Surgical Pathology Fellowship

A fifth credentialing year prior to qualification for American Board of Pathology eligibility is offered as a Surgical Pathology Fellowship.  Fifth-year residents have the primary responsibility of case signout (during the Junior Attending rotations) and supervising junior residents.

The fellowship appointment is for one year. Stipend and Benefits are based on the schedule for residents at an equivalent level.

Specific requirements to apply for the fellowship can be reviewed by clicking here.

You are welcome to use the Standardized Pathology Fellowship Application provided by the College of American Pathologists, which can be accessed by clicking here.

Primary Contact: 
Jayne Delgado

Residency/Fellowship Program Coordinator

Phone: 424-306-6219

Email: jdelgado2@dhs.lacounty.gov

Ping Ji, M.D.

Fellowship Program Director

Email: piji@dhs.lacounty.gov

 Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

1000 W. Carson Street

Torrance, CA 90502

Applying to the Surgical Pathology Fellowship

Program Description: This one-year fellowship is designed to provide practice-level experience and responsibility in diagnostic surgical pathology. The Fellow will participate in the daily activities of the division of Surgical Pathology as a Junior Attending staff, assuming responsibility for first-look review of all surgical cases with junior residents and sign-out of uncomplicated surgical pathology cases. Other rotations include intraoperative frozen section experience and the opportunity for sign-out of referred cases with senior staff. The program provides for elective months of additional advanced training in subspecialty areas such as GI pathology, GYN pathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology, neuropathology, cytopathology, electron microscopy and molecular biology. Research opportunities are also available in a variety of subspecialty areas of surgical pathology. The Fellow will be able to participate in a wide variety of clinically and research-oriented intra- and inter-departmental educational conferences.

Requirements: Applicant will have completed at least three years in straight AP or four years combined AP/CP training by the time the fellowship starts. A California medical license will be needed.

Stipend: Fellows will be paid at the level of fifth-year residents ($71,970) at this institution.

For application and additional information, please contact:
Contact: Adriana Flores  |   Telephone: 424-306-6219  |  Fax: 310-222-8002  |  E-mail: adflores@dhs.lacounty.gov

Letters should be addressed to:
Ping Ji, M.D.
Director of Surgical Pathology
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
1000 W Carson St
Torrance, CA 90509

Check list for Candidate Information

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Self-statement of background/Career plans
  • Letters of recommendation (3)
  • California Medical License
  • Picture (optional)
  • Medical school diploma

Foreign Applicants

  • ECFMG certificate
  • Postgraduate Authorization Training Letter from the Medical Board of California
  • If not a citizen, we need copy of green card, or work permit