Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology Fellowship
Develop the skills you need to be a competent and experienced practitioner.
About us
Our 1-year GI/liver fellowship program gives you in-depth training in the principles, theory and technologies of GI/liver pathology. The program will train you to be a confident GI/liver specialist.
To prepare you for competency:
- Our dedicated faculty includes 4 subspecialized GI/liver fellowship trained pathologists and 40 faculty who give you intensive training.
- The Geisinger Medical Center laboratory receives high-volume, high-complexity cases, including about 65,000 GI biopsy and resection cases, with 450 pancreas cases and 3,500 liver cases (including liver transplantation cases) each year. The pancreatic tissues from Whipple procedure are entirely submitted and processed as whole mount slides.
- Accurate diagnoses are supported by integrating advanced immunohistochemical staining and NGS data.
This program is in the process of earning ACGME accreditation.
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Program overview
- Teaching is delivered with structured didactic lectures and slide sessions relevant to daily practice.
- Fellows collaborate with the gastroenterology and liver transplantation clinical teams and participate in our multidisciplinary clinical conferences (such as luminal GI conferences, pediatric GI conferences, hepatocellular carcinoma/liver transplantation conferences, liver pathology conferences and GI tumor boards) to provide subspecialty expertise.
- Fellows will have an opportunity to gain experience in gastrointestinal cytopathology. Elective rotation in subspecialty areas of surgical pathology or endoscopy is available.
- Academic activities are highly encouraged and supported.
- You’ll have the chance to teach residents and medical students.
What you’ll gain
- Learn from experienced faculty and gain extensive experience by presenting at tumor boards, GI luminal conferences, liver conferences and pediatric GI conferences.
- Engage in research and quality improvement projects with opportunities to present at national meetings and publish.
- Develop skills for multidisciplinary collaboration and system-based practice.
About Geisinger
Geisinger serves more than 1 million people in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. We’ve been nationally recognized for innovative practices in quality, delivery models such as ProvenCare® and the use of an award-winning electronic medical record, Epic®. Our physician-led system has about 24,000 employees, including nearly 1,700 physicians, 10 hospital campuses, 2 research centers and a health plan with more than half a million members, all of which boost our hometown economies by $7.1 billion annually.
About Danville
The main hospital campus, Geisinger Medical Center, is located in Danville, a charming, historic, riverside town with opportunities for outdoor recreation, including kayaking, cross-country skiing and cycling. We’re also close to major urban centers. It’s easy to reach New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. We offer the best of both worlds — affordable, relaxing small-town life and access to big cities' excitement and cultural experiences.
