Our one-year program combines in-depth, high-level training in various subspecialties of surgical pathology
The Surgical Pathology Fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health, is fully accredited by the Texas Medical Board. Our primary training facility's case volume is nearly 57,000 annually and represents a broad spectrum of pathology case types.
We accept one fellow each year.
As the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott & White serves 41 counties through 52 hospitals, more than 1,200 access points, more than 7,100 active physicians, more than 52,000 team members and the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan.
Curriculum
About the program
The emphasis of the program is on progressive independence in case management. This includes gross examination, intraoperative consultation, microscopic diagnosis, as well as ancillary and molecular testing, resulting in a complete diagnostic report on complex cases.
Responsibilities
Our program is structured similarly to that of a staff pathologist. Fellows are scheduled within the attending rotation schedule each month. The goal of this fellowship is to provide the fellow with the closest experience to being a staff pathologist as possible.
Responsibilities include:
- Frozen sections
- General surgical pathology sign-out, which includes:
- Breast
- GYN
- GI/liver
- Transplant
- Consults
- Cytology
- Neuropathology frozen section
- Outpatient biopsies
Scholarly activity
Fellows are expected to:
- Participate in the education of rotating residents and medical students as well as evaluate their performance
- Attend and present cases to the faculty and staff at a daily consensus conference
- Attend and present at didactic sessions and journal club meetings
- Participate in the QA Committee and complete a QA Project
- Attend and present cases at subspecialty tumor boards and MDTs
We strongly encourage fellows to participate in a research project with abstract and presentation at a national meeting.
Call
Fellows are on call for one week every six to eight weeks. Call primarily includes transplant donor biopsies.
Conferences
Fellows are expected to attend the following conferences:
- Weekly didactic conference
- Daily liver conference
- Monthly GI/liver conference
- Subspecialty tumor board conferences
- Monthly morbidity and mortality conference
- Daily interesting case/consensus conference
- Frozen section conference
How to apply
We use the standardized application for pathology fellowships from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Residents Forum.
Applications are accepted from August to October two years before the start of the fellowship. Interviews will be scheduled from September to December, tentatively.
Please email application and supporting documents to BUMCPathFellowships@BSWHealth.org .
Application requirements
In order to be considered for the program, applicants must submit the following materials:
- Completed CAP Application
- Curriculum Vitae
- Three letters of recommendation on institutional letterhead
- USMLE transcript
- Medical school transcript
Learn more about Baylor Scott & White's housestaff appointment eligibility, including guidelines for international medical graduates.
Faculty and fellows
Our dedicated faculty, with diverse expertise and a passion for teaching, offers invaluable mentorship and our talented fellows bring enthusiasm and fresh perspectives to patient care. Together, they create a supportive community committed to excellence in medical education and compassionate care.
Join us in shaping the future of healthcare!
Working at Baylor Scott & White Health
Stipend and benefits
In addition to competitive stipends, we offer our residents a full menu of employee benefits. We help offset the cost of many of these benefits; others are options you can choose to pay for yourself.
Well-being resources
This time in your professional career can be extremely challenging. As a Baylor Scott & White graduate medical trainee, there are a variety of resources available to you, ensuring you get the most out of your educational experience.
Life in Dallas
Dallas provides access to metropolitan entertainment and culture while maintaining the lowest cost of living among the top 10 largest U.S. cities.
Contact us
Hiba Shoufi
Program Administrator
Phone: 214.820.3772
Email: BUMCPathFellowships@BSWHealth.org
Verification Requests: BUMCGMEVerifications@BSWHealth.org
Baylor University Medical Center
Roberts Hospital
3500 Gaston Ave.
Dallas, TX 75246