Curriculum

Fellows spend approximately 75 percent of training in clinical setting, with all rotations taking place at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Clinical duties include participation in signing out all resected and explanted liver specimens, liver biopsy specimens, and consult cases. Educational duties include formal presentation of cases at pathology and combined clinical conferences, didactic presentations to pathology and clinical staff, and participation in training of residents in the gross examination and processing of surgical specimens and histologic diagnosis of surgical and biopsy specimens. Fellows also spend 12 weeks in the Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology with attendant responsibilities.

Research

Fellows spend 25 percent of the program participating in research in the Division of Liver Pathology. We encourage trainees to develop or join collaborative research projects with other clinical and research departments, culminating in scholarly contributions to medical literature. We maintain close working relationships with faculty and staff from the Department of Medicine’s Division of Liver Diseases, the Recanati-Miller Transplantation Institute, and the Department of Surgery’s Division of Surgical Oncology.

How to Apply

One position is available each year and is open to applicants who have completed residency training in anatomic pathology or anatomic-clinical pathology and hold New York State medical licensure. Fellows’ salary is competitive and commensurate with training.

We accept and review applications beginning in July, two years prior to the beginning of the fellowship. Positions are offered on a rolling basis.

Your application should include:

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

Applications are accepted by email or mail and should be sent to Stephen C. Ward, MD, PhD, at stephen.ward@mountsinai.org or to the address below:

Stephen C. Ward, MD, PhD
Director, Liver Pathology Fellowship
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Department of Pathology - Box 1194
One Gustave L. Levy Place
New York, NY 10029