Cytopathology Fellowship

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) and University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont offer an ACGME-accredited one year fellowship in cytopathology.

Our program encompasses a blend of academic and practical training in the setting of a university health center with a large geographic referral area. The center receives a full range of specimen types available for cytology diagnosis in conjunction with ongoing exposure to surgical pathology.

We process around 6,200 non-gynecologic specimens, of which 2,400 are fine needle aspirations, and around 21,000 gynecologic samples utilizing the Hologic ThinPrep technology with imaging. The program offers the fellow comprehensive forums for teaching, discussion, clinico-pathologic presentation and research. The fellow will experience frequent one-on-one and individualized learning experiences from the faculty throughout the year and will gain experience in cytopreparatory techniques, rapid on-site evaluations, hands on performance of palpable lesions and ultrasound-guided aspirations at our Path-ENT FNA clinic. Throughout the year, the fellow will have increasing levels of responsibility commensurate with level of performance.