Program Overview

The program, which utilizes a consortium of three teaching hospitals, is ACGME approved for four years of combined training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.  Two years of the program involve training in Anatomic Pathology, which entails autopsy pathology, cytopathology, dermatopathology, forensics, neuropathology, and surgical pathology.  Two more years are devoted to Clinical Pathology with rotations in blood bank / transfusion medicine, clinical chemistry, coagulation / special hemostasis, flow cytometry, hematology / hematopathology, immunology, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, serology, and tissue typing.   Elective subspecialty training is available to interested individuals in most areas of pathology.  Residents participate in teaching of both medical students and graduate students.  An appointment in the residency program involves rotational assignments through University Hospital-New Jersey Medical School and the affiliated institutions during the four-year training period.  The integrated program, utilizing the particular strengths of each of the hospitals, exposes the trainees to a wide variety of material, expertise, and practice settings.

TYPES AND NUMBERS OF APPOINTMENTS

The program has fourteen (14) positions, with thirteen (13) 4-year Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency positions, and one (1) ACGME accredited dermatopathology fellowship position.

FACILITIES

Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School Integrated Residency Program in Pathology includes three major teaching affiliates of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey:  Rutgers-University Hospital / NJMS, Hackensack University Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in East Orange. The faculty at each of the participating units hold academic appointments at Rutgers-NJMS. Combined hospital bed capacity of the affiliates is 1,650, the annual number of autopsies is 350 (excluding still births), surgical pathology specimens 46,373, and cytopathology specimens 25,096. The New Jersey Medical School and Veterans Affairs Medical Center have active research programs and fully staffed, well established electron microscopy, neuropathology, toxicology, cytopathology, immunofluorescence, molecular diagnostics, cellular immunology, cellular and subcellular cancer research, and tissue culture facilities.

COMMUNITY

The University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark Campus, is in the major cultural, educational, commercial, transportation, and population center of New Jersey and is just a short distance from New York City.

STIPENDS AND MAINTENANCE

Salary is based on level of postgraduate training beginning at approximately $48,000. An appointment provides generous fringe benefits including four weeks vacation, a State Health Benefits Program including medical, dental, drug prescription, and eye care programs, and a book allowance.

STAFF

University Hospital-N.J. Medical School

Stanley Cohen MD, Professor and Chairman  *  Seena C. Aisner MD, Professor, Senior Vice Chairman, Chief, Clinical Services, Director, Anatomic Pathology and Director, Residency Program  *  Patricia Adem MD, Assistant Professor and Director, Immunology  *  Ada Baisre-de Leon MD, Assistant Professor  *  Patricia A. Bocarsly-Fitzgerald PhD, Professor  *  Michelle Burday-Geboff PhD, Assistant Professor and Director, Microbiology  *  Frederick D.Coffman PhD, Assistant Professor  *  Norman Ende MD, Professor  *  Helen Fernandes PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Molecular Diagnostics  *   Valerie Fitzhugh MD, Assistant Professor   *  Anthony Grygotis MD, Assistant Professor and Director, Informatics and Clinical Chemistry  *  Debra Heller MD, Professor and Director, Pediatric and GYN Pathology  *  Kenneth M. Klein MD, Professor  * Ranie Koshy MD, Associate Professor and Director, Transfusion Medicine  *  Muriel Lambert PhD, Professor  *  W. Clark Lambert MD, PhD, Professor and Director, Dermatopathology  *  Fermina M. Mazzella MD, Associate Professor and Director, Hematopathology  *  Neena Mirani MD, Professor, Vice Chairman and Director, Cytopathology  *   Stephen Peters MD, Assistant Professor and Director, Surgical Pathology  *  Nicholas M. Ponzio PhD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Research  *  Elizabeth S. Raveche PhD, Professor  *  Leroy R. Sharer MD, Professor, and Director, Neuropathology  *  George P. Studzinski MD, PhD, Professor.

Hackensack University Medical Center

Cirian Mannion MD, Chairman   *  Pritish K. Bhattacharyya MD, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, Hematopathology and Molecular Pathology  *  Carol Fehmian MD, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, Blood Bank  *  Michael J. Goldfischer MD, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, Autopsy Service  *  Min Woo Han MD, Clinical Assistant Professor  *  Sami Harawi MD, Clinical Associate Professor  *  Patrice Hassoun MD, Clinical Assistant Professor  *  Christopher Koenig MD, Clinical Assistant Professor  *  Marlene Lengner MD, Clinical Assistant Professor  *  Xiao Y. Yang MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor.

East OrangeVeterans Affairs (VA) New Jersey Health Care System

Clara N. Finch-Cruz MD, Chief, Pathology and Director, Hematopathology  *  Shahida Ahmed MD, Director, Blood Bank  *  Jin K. Choe MD, DMSc, Clinical Associate Professor  *  Sharon M. Smith PhD, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Microbiology.

HOW TO APPLY:

The precise number of positions varies from year to year due to differences in class size. However, there are a total of thirteen residents in the program from various backgrounds each year.

All PGY-1 applicants are required to submit an application through the Electronic Residency Application Service (we should make a hyperlink to the ERAS website here) (ERAS). All applicants should submit the following documentation via ERAS:

Interviews:

Interviews are granted from November to January each year.

Contact Information:

All questions about the residency program should be addressed to the program assistant:

This information is adapted from the entry in the 2009 Intersociety Council for Pathology Information, Inc. (ICPI) Directory of Pathology Residency Training Programs.