Harbor UCLA Medical Center Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
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Core Curriculum

Anatomic & Clinical Pathology (48 months)

                                         

Surgical Pathology

12 months

Autopsy

4  months, minimum 25 cases

Coroner’s Autopsy Rotation

1  month (in PGY4)

Cytopathology

4  months 

USC Cytopathology             

1  month  (in PGY4)

Neuropathology

1  month

Electron microscopy             

1  month

Hematology                 

6  months, in 3 month segments

Microbiology  

3  month segment

Chemistry

3  month segment

Blood Bank

4  months

HLA/Genetics

1  month

Molecular Biology

1  month

Total 41 months core + electives + 4 months of vacation = 48 months

 

Anatomic Pathology only (36 months)

Surgical Pathology   

14  months

Autopsy

6  months, minimum 25 cases

Coroner’s Autopsy    

1  month

Cytopathology

4  months

Hematology   

3  months

Neuropathology

1  month

Molecular Biology     

1  month

Electron Microscopy

1  month

Total 31 months core + electives + 3 months vacation = 36 months