Contact Information

Surgical Pathology Signout Fellowship Program - Vania Nosé, MD, PhD, Program Director

Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street, Warren 219
Boston, MA  02114

Please address any questions you may have regarding our program and/or application process to:

Jaclyn Brogna
Graduate Medical Education Program Manager
Phone: 617-726-0367
Email: jbrogna@partners.org

Explore This Fellowship

    About the Fellowship

    General Program Information

    The MGH Pathology Department, Anatomic and Molecular Pathology Division, has a high volume of surgical pathology cases that is inclusive of a wide array of unusual entities (more than 85,000 primary accessions annually). The Division is organized into diagnostic subspecialties (see below). The combination of abundant material and renown faculty with broad expertise makes our program an excellent fellowship experience .

    Scope of Training

    The Surgical Pathology Signout Fellowship is a one-year, non-ACGME  program. The goal of this fellowship is to combine in-depth training in a surgical pathology subspecialty with opportunities for conducting research and to provide a basis for a future career in academic pathology. Surgcial Pathology Signout Fellows usually focus on one subspecialty area, although up to two may be considered. These include: Bone and Soft Tissue (BST), Breast (BR), Cardiovascular (CV), Gastrointestinal (GI), Genitourinary (GU), Gynecologic (GYN), Head and Neck (ENT), Obstetric and Perinatal (OB), Pulmonary (PP), and Renal Pathology (RP). Experience in the Frozen Section (FS) Laboratory is integral to the fellowship.

    Fellows are encouraged, and expected, to prepare one or more abstracts for presentation at annual national or international meetings.

    Clinical and Call Responsibilities

    Surgical Pathology Signout Fellows act as a junior attendings with independent signout and resident teaching responsibilities. Fellows signout approximately 24 to 27 weeks per year (equivalent to 75% of a staff assignment), with the remaining weeks for academic activities.  Service coverage is divided into weekly assignments, and fellows work closely with subspecialty faculty who provide consultation, teaching and guidance. Before beginning their independent signout responsibilities, fellows are co-signed for a minimum of two weeks to assess diagnostic skills and ensure familiarity with the service.

    The fellows rotate on attending weekend home call for their subspecialty area, which includes reading of rush cases and backup for frozen section diagnoses.

    Fellows are responsible for coverage of multidisciplinary clinical conferences as determined by the individual subspecialty service.

    Conferences

    Pathology Conferences and Lectures

    These include Pathology Grand Rounds, Molecular Pathology and Research Conference, Surgical Pathology Outs Conferences, and Subspecialty Consensus Conferences. Fellows are expected to attend these conferences except when precluded by urgent clinical responsibilities, as they cover both primary information relevant to their training and more advanced research and basic science topics.

    Fellows also have the opportunity to attend graduate medical education courses hosted by the department, including annual offerings in Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, Dermatopathology, Gastrointestinal Pathology and Head and Neck Pathology.

    Clinicopathological Conferences

    Many services have weekly multidisciplinary conferences during which pathologists present current cases and discuss patient management with their clinical colleagues. These include Gynecology Tumor Board, Head and Neck Tumor Board, Sarcoma Tumor Board, Musculoskeletal Radiology Conference, Renal Conference, GI Conference, GU Conference, Thoracic Conference, and Breast Multidisciplinary Conferences.  Additionally, the Clinicopathologic Conferences (published in the New England Journal of Medicine as the Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital) are held weekly, and fellows are encouraged to present at these.

    Faculty Supervision of Fellows

    Fellows are supervised by the director and faculty of the surgical subspecialty in which they signout. The Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program is administered by Program Director, Vania Nosé, MD, PhD.

    Vacation Time/Personal Time

    The Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program allows up to four weeks of vacation/personal time per year.

    How to Apply

    We are participating in the Surgical Pathology Uniform Timeline for Selective Surgical Pathology Fellowship starting with the 2025-2026 fellowship year.

    Timeline:

    We will be accepting applications for academic 2025-2026 from March 1st, 2023 – July 1st, 2023

    Interviews will begin mid-August. All interviews will be virtual.

    The earliest fellowship offer date is October 2, 2023. Applicants will have 24 hours to accept or decline.

    Interested applicants should send the below required documents to jaclynbrogna@mgh.harvard.edu    

    1. CAP Standardized Pathology Fellowship Application
    2. Curriculum Vitae (must be in date/year format 00/0000)
    3. Personal Statement describing career goals and hematopathology interest
    4. USMLE Steps 1, 2, & 3 Score Report- (Canadian physicians and Doctors of Osteopathy who are eligible for licensure may substitute documentation of successful completion of LMCC/MCCQE and COMLEX examinations, respectively, in lieu of USMLE examinations).
    5. Photo
    6. Three Letters of Recommendation (one letter must be from your current program director or department chair)
    7. Copy of MD Degree (International medical graduates only)
    8. Copy of ECFMG Certificate (International medical graduate only)

    The subspecialty faculty and the fellowship committee review applications. Selection is based on proof of interest in the chosen subspecialty, quality of training in surgical pathology, letters of support and potential for independent research.

    Below is a list of Surgical Pathology subspecialties:

    Eligibility Requirements

    You must be a graduate or prospective graduate of an accredited anatomic pathology or combined anatomic and clinical pathology residency program, and eligible for a full medical license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Review Massachusetts's medical license requirements.

    Foreign/international medical graduates (FMGs, IMGs) must meet the requirements above, and in addition, must be eligible for an H-1B Visa. Get more information on H-1B Visa requirements.

    Contact Information

    Applications and letters of recommendation should be sent via email:

    Jaclyn Brogna
    Graduate Medical Education Program Manager
    617-726-0367
    jbrogna@partners.org

    Alternatively, materials may be sent via ground mail:

    Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    55 Fruit Street, Warren 219
    Boston, MA 02114
    Attn: Jaclyn Brogna, Graduate Medical Education Program Manager

    Please note that materials sent via ground mail may take longer to process.

    All letters of recommendation should be addressed to:

    Dr. Vania Nosé
    Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program

    Massachusetts General Hospital
    55 Fruit Street, Warren 219
    Boston, MA 02114

    Our Faculty

    Learn more about the faculty supervising this fellowship.

    • Yael Heher, MDCM, FRCSC, MPH

      • Subspecialty Head, Renal Pathology Service
      • Director, Quality and Safety, Mass General Brigham Enterprise Lab Service
      • Associate Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital

    • Melinda Lerwill, MD

      • Associate Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
      • Director, Breast Pathology Service
      • Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

    • Anthony Mattia, MD

      • Vice Chair of Pathology, Salem Hospital
      • Chief of Anatomic Pathology, Salem Hospital

    • Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD

      • Director, Pulmonary Pathology
      • Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
      • Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

    • G. Petur Nielsen, MD

      • Subspecialty Head, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
      • Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
      • Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

    • Esther Oliva, MD

      • Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
      • Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
      • Associate Director, Gynecologic Pathology

    • Drucilla Roberts, MD

      • Subspecialty Head, Obstetric and Perinatal Pathology
      • Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
      • Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

    • Peter Sadow, MD, PhD

      • Director, Head and Neck Pathology
      • Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

    • Stuti Shroff, MD, MBBS, PhD

      • Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
      • Assistant Pathologist, Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital

    • James Stone, MD, PhD

      • Associate Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
      • Subspecialty Head, Cardiovascular Pathology and Autopsy Service
      • Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

    • Chin-Lee Wu, MD, PhD

      • Director, Genitourinary Pathology Services, Massachusetts General Hospital
      • Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

    • Robert Young, MD

      • Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
      • Subspecialty Head, Gynecologic Pathology and Emeritus Head, Genitourinary Pathology services
      • Robert E. Scully Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School