RESIDENCY OVERVIEW
ROTATIONS
24 month core AP rotations
- 4 Cytology/FNA
- 4 Autopsy + LA Coroner’s Office
- 14 Surgical Pathology (7 specialized surgical pathology rotations, twice each + endoscopic GI biopsies
18 month core CP rotations
- 1 Cytogenetics/Immunogenetics
- 1 Senior Lab Director (BB/HVT)
- 2 Molecular Pathology with Informatics
- 3 Clinical Chemistry
- 3 Microbiology (COLA/REQIPP)
- 3 Transfusion Medicine
- 4 Hematopathology
- 1 CP-Flex (additional month of any core CP rotation)
Advanced AP Rotations
Senior, fellowship-level AP rotations from the well-established Surgical Pathology Fellowship:
- Frozen Section
- Junior Attending at UCLA
- Junior Attending at Santa Monica
Advanced CP Rotations
Senior, fellowship-level CP rotations in clinical laboratories including Clinical Chemistry, Cytogenetics, Immunogenetics, Microbiology, Molecular Pathology, or Transfusion Medicine
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The AP/CP program is a combined format with clinical pathology (CP) and anatomic pathology (AP) rotations intermixed throughout the four years of training.
