Clinical Fellowships

Fellowship programs are based at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) and its affiliated hospitals of Harborview Medical Center (HMC), Seattle Children's Hospital (SCH) and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA), which offer tertiary-level care serving the five-state region of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Our training programs provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis of disease using standard diagnostic practices, as well as specialized techniques including immunohistochemistry, cytogenetics, molecular diagnostics, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, and flow cytometry. Fellows are involved in the teaching mission of our programs by working with residents and medical students and presenting at clinical conferences. Clinicopathological research is strongly encouraged for all programs. All positions are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or appropriate subspecialty board.

Applicants need to be eligible for American Board of Pathology certification in Anatomic and/or Clinical Pathology. Dermatopathology candidates may be eligible for American Board of Dermatology certification. Neuropathology candidates may be enrolled in an ACGME-accredited anatomic pathology training program. Throughout the training period, residents should discuss career options with the fellowship program director or faculty advisor.

We encourage applicants to apply early. Applicants for fellowships are reviewed and scheduled for interview on a rolling basis and accepted until all positions are filled.

Pathology Eligibility and Selection Criteria Policy

For additional information about an individual program, click on the appropriate link below.

Pathology
Instructions for Application Candidates need to submit electronic documents for their application packet. We accept .doc, .jpg, .pdf and .tif documents as attachments to our fellowship email address. We do not accept .zip files. Letters of reference can be sent by email attachment as well as long as they are on department letterhead and sent directly from the writer's office email OR administrative office email. If you or your references send electronic documents, please do NOT send paper documents. This wastes paper and hinders our ability to process your application in an expeditious manner. Click the link below for specific information about our requirements and applicable forms. Application & Instructions for Pathology Fellowships We do not accept the APC Standard Application Form Application Email Address: uwpthres@uw.edu Include fellowship year and name in subject line. If you have questions or problems, please contact our Academic Programs Manager.
Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Robert Ricciotti, MD – UWMC	Genitourinary Pathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Maria Tretiakova, MD PhD – HMC
Breast & Gynecologic Pathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Rochelle Garcia, MD – UWMC	Neuropathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled C. Dirk Keene, MD PhD
Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Pathology 2020-21 – Open, 2021-22- Filled Haodong Xu, MD, PhD - UWMC	Cytopathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Eric Huang, MD PhD – HMC
Pediatric Pathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Cristina Pacheco, MD - SCH	Dermatopathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Evan George, MD – UWMC
Renal Pathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Behzad Najafian, MD - UWMC	Forensic Pathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Timothy Williams, MD – King County ME Office *The application form for this program comes directly from the Program Coordinator at King County ME Office.
Surgical Pathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Rochelle Garcia, MD – UWMC	GI & Hepatic Pathology 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled Matthew Yeh, MD PhD – UWMC
Laboratory Medicine Click titles below to link to program and application information
Clinical Chemistry Geoffrey S. Baird, MD,PhD Jane A. Dickerson, PhD, DABCC	Microbiology Brad T. Cookson, MD PhD – UWMC Lori Bourassa, PhD
Molecular Genetics Pathology David Wu, MD PhD – UWMC 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled	Hematopathology Daniel E. Sabath, MD PhD – UWMC 2020-21 – Filled, 2021-22 – Filled
Transfusion Medicine Theresa Nester, MD – Bloodworks Northwest

For more information about the Laboratory Medicine, fellowships, please visit http://depts.washington.edu/labweb/Education/Fellowship/index.htm.