MSK and COMBINED MSK FELLOWSHIP MATCH
TIMELINE
First step by May 15, 2024: Any institution or program interested in having an MSK or MSK combined fellowship, please contact
Dr. Julie Fanburg-Smith [email protected] with information about the following:
a) ACGME accredited residency or other fellowships and
b) if the institute’s ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO) attests to affiliation and oversight
of an MSK Fellowship match at your institution.
c) Please also provide the name of your Institution and the name, email addresses, and phone number of your i. DIO, ii. Program Director (PD) and iii. Program Coordinator (PC).
Thank you.
We are excited to join the match!
Applications Due early as November 30- January 15, 2025
(most are latter, application deadlines appear to vary on each program’s website)
January
Programs start interviewing: Interviews take place Jan 15th through March 1st (about 6 week window)
MARCH 12
Ranking opens – Programs submit ranking order list opens
April 2
Program Quota Change/Withdrawal Deadline
April 16
Rank order list certification deadline
April 30
Match Day
JULY 1
Start of fellowship/one-year training begins
| Cleveland Clinic | [email protected] | https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/pathology/medical-professionals/fellowship-special-training/bone-soft-tissue-pathology |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | [email protected] | https://www.hss.edu/pathology-pro-fellowships.asp |
| Indiana University School of Medicine | [email protected] | https://medicine.iu.edu/pathology/education/fellowships/bone-and-soft-tissue |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | [email protected] | https://www.mskcc.org/hcp-education-training/fellowships/bone-and-soft-tissue-pathology-fellowship |
| UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine | [email protected] | https://www.uclahealth.org/departments/pathology/education/fellowship-programs/non-acgme-fellowship-programs/subspecialty-pathology/bone-and-soft-tissue-pathology |
| Univerity of Pennsylvania Health System Program | [email protected] | https://pathology.med.upenn.edu/education/fellowships/programs/soft-tissue-bone |
| University of Miami/ Jackson Health System | [email protected] | https://med.miami.edu/departments/pathology-and-laboratory-medicine/education/training-programs/fellowship-programs/bone-and-soft-tissue-pathology |
| University of Michigan | [email protected] | https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/bone-and-soft-tissue-pathology-fellowship |
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | [email protected] | https://www.path.pitt.edu/divisions/division-anatomic-pathology-and-centers-excellence/bone-and-soft-tissue-pathology |
| University of Washington | [email protected] | https://dlmp.uw.edu/education/fellowship-bst |
| University of Colorado | [email protected] | https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/pathology/department-of-pathology-academic-programs/fellowship-programs/soft-tissue-fellowship |
| Mayo Clinic Rochester | [email protected] | https://college.mayo.edu/academics/residencies-and-fellowships/bone-and-soft-tissue-pathology-fellowship-minnesota/ |
Twelve MSK Pathology Programs in the Match with Thirteen (13) Match Positions
If a program or applicant do not match, they may go outside the match if there is an unfilled opening.
Residents can apply for more than one subspecialty and some programs combine surgical pathology fellowship with a subspecialty fellowship (outside or inside match).
Ranking, however, must be a commitment. There will not be a choice for multiple offers. It is by rank.
Typical Bone and Soft Tissue or Musculoskeletal or Orthopedic Pathology Fellowship:
- Foster development of strong diagnostic skills in neoplastic and non-neoplastic, inflammatory, degenerative bone and soft tissue cases in-house
- Review of Current External and Internal Consultations
- Study Repository Material Files of Daily Common and Rare Cases
- Use of AI and digitized bone and soft tissue cases for study set and educational presentations
- Understand use of immunohistochemistry and cytogenetic/molecular technique analysis (FISH, NGS – CAN, Methylation Profiling, SNP microarray)
- Develop proficiency in grossing of bone and soft tissue pathology specimens
- Experience bone and soft tissue intraoperative frozen sections
- Present at MSK and Sarcoma Conferences, Multidisciplinary (Team) Tumor Boards
- Learn classification, staging, prognostication, and multi-disciplinary approach to treatment
- Research mesenchymal tumors/lesions via translational, basic science/mouse model, and/or interdisciplinary collaborations.
- Opportunity to present at national and/or international meetings (USCAP/ISS/Other).
The applicant must be Board Eligible/Certified from an ACGME-accredited program in Anatomic Pathology and/or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology from the American Board of Pathology.