Olive View - UCLA Surgical Pathology Fellowship - Pathology

We are excited to offer two one-year fellowship positions in General Surgical Pathology at the UCLA-affiliated Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (OVMC) in Sylmar, California. This fellowship is ideally suited for pathology graduates who are eager to sharpen their diagnostic skills, develop confidence in independent practice, and lay a strong foundation for a successful career in surgical pathology. The Surgical Pathology Fellowship program at OVMC provides extensive hands-on experience in signing out challenging surgical specimens, biopsies, and non-gynecologic cytology cases. Fellows will also participate in intraoperative consultations, frozen sections, and fine needle aspiration procedures (with or without ultrasound guidance).

Additionally, fellows will engage in a variety of clinically oriented collaborations. They will have the opportunity to participate in several interdisciplinary conferences, including daily intradepartmental consensus conferences, weekly general tumor boards, weekly gynecologic oncology tumor boards, weekly colposcopy meetings, weekly GI-Pathology conferences, monthly pulmonary pathology conferences, and other periodic meetings.

The Surgical Pathology Fellowship at OVMC also offers valuable teaching, research, and administrative experiences, such as participation in CAP Laboratory Accreditation Inspections.

The majority of rotations will take place at OVMC, with the option to pursue elective rotations at other hospitals, including UCLA-affiliated institutions.

After six months, fellows may function as junior attendings with sign-out privileges, taking on cases with gradually increasing responsibility.

Requirements & Applications

Applicants must be licensed by the Medical Board of California. Please review the application requirements for more information and feel free to contact us with any questions.

Letters of reference should be addressed to the Program Director, Payman Fathizadeh, MD, and application materials should be sent via email to the Program Coordinator, Cynthia Inez. Applications are considered on a rolling basis.

Fellowship Application Requirements

Olive View UCLA Medical Center and Department of Pathology(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

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