Cytopathology Fellowship
The Department of Pathology offers a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in cytopathology. The LSU Cytopathology laboratory receives approximately 12,000 gynecologic cases per year and 2,500 non gynecologic cases per year, including fluids, FNAs, EUS-FNAs, and pulmonary EBUS FNAs.
Fellows perform rapid on site evaluations and participate in signing out all types of cytopathology cases. The curriculum is designed to provide advanced training in the daily practice of cytopathology, laboratory management, and preparation for cytopathology board examination. Fellows will receive hands on training with palpation guided and ultrasound guided FNA. Fellows will have an opportunity to teach cytopathology skills to pathology residents and medical students and present at multidisciplinary tumor boards. Our program offers an option for 2 months of elective rotations in subspecialty areas of surgical pathology, clinical pathology, or research.
The fellow will participate in ongoing quality improvement projects, clinical studies, or research with presentation of project results at the annual departmental Albert G. Smith Research Forum. Additionally, continuing medical education webinars are provided from the American Society of Cytopathology as well as objective evaluations through the American Society of Cytopathology Progressive Evaluation of Competency exam.
We are currently accepting applications for 2026-2027 and 2027-2028, 2028-2029 fellowship positions.
Prerequisites:
Candidates must be AP or AP/CP board eligible or board certified.
How To apply:
Interested candidates can apply by emailing the following materials to the Program Director, Dr. Ashley Flowers, at ashley.flowers@lsuhs.edu and Cc’ing the Program Administrator, Angela Davis, at angela.davis@lsuhs.edu.
- A personal statement of interest
- 3 Letters of Recommendation addressed to the Program Director: Dr. Ashley Flowers, MD
- An updated CV
- And the following 2 page application: Click here for application form.
