Selective Pathology – Gastrointestinal/Hepatic Pathology Fellowship
Mission & Vision
Our mission is to provide advanced, in-depth training in gastrointestinal pathology. We seek to train pathologists to attain the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to become excellent gastrointestinal pathologists.
Mission & Vision
Our mission is to provide advanced, in-depth training in gastrointestinal pathology. We seek to train pathologists to attain the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes to become excellent gastrointestinal pathologists.
Program Director’s Welcome
Our Selective Pathology – Gastrointestinal/Hepatic Pathology Fellowship is a one-year, ACGME- approved program. The program is both clinically and academically oriented and focused on development of diagnostic skills in the areas of gastrointestinal, liver and pancreas pathology, including neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. Our division provides a robust volume of excellent and diverse materials for the education of our clinical fellows. In addition to acquiring microscopic diagnostic skills, our fellows supervise the pathology residents’ grossing and previewing of cases before signing out the cases with the attending pathologist.
Program Director’s Welcome
Our Selective Pathology – Gastrointestinal/Hepatic Pathology Fellowship is a one-year, ACGME- approved program. The program is both clinically and academically oriented and focused on development of diagnostic skills in the areas of gastrointestinal, liver and pancreas pathology, including neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. Our division provides a robust volume of excellent and diverse materials for the education of our clinical fellows. In addition to acquiring microscopic diagnostic skills, our fellows supervise the pathology residents’ grossing and previewing of cases before signing out the cases with the attending pathologist.
Fellows also participate in the development and implementation of quality improvement processes for our clinical laboratories and take an active role in intraoperative consultations. Additionally, fellows are responsible for multidisciplinary clinicopathologic conference and tumor board presentations at University of Miami/Jackson Health System facilities, where integration of clinical, radiographic and pathologic findings are discussed and management plans are determined. Additionally, the fellows have clinical rotations in gastrointestinal, liver and pancreas clinics.
Our faculty is actively involved as teachers, role models, scholars, advisers and mentors who are committed to helping trainees identify niches to be successful and satisfied. Educational activities aimed at providing an avenue for reinforcing medical knowledge, in addition to daily sign-out sessions and clinicopathologic conferences and tumor boards, include didactic sessions and journal clubs. The fellows are also exposed to a variety of clinical/translational research opportunities in which they are expected to actively participate.
-Monica Garcia-Buitrago, MD
Description
Our faculty is actively involved as teachers, role models, scholars, advisers and mentors who are committed to helping trainees identify niches to be successful and satisfied. Educational activities aimed at providing an avenue for reinforcing medical knowledge, in addition to daily sign-out sessions and clinicopathologic conferences and tumor boards, include didactic sessions and journal clubs. The fellows are also exposed to a variety of clinical/translational research opportunities in which they are expected to actively participate.
-Monica Garcia-Buitrago, MD
Fast Facts
Accreditation
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Number of Fellows per Year?
3
Duration of Fellowship?
1 year
Clinical Experience
Year 1
Fellows will spend their time dedicated to the following areas over the course of their one-year fellowship:
44 weeks: Liver, Luminal Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Pathology (in-house and consultation services)
2 weeks: Gastrointestinal Clinics (endoscopy suite)
2 weeks: Research
4 weeks: Vacation
Your Faculty
Monica Garcia-Buitrago, MD, FCAP
Professor Clinical Pathology
Director of Gastrointestinal Pathology Service and Fellowship
Director of Cytopathology Fellowship
Director of Quality Assurance and Process Improvement UHealth Pathology
Nemencio Ronquillo, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Oliver McDonald, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology
Clara Milikowski, MD
Associate Professor, Clinical Pathology
Director, Autopsy Services
Elizabeth Montgomery, MD
Professor of Pathology
Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Julio Poveda, MD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Pathology
Associate Program Director, Hematopathology Fellowship Program
Director of Cardiothoracic Pathology
Jonathan England, MD
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Associate Director of the Pathology Residency Training Program
Co-Director of NextGenMD Phase 1
Alumni Placements Include:
Advanced Pathology Solutions
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
The University of Alabama
Alumni Placements Include:
Advanced Pathology Solutions
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
The University of Alabama
Notable Alumni
Yunia Gong, MD
2016
Assistant Professor, Keck School of Medicine of the USC
Farid Hamedani, MD
2017
GI Pathologist, Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Chirag Patel, MD
2018
Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama
Ping Zheng, MD
2018
GI Pathologist, Advanced Pathology Solutions
Yunia Gong, MD
2016
Assistant Professor, Keck School of Medicine of the USC
Farid Hamedani, MD
2017
GI Pathologist, Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Chirag Patel, MD
2018
Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama
Ping Zheng, MD
2018
GI Pathologist, Advanced Pathology Solutions