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Pathology Residency Program
- Elizabeth Monnin,
MLS (ASCP)CM
Residency Program Coordinator - esoroe@lsuhsc.edu
- 504-568-7006
- 2021 Perdido Street, Office 7125
New Orleans, LA 70112
The Department of Pathology at LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans offers a fully ACGME accredited residency characterized as a combined Anatomic and Clinical (AP/CP) Pathology training program. The four-year program utilizes rotations and supervising faculty at five (5) hospitals as well as two (2) forensic centers, all located in the metro New Orleans area. The program is a blended curriculum that balances both AP and CP training and also offers unique experimental training in patient safety, quality improvement and pathology management, and laboratory leadership. Residents graduate eligible for both American Board of Pathology certifying examinations and have case logs that show diverse technical training in autopsy, fine needle aspiration, bone marrow biopsy and frozen section. Graduates from the program have been successful pathologists in both the academic and private practice settings and pursue a broad array of AP as well as CP fellowships.
Didactic sessions for the residents are typically offered four mornings per week from 730-830am. The content based topics follow a 2-year planned curriculum that repeats such that each resident experiences the full didactic cycle twice. The typical 2-year curriculum can be seen below.
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even |
AP |
CP |
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JULY |
CardioVascular |
Microbiology (Mycobacteria, nocardia, actinomyces/ fungi/viruses) |
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AUG |
Gynecologic (uterus, cervix) |
Heme |
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SEPT |
Breast |
Lab Admin / Informatics |
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OCT |
Neuropath |
Molecular |
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NOV |
Liver / Pancreas |
BB/TM |
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DEC |
Cytology |
Chemistry / Toxicology |
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JAN |
GU (bladder/renal) |
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FEB |
Bone / Soft Tissue |
Molecular |
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MAR |
GI (lower GI) |
Lab Admin / Informatics |
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APR |
DermPath/Forensics |
EM/IF |
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MAY |
Pulmonary |
BB/TM |
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JUNE |
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odd |
AP |
CP |
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JULY |
Neuropath |
Microbiology (bacteria/parasites/general) |
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AUG |
GI (upper GI) |
BB/TM |
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SEPT |
Ovary / Placenta |
Lab Admin / Informatics |
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OCT |
Lymph Node / Spleen AP Billing |
Chemistry / Toxicology |
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NOV |
Bone / Soft Tissue |
Molecular |
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DEC |
Lung/cytology |
BB/TM |
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JAN |
Prostate/ Testes |
Heme |
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FEB |
DermPath/ Forensics |
Molecular |
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MAR |
Breast |
Lab Admin / Informatics |
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APR |
Head and Neck |
Microbiology |
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MAY |
Endocrine |
BB/TM |
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JUNE |
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Monthly Conferences:
- Unknown Cytology/Blood banking/Microbiology/Molecular) conference X: 1/month (alternating every month between cytology, microbiology, blood bank and molecular pathology)
- Heme path presentation: 1/month. Resident driven
- Cytology presentation: 1/month. Resident driven
- Interesting case conference: 1/month: (including autopsy/surgpath/hemepath/cytology/bloodbank/microbiology/chemistry). Resident driven
- Unknown surgpath conference: 1/month. Faculty driven
- DermPath Case Review: 1-2/month. Faculty driven
- Surgpath subspecialty conference (alternating between GU, Breast, GI, Gyn and Neuropath): 1/month. Faculty driven
- Residency Conference/ Chief’s Conference: 1/month
- Clinical call conference: 1/month. Faculty driven
- Chemistry Conference (1 hour): Resident driven
- Quarterly adverse event analysis meeting, Dr. Love and Chantelle Collado
- Board review sessions, March-Early May: Cytopathology, Breast, GI, Gyn, GU, Microbiology, Hematopathology, Molecular, CNS and Forensics. Faculty driven
- Gross Conference (picture format) and CP conference, question format: Resident driven. 30 minutes each
- Journal Club (30 minutes): 1/3 months. Faculty driven
- Boot camp: July, Resident and faculty drive
- Interdisciplinary conferences recommended for available UMC non-surgical pathology
residents to attend:
a. Heme-Onc clinico-pathologic didactic conference, 2/month
b. Microbiology ID conference, Mondays