Neuropathology Fellowship
Overview
This two-year, ACGME-accredited neuropathology training program is designed to foster the careers of future leaders in neuropathology and neuroscience. One position is available each year.
The neuropathology service annually receives over 800 biopsies, 300 muscle biopsies, 600 consultations, and 200 brains obtained from autopsies at Stanford, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Medical Center and regional private and forensic institutions.
Under close supervision of the Director and other faculty neuropathologists, the trainee is responsible for the complete examination of all neurosurgical specimens, which includes:
- In depth exposure to intraoperative consultations including frozen sections and cytological preparations
- Muscle and nerve pathology
- Molecular studies including NGS, FISH,
- Immunohistochemistry
- Electron microscopy
- Examining the brains and spinal cords removed at autopsy
Trainees participate actively in joint conferences with the Clinical Neuroscience Department and are encouraged to pursue research projects that can be followed in greater depth during the second, predominantly research-oriented year of training.
Candidates with a strong background or interest in neuroscience are especially encouraged to apply.
Additional funding may be available for qualified graduates of Stanford's AP/NP residency program, who wish to pursue an academic career as an independent investigator by continuing their research beyond the period of the formal fellowship. Funding is subject to the approval by the Pathology Chair.
Requirements: AP or AP/CP training and eligibility for California medical license
Stipends: Commensurate with experience
Hannes Vogel, MD
Professor of Pathology and of Pediatrics (Pediatric Genetics)
and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, Neurology and of Comparative Medicine; Director, Neuropathology Fellowship Program
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Neuropathology Faculty
Inma Cobos, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology)
Inma received her medical and doctoral degrees from the University of Murcia in Spain and completed post-doctoral training in Developmental Neurobiology at the University of California, San Francisco. She then pursued a clinical residency and fellowship in Anatomic Pathology and Neuropathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Before joining Stanford, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Neuropathology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.
Her research program combines her background in diagnostic neuropathology, knowledge of developmental neuroscience, and state-of-the-art cellular and molecular technologies to advance the understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. She is currently applying single-cell methods to human brain to dissect the contributions of distinct cell types to Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis and investigate the mechanisms of tau-mediated neurodegeneration in human brain. Her work is supported by the NIH National Institute of Aging (R01), the Alzheimer’s Association, and BrightFocus. She recently received the Ben Barres Early Career Acceleration Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI).
David Solomon, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology)
Director, Neuropathology Service
Dr. David A. Solomon is a physician-scientist neuropathologist and brain tumor researcher who has specialized expertise in diagnostic testing for tumors of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system. He performs neuropathology evaluation both for adult patients at Stanford Healthcare and pediatric patients at Stanford Children's Health. He also consults on brain tumor cases sent from hospitals around the world seeking diagnostic review and molecular testing at Stanford Medicine.
Dr. Solomon has a special interest in the genetic alterations that drive cancer development and progression, particularly for brain and nerve sheath tumors. He serves as Stanford’s Director of Neuropathology, supervising all diagnostic testing performed on brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerve tumors.
Dr. Solomon earned both his doctorate in tumor biology and his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in anatomic pathology and a fellowship in neuropathology at UCSF and worked as an attending neuropathologist and research faculty member at UCSF prior to joining the faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Current Neuropathology Fellows
John Newman, MD
[2024-26]
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine; Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center - AP Only
Kyle Dyson, MD, PhD
Medical School: University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Residency: Stanford University School of Medicine