"Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology Fellowship - July 2027"

The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, Irvine is accepting applications for a 1-year fellowship in GI and liver pathology, starting July 2027. This fellowship provides training in all aspects of GI, liver, pancreas and biliary tract disease with opportunities for clinical research. The GI service includes a full range of neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions with special emphasis on IBD, colon cancers, gastric dysplasia/carcinoma, celiac disease and Barrett esophagus. There is also an active pancreas and liver pathology service. The fellow will be exposed to cytopathologic specimens from EUS guided aspirations from the GI and pancreato-biliary tracts.

The position includes an appointment as a Clinical Instructor with graduated responsibility to the level of junior faculty with sign-out privileges. The fellow will participate in sign-out of GI and liver surgical and biopsy material, frozen sections and consultation cases with 4 fellowship trained GI/liver pathologists. There may be a few weeks of call as an acting attending on Surgical Pathology service, along with involvement in resident teaching and presenting at weekly GI/liver tumor board meetings. Funded research opportunities are available, and the fellow is expected to present research at national meetings.

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Program Director: Vishal S. Chandan, MD, Clinical Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Qualifications: Candidates must have successfully graduated from an ACGME accredited AP or AP/CP residency program and hold an active California Medical license before starting.

Application Requirements: Curriculum Vitae, Cover Letter, and Teaching Statement.