UMDNJ - ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE

PATHOLOGY RESIDENCY

The pathology residency training program is located primarily at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.  This site includes the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, including the new cancer wing, the Bristol Meyers Squibb Children’s Hospital, and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, which serve the greater central New Jersey region.  Residents spend the vast majority of their experience at the University Hospital.  The department is also affiliated with the Newark, New Jersey Medical Examiners office, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ (UMDNJ)/Newark Department of Cytogenetics, and Cooper University Hospital, Camden, N.J. 

Approximately one month of each year is spent at our affiliate, Cooper Hospital in Camden.  Residents also perform autopsies at a nearby hospital, St. Peters University Hospital, which is a busy obstetric hospital and provides important perinatal, pediatric as well as adult autopsies.  St. Peters Hospital is only a 15 minute walk from the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital department of Pathology is responsible for all diagnostic laboratory and tissue  work required for the care of the patients of the main hospital, the Childrens' Hospital, and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.    The department of Pathology is under the direction of the chairman who is responsible for all clinical, research, and the educational endeavors of the department.  The departmental patient care functions are divided into Anatomic Pathology, which includes Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, and the Autopsy Service, and Chemical Pathology which includes Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Hematology/Hematopathology, Microbiology Molecular Pathology, and Transfusion Medicine.  A Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory is also present on the premises. 

The faculty of the department of Pathology includes, pathologists with interests in patient care and laboratory management, as well as scholars in all subspecialty areas within pathology.  The department also includes faculty involved in basic science research.  The fundamental goal of the residency program in pathology is to provide a superior training experience in all the disciplines encompassing pathology.  The program is designed to provide comprehensive training for those residents pursuing the combined anatomic and clinical pathology programs (AP/CP-4).  The physician graduating our 4 year program will be able to obtain fellowship training or achieve certification in anatomic and/or clinical pathology and practice as a junior staff member.  In addition, all residents are encouraged to explore avenues of research that are of interest to them, as well as areas of special competencies in which members of our faculty may act as mentors.

REQUIRES ADOBE READER

2007-2008 Pathology Residents On-Call Schedule - PDF

2007-2008 Residents Master Block Schedule - PDF

Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Lecture Series 2005-2006 - PDF