008 |
Hemochromatosis and liver transplant risks | Staff Pathologist, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD |
| Kimberley Evason, MD, PhD | 2009 |
PFIC2 morphology correlation with genetic and immunohistochemical findings | Postdoctoral fellow, Didier Stainer Lab, Co-Mentor: Andrei Goga |
| Maggie M. Lam, MD | 2009 |
HFE mutations in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency | Staff Pathologist, Alta East Bay Pathology, Inc., Oakland, CA |
| Rageshree Ramachandran, MD, PhD | 2009 |
Resident Education | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, UCSF Director of Medical Education, Department of Pathology |
| Ryan M. Gill, MD, PhD | 2010 |
Centrizonal aterialization in NASH correlates with higher stage fibrosis | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, UCSF Associate Residency Director |
| Aras Mattis, MD, PhD | 2010 |
Vascular liver tumor variants | Postdoctoral fellow, Holger Willenbring Lab |
| Andrea Pingitore, MD | 2010 |
Recurrent hepatitis C and steatosis in transplant patients; Neonatal, perinatal obstructive live disease | PATHWORK Diagnostics, San Francisco, CA |
| Amanda Doherty, MD | 2011 |
Resident Education; HIV, solid organ transplant, and recurrent HCV | Staff Pathologist, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara, CA |
| Gregor Krings, MD, PhD | 2011 |
Immunohistologic distinction between cholangiocarcinoma and benign ductular lesions | Postdoctoral fellow, Barbara Panning Lab |
| Soo-Jin Cho, MD, PhD | 2012 |
Vascular malformations; FNH-like lesions in the liver | UCSF Clinical Instructor |
| Daniel Phillips, MD | 2012 |
Immunohistochemical stains in the diagnosis of poorly differentiated HCC | Staff Pathologist, Merced Pathology Medical Group, Merced, CA |
Requirements
2 years anatomic pathology minimum (3 years preferred), or Board eligibility/certification in AP/CP.
We are currently accepting applications for the 2015-16 academic year. For early consideration, a completed application, your most current C.V., and three letters of recommendation are due by October 1, 2013.