University of Utah

GI Pathology Fellowship

The Department of Pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine offers a one-year fellowship program in GI, hepatic, and pancreaticobiliary pathology. This fellowship is designed to give the fellow experience at the junior faculty level, including progressive sign-out privileges for qualified fellows. Fellows have the opportunity to learn about the range of diseases within this subspecialty, including Barrett’s esophagus, idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease, cancer and precancerous conditions, mesenchymal and hematolymphoid lesions, motility disorders, and hepatic and pancreatic medical, neoplastic, and transplantation pathology. Our program offers in-depth training in molecular diagnosis, an ever expanding and critical component of pathology.

Fellow responsibilities include diagnostic sign-out of consultation and in-house material, weekly presentations at patient treatment planning conferences, resident and medical student teaching, participation in journal club, and completion of a well-defined and supervised clinical, translational, or basic research project.

The overall goal of the fellowship is to provide in-depth exposure to the full spectrum of GI, hepatic, and pancreaticobiliary pathology with our faculty: Dr. Mary Bronner, Dr. Kajsa Affolter, Dr. Maria Pletneva, Dr. Fred Clayton, Dr. Kim Evason, Dr. Gillian Hale, Dr. Jola Jedrzkiewicz, Dr. Mariana Moreno Prats, Dr. Cameron Beech, Dr. Alexander Kikuchi, and Dr. Katherine Boylan (Fellowship Director).

Additional information and our application can be found at https://medicine.utah.edu/pathology/fellowships/gi-pathology/

For questions, please contact our fellowship program director, Dr. Katherine Boylan, or our fellowship coordinator, Chloe Dyer, at chloe.dyer@path.utah.edu

Location: Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah
Positions: Two
Stipend: Commensurate with year of postgraduate training