Elizabeth Morgan, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Pathology 75 Francis St Boston, MA 02115 |
Tel: (617) 732-7510 Fax: (617) 278-6934 E-mail: marosado@bwh.harvard.edu |
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program[]
10/24/2019
Program name: Brigham & Women's Hospital
Program Director: Dr. Elizabeth Morgan
Number of residents (per year / total): 9/~50
Visas sponsored? Yes
Pros: Outstanding case variety including rare entities; faculty write most of the widely used textbooks; excellent teaching in lecture and slides seminar formats as well as one-on-one at the scope; great flexibility in PGY-3 and elective weeks in PGY-1 and PGY-2 for exploring career tracks; excellent staffing in the gross room by academically-minded PAs; grossing caps now in place; highly driven and attentive program director; huge support for research with collaborations possible throughout Boston and Cambridge and a large T32; numerous teaching opportunities at HMS; well-respected department within the hospital (overall great interactions with clinicians) and abroad; closely knit community of supportive residents; long period of orientation for new residents including a two-week "bootcamp" orientation to the whole department and pairing with a senior resident for the first two weeks of general surgical grossing; access to outstanding fellowships
Cons: Challenging workload in the first 2 years of AP training (front-loaded to provide flexibility in PGY-3); housing close to the hospital can be expensive but cheaper options are around if you're willing to have a 20-30 minute commute;
Average work hours on surgical path? 70/wk
Are you allowed to do external rotations? Yes
Do you feel you have:
· Adequate preview time? Yes
· Adequate reading time? Yes
· Adequate support staff (PA’s, Secretarial, etc…)? Yes
· Adequate AP Teaching? Yes
· Adequate CP Teaching? Yes
· Graduated responsibilities? Yes
Fellowship Programs offered? Please list. Surg Path, Cyto, Neuro, Heme, GYN, Thoracic, GU, Molecular, GI, Medical Microbiology
CAP Standardized Fellowship Application Accepted? ?
Additional benefits to trainees (Book Fund, Travel Fund, Other resources): $2000 educational fund (one time); $2000 for expenses to present at a meeting/yr; all residents have subscription to ExpertPath, PathPrimer, and Immunoquery; electronic access to Harvard's Countway Library of Medicine; high quality Olympus microscopes throughout the department with suitable objective for publication-quality photography; pre-tax gym membership near hospital <$50 per month; subsidized nightly meal for house staff up to $8 value in cafeteria after 9pm (good excuse to stay a little later and read, or go to the gym and come back for free dinner)
Cytopathology Fellowship[]
ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Merging with Massachusetts General Hospital Program
Projected spots per year: 3
Dermatopathology Fellowship (a Harvard-wide Program)[]
ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Hematopathology Fellowship[]
ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship (a Harvard-wide Program)[]
ACGME Accredited Fellowship
See also: Harvard Medical School Molecular Genetics Pathology (HMS/MGP) Fellowship
Neuropathology Fellowship[]
ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Breast Pathology Fellowship[]
Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship[]
Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship[]
Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Gynecologic (GYN) Pathology Fellowship[]
Pulmonary Pathology Fellowship[]
Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Corson Thoracic Pathology Fellowship []
Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Renal Pathology Fellowship[]
Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Cardiovascular Pathology Fellowship[]
Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Soft Tissue Pathology Fellowship (apply to Surgical Pathology Fellowship)[]
Non - ACGME Accredited Fellowship
Franz von Lichtenberg Fellowship in Infectious Disease Pathology and Medical Microbiology[]
ACGME Accredited Fellowship in Medical Microbiology combined with a year long experience in infectious disease anatomic pathology and molecular diagnostics.