Our extensive curriculum is designed to do more than just qualify fellows for board certification in neuropathology. We fully prepare trainees to excel in an academic career in diagnostic neuropathology, basic science and translational research, and cultivate future leaders in neuropathology and neuroscience. Fellows are active and valued contributors in the education of medical students, as well as pathology, neurology, and neurosurgery residents.

Under the close supervision of attending neuropathologists, fellows actively develop their skills during sign out on our bustling clinical neuropathology service where they expand their diagnostic knowledge and learn to interpret molecular neuropathology data to form a comprehensive integrated report. They gain proficiency in brain and spinal cord removal and actively participate in weekly autopsy brain cutting sessions. In addition, fellows have ample opportunity and protected time to engage in research with our world-class faculty members.

Our fellows also participate in and lead the neuropathology discussion during weekly tumor board meetings, where they interact with a team of interdisciplinary clinicians. Additional educational activities include weekly neuropathology slide sessions at the multi-headed scope, neuroradiology teaching sessions, and informative neurodegenerative brain cutting sessions by the Neuropathology Brain Bank and Research Core. Fellows have many opportunities to present their diagnostic and research work, including at the annual Pathology Trainee Research Day and the Mount Sinai Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center clinicopathologic correlation conferences.

There is a rich neuroscience research environment at Icahn Mount Sinai, and several members of our teaching faculty are affiliated with active basic and clinical studies across several allied departments. Research opportunities are available to fellows during both years, including basic wet-bench research in neuroimmunology and tumor biology, computational work related to digital pathology/AI, single-cell omics research in brain tumor genetics, neurodevelopment, and neurodegeneration. Our clinical studies focus on next-generation diagnostics, neurodegeneration, HIV pathology, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

We encourage fellows to attend and present at annual national or international neuropathology meetings. Fellows are also encouraged to apply for additional funding, such as research awards and fellowships, both internal and external. Many of our current and prior fellows have been recipients of the prestigious Joseph Schein, MD Endowed Fellowship in Experimental/Molecular Pathology.

The Neuropathology Fellowship accepts applicants who have completed 2-3 years of anatomic pathology training and are board-eligible, as well as medical school graduates applying to the four-year Anatomic Pathology/Neuropathology track. Candidates with a strong background or interest in neuroscience are encouraged to apply.

Fellowship applications are accepted on a rolling basis between May 1 and December 1. To apply, send your curriculum vitae/CV by mail or email to:

Scott Goldfarb
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell Based-Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
One Gustave L. Levy Place
Box 1194
New York, New York 10029
212-241-8465
scott.goldfarb@mssm.edu and cc: nadejda.tsankova@mountsinai.org

Once availability is confirmed, you will be asked to send the following materials:

• Standardized College of American Pathologists application
• Personal statement
• United States Medical Licensing Exam scores
• Three letters of recommendation (the letters must be addressed to you and sent by either the coordinator or author of the letter)