Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship

Overview

At Stanford we offer a dedicated Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship (ACGME accredited) that will provide in-depth training in GU pathology with the goal of becoming a specialist in the field. The Stanford Genitourinary Pathology Service is rich with both routine GU pathology and advanced consultative material to learn from. Graduated responsibility opportunities include a Junior Attending rotation, presenting at GU tumor boards, teaching opportunities (such as departmental fellow-led teaching conferences), and service as a point person and consultant on GU-pathology-related issues.

Elective and research time can be used to pursue additional subspecialty training in other areas (such as GYN, GI, or renal pathology) or to work on research projects. Departmental resources and support are available for clinicopathologic and translational research projects.

The Department of Pathology accepts 1 GU pathology fellow per year.

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.

Emily Chan, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, Genitourinary Pathology Service
Director, Genitourinary Fellowship Program

Rotations

We offer a one-year GU fellowship that provides advanced, focused, and intensive training in diagnostic genitourinary pathology:

GU service fellowship rotation (consults, in house overflow cases, second reviews,
tumor board coverage, overall service point person)
“Junior Attending” rotation (fellow reviews GU cases with assigned residents at “sign-out” and works up cases as if going to finalize independently, with hand-off to GU pathology faculty for report finalization and discussion)
Frozen section rotation
Surgical pathology selectives (including “Hotseat”: preliminary review of all cases prior to residents with focus on GU bench)
Research
Elective
Vacation and educational/conference leave (4 weeks total)

Sample Rotation Schedule

Each Block is 4 weeks; 13 blocks x 4 weeks per block = 52 weeks (1 year). One Genitourinary (GU) service fellow rotation may be at the VA. Elective is any rotation within the Department of Pathology at SHC, including research. Selective is any surgical pathology rotation within the Department of Pathology, including medial renal pathology and hot seat. The GU fellow is permitted 3 weeks of pre-scheduled vacation and 1 week of conferences at times approved by the program director.

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.

Stipends

2022-2023 Stanford Stipends and Bonuses (Effective 9/5/22)

Year	Annual	Per Month
I	$74,027.20	$6,168.81
II	$77,771.20	$6,480.81
III	$83,657.60	$6,971.33
IV	$88,400.00	$7,366.53
V	$93,953.60	$7,829.32
VI	$98,092.80	$8,174.24
VII	$103,604.80	$8,633.57
VIII	$108,326.40	$9,027.03

All pathology clinical fellows will annually receive a taxable housing allowance in the amount of $10,000 from the Department of Pathology. Fellows will receive the first half of the pathology housing allowance in their September paychecks and the second half of the allowance in their February paychecks.

From the Stanford Health Care GME Office, new fellows will receive a one-time $3,000 payment to assist with moving expenses, a one-time $1,000 for cell phone allowance, an annual educational allowance of $2,000, and a 1% annual bonus based on completion of a Quality Improvement project. A housing allowance of $7,200 (paid monthly at $600) per year is also provided. All allowances are subject to appropriate taxes.

Stipends depend upon the postdoctoral level of training and are equal to the general residency stipends at Stanford University Hospital.

Bonuses

*All allowances are subject to appropriate taxes.
+ Housing allowances will not be provided during any period of extended training.

Item	Detail
Annual educational allowance $2,000*	Paid in November providing, all required HealthStream and EPIC/LINKS modules are completed by house staff's assigned deadline
Cell phone allowance $1,000*	Automatically added to paycheck in July
Food allowance $10 per day (shifts of 12 hours or longer for clinical rotations only at SHC & LPCH)*	Payments made on last paycheck of each month Meal money is taxable income
Housing stipend $7,200 per year (paid as $600 monthly)*+	Automatically paid on 1st paycheck of each month
Medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance provided	Eligible to participate on house staff's hire date
Moving allowance (new hires only) $3,000*	Automatically added to a paycheck in August
1% annual bonus based on completion of a Quality Improvement Project*	Automatically paid at the end of each academic year in June
Cost of initial CA MD license and renewals	Paid upon reimbursement submission for academic year expense occurrence
Cost of initial DEA and renewals	Paid upon reimbursement submission for academic year expense occurrence
Cost of USMLE Part Ill for Interns	Paid upon reimbursement submission for academic year expense occurrence

For more information please go to: Stanford Healthcare/Stipends & Bonuses

Applying

Deadlines

At this time, positions for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 have been filled.

Applications due end of August, 2 years prior to start date; applications reviewed on a rolling basis. The duration of the program is one year with a prerequisite of 3 years AP or 4 years AP/CP.

Required Materials

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

Please submit application and letters electronically to

Emily Chan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, Genitourinary Pathology Service
Director, Genitourinary Fellowship Program
E: chemily@stanford.edu

CAP Standardized Application (with supplemental) for Pathology Fellowships

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

Contact

Genitourinary Faculty

Emily Chan, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology
Director, Genitourinary Pathology Service
Director, Genitourinary Fellowship Program

Dr. Chan is an Associate Professor of Pathology at Stanford University. She completed her MD, PhD at New York University and Anatomic Pathology residency with subspecialty Genitourinary Pathology training at University of California-San Francisco (UCSF). She is AP board-certified. Dr. Chan has been a GU attending at UCSF for the past five years where she has successfully mentored numerous trainees in projects, publications, and career planning. Her teaching philosophy is that every opportunity to teach is an opportunity to learn and grow; she enjoys teaching and learning from her trainees on a daily basis.

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John Higgins, MD

Professor of Pathology
Co-Director, Post-Sophomore Fellowship in Pathology
Director, Residency Program for Anatomic Pathology

Dr. Higgins is a Professor of Pathology. He earned his MD from Stanford University and completed his training in anatomic pathology at Stanford where he also did fellowship training in immunodiagnosis. He has a particular interest in renal neoplasia.

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Megan Troxell, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology
Co-Director, Post-Sophomore Fellowship in Pathology
Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship Program

Dr. Troxell is a Professor of Pathology at Stanford University Medical Center. She completed Anatomic Pathology residency followed by surgical pathology and renal/immunohistochemistry fellowships at Stanford. Her clinical work encompasses GU, medical/transplant renal, and breast pathology, with research interests in each of these areas.

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Alarice Lowe, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology

Dr. Lowe joined the School of Medicine faculty in 2019. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from MIT and her medical degree at UCSD, prior to residency and cytology fellowship at UCLA. In 2011, she joined the faculty at Brigham and Women's Hospital where she developed a research focus on Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and the application of CTC technology to improve clinical diagnostics. Clinically, her interests focus on Cytopathology and Genitourinary Pathology.

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Ankur Sangoi, MD

Professor of Pathology

Dr. Sangoi is a Professor of Pathology at Stanford University. He earned his bachelor and medical degrees from Saint Louis University. He completed Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency with subspecialty Genitourinary Pathology training at Stanford, and is AP/CP board-certified. He was in a busy private practice for many years while continuing active kidney, bladder, and prostate pathology research and publications, before returning back to academia to pursue more focused efforts in genitourinary pathology research and teaching residents/fellows.

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Current Genitourinary Fellows [2023-24]

Casey Morrison, MD

Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Graduated Genitourinary Fellows

Class of 2023

Class of 2022

Class of 2021

Class of 2020

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