Gastrointestinal (GI) Pathology Fellowship

Overview

The ACGME-accredited fellowship in gastrointestinal pathology is designed to offer advanced, focused and intensive diagnostic training in gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreas pathology, including medical liver and transplant.

  • Specific rotations include: "hot seat", frozen section, sign out of consultation material (including immunohistochemistry and other special diagnostic techniques) and elective time.
  • Elective time may be designed to pursue additional subspecialty training in other areas of surgical pathology, including dermatopathology, or in molecular pathology, hematopathology, and/or research.
  • Fellows participate in departmental and interdepartmental conferences, as well as medical student and resident teaching.
  • Departmental resources and support are available for clinicopathologic and translational research projects.

 

Stanford establishes PGY levels for new fellows based on the successful completion of all prerequisite training required for entry into your fellowship program. Stanford does not recognize additional training beyond the prerequisite training requirements when establishing the PGY level for entry into the program.

Foreign Students & Visa Sponsorship

Canadian Visa Requirements

Graduates of Canadian medical schools will be placed on ECFMG sponsored J-1 visas. They are not required to take the qualifying examinations such as FMGEMS, NBME, and USMLE in order to obtain their visas.

Note: At this time, the government of Canada is restricting approval of physicians wishing to obtain clinical training outside Canada. SHC is unable to obtain a J-1 visa without the consent of the Canadian government.

Non-Canadian Visa Requirements

All trainees in residency and clinical fellowship programs will be placed on ECFMG sponsored J-1 visas.

Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) does not sponsor such trainees for the H-1B visa. ECFMG requires a valid ECFMG certificate obtained by successful completion of their qualifying examinations (VQE, FMGEMS, NBME, or USMLE) coupled with the appropriate English language examination to be eligible for a visa.

Allow 120 working days for ECFMG to process an initial visa.

For further information, please contact:
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2685 
Tel: [215] 386-5900

California Medical License

California law states that all U.S. and Canadian graduates are required to obtain a California medical license before starting a fellowship at Stanford.

If you have any questions please visit the Stanford Medicine Graduate Medical Education (GME) and/or the California Medical Board website for more information.

Applying

Deadlines:

The program is no longer accepting applications for the 2024-2025 fellowship. Applications for 2025-2026 will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting June 1, 2023.

Required Materials:    

  1. Completed Standardized Application for Pathology Fellowships form (CAP with supplemental available below) with your signature
  2. Updated Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  3. Cover letter and/or personal statement
  4. 3 letters of recommendation
  5. Photo

Please submit application and letters electronically (pdfs) to:

Phyllis Bettencourt
Administrative Associate
Email: phyllis2@stanford.edu

CAP Standardized Application (with supplemental) for Pathology Fellowships

Visit the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for more information on the application process

Fellowship Program Director

Teri Longacre, MD
Professor of Pathology, Kempson Endowed Chair in Surgical Pathology
Director, GI Pathology Fellowship Program
Director, Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship Program
Email: longacre@stanford.edu

Fellowship Program Coordinator

Markell Stine
Residency Fellowship Program Coordinator
Email: markell@stanford.edu

Gastrointestinal Faculty

Teri A Longacre, MD

Richard L Kempson Enodowed Professor of Surgical Pathology
Director, Gastrointestinal Pathology
Director, Gynecologic Pathology
Director, Faculty Development and Diversity

Dr. Teri Longacre received a B.A. from St. John’s College, a B.S. from the University of New Mexico, and an M.D. from the University of New Mexico. She trained as a resident in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of New Mexico and pursued subspecialty fellowships in hematopathology, gastrointestinal pathology and general surgical pathology at Stanford Medicine, where she is now the Director of Gynecologic Pathology as well as Director of Gastrointestinal Pathology. She is actively involved in resident and fellow teaching in the residency and surgical pathology fellowship programs at Stanford and has established ACGME subspecialty fellowships in Gynecologic Pathology and Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Pathology. During her career, she has mentored more than two dozen residents and fellows who have entered into successful academic careers both nationally and internationally.

More information about Dr. Longacre

Neeraja Kambham, MD

Professor of Pathology
Director, Renal Pathology Service
Director, Electron Microscopy
Director, Anatomic Pathology Service

Dr. Neeraja Kambham is a pathologist at Stanford Medicine and is affiliated with Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. She received her medical degree from Osmania Medical College NTR UHS and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Research interests primarily involve medical diseases and transplantation pathology of the kidney and liver.

More information about Dr. Kambham

Current Fellows

Recep Nigdelioglu, MD
Medical School: Marmara University, School of Medicine
Residency: Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine
Past Fellowship: Surgical Pathology, Mayo Clnic, College of Medicine and Science

Clark Tolson Nichols, MD
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine

Jeenal Gordhandas, MBBS
Medical School: MIMER Medical College (India)
Residency: UC San Diego School of Medicine
 

Incoming Fellows

TBD (please check back)

Graduated Fellows