We would like to bring our residency program in pathology to the attention of the students in your MSTP program. We believe that a residency in pathology at the NIH offers an excellent opportunity to combine a basic research experience with medical specialty training. The NIH program offers an excellent entrée into academic medicine, having produced a number of pathology chairs, as well as leading scientists whose numbers include members of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Laboratory of Pathology of the National Cancer Institute offers a fully accredited program in Anatomic Pathology. In addition to training in the traditional disciplines of surgical, post-mortem, and cytopathology, advanced training is offered in evolving technologies, including molecular diagnostics, proteomics, and cytogenetics. Stipends are based on prior experience and training, with a minimum PGY1 stipend in the range of $53,000/year for residents with a Ph.D. degree. Moving expenses to the Washington, DC area also are provided.

I am enclosing some literature that I hope you will distribute to students in your program, especially those entering their terminal year. The NIH community and the Laboratory of Pathology offer many unique research opportunities, and residents are free to select a research mentor of their choosing, either within or outside our department. Approximately one year of elective time is available during the first three years of residency, with an optional year of full-time research in the fourth year.

For positions beginning July 2007, application should be made during the late summer or very early fall of 2006. We do not participate in the Matching Program, but do have a rolling admissions policy. Therefore, interested applicants are encouraged to apply in the early fall of 2006. The complete application package should be received no later than December 1, 2006. We also accept application through ERAS.

Sincerely yours,

Elaine S. Jaffe, M.D.
Program Director, Anatomic Pathology Residency Program
Acting Chief, Laboratory of Pathology
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Building 10, Room 2A33
10 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-1500
Email: elainejaffe@nih.gov