Residency and Fellowship Programs

Pathology Residency Program

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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AP

CP

JULY

CardioVascular

  Microbiology (Mycobacteria, nocardia, actinomyces/ fungi/viruses)

AUG

Gynecologic (uterus, cervix)

Heme

SEPT

Breast 

Lab Admin / Informatics

OCT

Neuropath   

Molecular

NOV

Liver / Pancreas

BB/TM

DEC

Cytology

Chemistry / Toxicology

JAN

GU (bladder/renal)

 

FEB

Bone / Soft Tissue

Molecular

MAR

GI (lower GI)

Lab Admin / Informatics

APR

DermPath/Forensics

EM/IF

MAY

Pulmonary

BB/TM

JUNE

 

 

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AP

CP

JULY

Neuropath

Microbiology  (bacteria/parasites/general)

AUG

GI (upper GI)

BB/TM

SEPT

Ovary / Placenta

Lab Admin / Informatics

OCT

Lymph Node / Spleen

AP Billing

Chemistry / Toxicology

NOV

Bone / Soft Tissue

Molecular

DEC

Lung/cytology

BB/TM 

JAN

Prostate/ Testes

Heme  

FEB

DermPath/ Forensics

Molecular

MAR

Breast

Lab Admin / Informatics

APR

Head and Neck

Microbiology

MAY

Endocrine

BB/TM

JUNE

 

 

 

       

Monthly Conferences:                                                                                                                                                 

  1. Unknown Cytology/Blood banking/Microbiology/Molecular) conference X: 1/month (alternating every month between cytology, microbiology, blood bank and molecular pathology)
  2. Heme path presentation: 1/month. Resident driven
  3. Cytology presentation: 1/month. Resident driven
  4. Interesting case conference: 1/month: (including autopsy/surgpath/hemepath/cytology/bloodbank/microbiology/chemistry). Resident driven
  5. Unknown surgpath conference: 1/month. Faculty driven
  6. DermPath Case Review: 1-2/month. Faculty driven
  7. Surgpath subspecialty conference (alternating between GU, Breast, GI, Gyn and Neuropath): 1/month. Faculty driven
  8. Residency Conference/ Chief’s Conference: 1/month
  9. Clinical call conference: 1/month. Faculty driven
  10. Chemistry Conference (1 hour): Resident driven
  11. Quarterly adverse event analysis meeting, Dr. Love and Chantelle Collado
  12. Board review sessions, March-Early May: Cytopathology, Breast, GI, Gyn, GU, Microbiology, Hematopathology, Molecular, CNS and Forensics. Faculty driven
  13. Gross Conference (picture format) and CP conference, question format: Resident driven. 30 minutes each
  14. Journal Club (30 minutes): 1/3 months. Faculty driven
  15. Boot camp: July, Resident and faculty drive
  16.  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