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老司机福利网 School of Medicine offers a one-year, ACGME-accredited fellowship training experience in blood banking/transfusion medicine. The graduate will be qualified to be a medical director in any transfusion medicine setting. Program applicants must be board-certified or -eligible in clinical pathology, anatomic pathology/clinical pathology, hematology, or another relevant specialty.

The program offers the fellow a broad range of educational experiences in academic and community hospital practice in all areas of transfusion medicine.

Training is incorporated within three teaching hospitals and a regional blood donor center. These include SSM Health 老司机福利网 Hospital, SSM Health St. Mary鈥檚 Hospital, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children鈥檚 Hospital, and ImpactLife community blood center.

is an academic Level 1 trauma center that offers high-complexity medical care including solid organ and bone marrow transplantation and subspecialized surgery. These activities are supported by the medical center鈥檚 transfusion medicine service. An active apheresis service performs therapeutic procedures, collects peripheral blood progenitor cells, and provides outpatient transfusions and therapeutic phlebotomy. Fellows also rotate within the HLA lab to learn how molecular and serological evaluations are performed.

is centrally located in metro St. Louis and specializes in high-risk pregnancy care and fetal surgery. Additionally, the hospital has a Level II Time Critical Diagnosis STEMI Center and a certified stroke center. Although a community hospital in orientation, the hospital operates as a university teaching hospital, offering an independent, accredited internal medicine residency program. It also serves as the primary training site for 老司机福利网 School of Medicine's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and its Family Practice Residency programs. Fellows will have a one-month rotation at this site, which provides a robust experience in perinatal transfusion medicine.

boasts a full range of pediatric services, including a Level 1 trauma center designation and a Level 4 NICU designation. Cardinal Glennon serves the pediatric needs of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area including eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. The NICU is licensed for 65 beds, the PICU is licensed for 21 beds, and the hospital has a total inpatient capacity of 195 beds. Cardinal Glennon has a busy transfusion service providing the fellow with comprehensive education in neonatal and pediatric transfusion medicine.

provides blood products and services to much of the St. Louis region. Fellows will obtain extensive experience in the medical, operational, and regulatory aspects of blood collection and will gain expertise in high-complexity infectious disease testing and referred serological evaluations.

In addition to clinical rotations, the fellow is provided with a one-month focused research rotation and will be engaged in research and development activities, quality assurance projects, and educational efforts throughout their fellowship year. Here is an example of the transfusion medicine fellowship rotation schedule.

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Inquiries should be sent to:

Jennifer Tooker
Residency program specialist
Department of Pathology
老司机福利网 School of Medicine

1402 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104

Phone: 314-617-2794
Fax: 314-617-2788
jennifer.tooker@ssmhealth.com

The 老司机福利网 Department of Pathology offers a 12-month accredited fellowship training program in forensic pathology at the City of St. Louis Medical Examiner's Office. The St. Louis City Medical Examiner's Office serves a population of approximately 300,000, taking jurisdiction of approximately 1,400 cases per year and performing approximately 400 to 600 autopsies. Under the supervision of a senior pathologist, the fellow functions as an assistant medical examiner and conducts autopsies, attends scenes, and interacts with families, treating physicians, police, and attorneys.

Additional rotations at the St. Louis Metropolitan Crime Lab and the Forensic Toxicology Laboratory provide exposure and training in the various subdisciplines. Pathology subspecialty consultations are through the Department of Pathology, to include pediatric and neuropathology. Forensic anthropology and odontology consultations are available as needed. Case material is supplemented by selected cases from surrounding jurisdictions. The fellow will participate in monthly clinicopathology conferences with trauma surgery service and with child fatality review panel, in medical student education, and will attend the Medicolegal Death Investigators' Course and a national meeting (NAME or AAFS). Opportunities to accompany court and court proceedings are available throughout the training year.

One position is available each year and the fellowship starts July 1. Applicants must have completed residency training in anatomic pathology or combined clinical/anatomic pathology in an ACGME-accredited program before the start of the fellowship and be able to apply successfully for Missouri state medical licensure. Sponsored visas include J1 and H1B. Stipends are commensurate with the level of postgraduate training in pathology as determined by ACGME. A travel and book allowance is provided. The fellowship program participates in ERAS and the NRMP Match Program.

The application will require the CAP common application, a personal statement, a c.v., and three letters of recommendation. Applications may be submitted through ERAS or sent via email.

Inquiries should be sent to:

Kanayo Tatsumi, M.D.
Director, Forensic Pathology Fellowship
Office of the Medical Examiner - City of St. Louis
1300 Clark Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103

Phone: 314-622-4973
kanayo.tatsumi@slucare.ssmhealth.com

The gastrointestinal and hepatic pathology fellowship at 老司机福利网 is a one-year ACGME-accredited program. The program exposes fellows to a broad spectrum of biopsy and surgical specimens relating to adult and pediatric gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease.

SSM Health 老司机福利网 Hospital and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children鈥檚 Medical Center provide the clinical material for the program, including the luminal GI tract, liver, pancreas and biliary tract ranging from small biopsies to radical resection and transplantation. Outside consultation material and intraoperative consultation are also included. Fellows participate in and present at the multidisciplinary clinical conference. Fellows are encouraged to participate in clinical research.

Inquiries should be sent to:

Danielle Carpenter, M.D.
Director, Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Fellowship
老司机福利网 School of Medicine
Department of Pathology

1402 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104

Phone: 314-617-2823
Fax: 314-617-2786
danielle.carpenter1@slucare.ssmhealth.com

The ACGME-accredited one-year hematopathology fellowship at 老司机福利网 School of Medicine is an apprenticeship in academic hematopathology. The trainee is the junior member of the hematopathology staff and, during training, becomes competent in all aspects of hematopathology, developing technical, managerial, consultative, diagnostic and scientific skills.

Integral to the trainee's education is the correlation of the cytomorphological and histologic findings with the patient鈥檚 clinical presentation and other pathological findings, including those seen in other areas of the laboratory. This could include the flow cytometric immunophenotypic findings, molecular diagnostic findings, as well as immunophenotypic analysis by immunoperoxidase and enzyme cytochemical techniques, and the performance, interpretation, and application of coagulation testing.

Inquiries should be sent to:

Katherine Robbins, M.D.
Director, Hematopathology Fellowship
老司机福利网 School of Medicine
Department of Pathology

1402 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104

Phone: 314-617-2831
Fax: 314-617-2786
katherine.robbins1@ssmhealth.com

The pediatric pathology fellowship at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children鈥檚 Medical Center and 老司机福利网 Department of Pathology allows trainees to develop an understanding of diseases of infants and children. Pediatric autopsy and surgical pathology are stressed during the one-year fellowship, and opportunities for subspecialty training in neonatal pathology, cytogenetics, clinical pathology, pediatric hematopathology, metabolic, skeletal muscle, central nervous system and renal disease are available.

Learning resources include a large congenital heart museum, state-of-the-art electron microscopy, immunohistology and flow cytometry laboratories, facilities for morphometric and recombinant DNA analysis, as well as an active research division. Research opportunities are numerous, both in anatomic and experimental pathology. The fellow is a liaison between the Pathology Department and clinicians and presents clinical pathologic correlations at neonatal, cardiology, gastrointestinal and pediatric surgical and autopsy pathology conferences.

Inquiries should be sent to:

Miguel Guzman, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Pathology Fellowship
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center

1465 South Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63104

Phone: 314-577-5337
Fax: 314-268-6407
miguel.guzman@ssmhealth.com

The post-sophomore graduate fellowship in pathology at 老司机福利网 is a full-time course of study in pathology for one academic year. It provides an educational experience to 老司机福利网 School of Medicine students interested in a career in pathology and furthering their understanding of disease mechanisms. During the fellowship, students have service, conference and teaching activities similar to those of a first-year pathology resident. With faculty, the post-sophomore fellow performs autopsies and examines surgical specimens. Research opportunities in clinical and experimental pathology and elective experiences in subspecialty areas in pathology are available, and the fellowship will be tailored to each student's interests.

Inquiries should be sent to:

David S. Brink, M.D.
Program director, Pathology Residency Training Program
老司机福利网 School of Medicine
Department of Pathology

1402 South Grand Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63104

Phone: 314-577-5624
Fax: 314-268-6407
david.brink@ssmhealth.com