Our fellows play an essential role in the day-to-day operations and academic mission of the Department of Pathology. These responsibilities foster leadership, communication, and teaching skills—all key components of professional and personal growth. Throughout their time at the Icahn School of Medicine, every fellow is supported with appropriate supervision.

Core responsibilities include:

1. Clinical service. Fellows are expected to preview in-house and consultation cases, order appropriate immunohistochemical workups, and generate complete diagnostic reports. Over time, they are expected to function at a pre-attending level under supervision.
2. Management of workflow with the clinical team. Fellows oversee specimen processing and turnaround times, ensuring timely diagnostic reporting while maintaining effective communication with the clinical team.
3. Supervision and teaching. Teaching and mentoring medical students and residents represent a key component of our curriculum. Fellows are expected to participate in second-year medical student teaching sessions.
4. Program participants present at weekly multidisciplinary gynecologic tumor boards and lead biweekly journal clubs and case conferences.
5. Quality assurance and improvement. Fellows coordinate division-level quality assurance and quality control activities, including managing case reviews, consults, and consensus.

Our rotations are structured to provide a flexible, full spectrum learning experience across diagnostic service, research, and elective opportunities. This structure includes:

• Gynecologic pathology rotation (6 months). This rotation provides core training in the diagnosis of a wide range of neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions.
• Research (2 months). We support dedicated time for fellows to conduct clinical and translational research in collaboration with gynecologic oncologists, basic scientists, and other clinical teams.
• Frozen section rotation (1 month): This rotation delivers focused training in intraoperative consultation with an emphasis on gross examination, rapid diagnosis, and communication.
• In-house elective rotations (2 months). Elective rotations allow fellows to personalize training by gaining additional education in various subspecialties, including breast, gastrointestinal, liver, genitourinary, pulmonary, and molecular pathology.
• External elective rotation (1 month). To further enrich their training experience, fellows may pursue an off-site elective at other gynecologic pathology programs in New York City, such as Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Vacation time may be scheduled during any of the above rotations.

With Mount Sinai's fully digital pathology service and emerging AI initiatives, our fellows contribute to cutting-edge research focused on diagnostic innovation, prognostic biomarkers, and therapeutic prediction. For the two-month research requirement of the program, fellows are encouraged to engage in ongoing or original research projects within our division or in collaboration with other departments.

Two fellowship positions are offered annually for the Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital. To be considered, applicants must have completed three years of training in anatomic pathology, or four years in combined anatomic and clinical pathology. Applications may be submitted at any time of the year and are reviewed on a rolling basis.

The division is located in the historic building of the New York Academy of Medicine, on East 103rd Street, just east of Central Park. Fellows receive competitive compensation, commensurate with their level of training.

A complete application includes the following:

• Curriculum vitae
• Personal statement
• Copy of medical school diploma
• Copy of medical school transcript
• United States Medical Licensing Examination transcript
• Three letters of recommendation
• If applicable, copy of visa status (J1 or H1) and Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates certificate

Applications should be emailed to Scott Goldfarb, Fellowship Program Coordinator, and Yuxin Liu, MD, PHD, Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship Program Director.