Our 1-year ACGME-approved fellowship program is structured to provide comprehensive training in all aspects of Cytopathology.  Through the Division of Cytopathology of Baystate Health (located at Baystate Medical Center), you will have the opportunity to see and discuss a vast number of interesting and challenging gynecologic and non-gynecologic cases during the academic year.  From these cases and the close, continual interaction you will have with our Cytopathology staff, you will gain the appropriate knowledge, skills, and tools to make a host of specific and accurate diagnoses, and become a well-rounded diagnostician.

Fellowship Director: Roxanne Florence MD email: Roxanne.Florence@baystatehealth.org

Fellowship Coordinator: Gretchen Lussier email: Gretchen.Lussier@baystatehealth.org phone: 413.794.5085

Program & Department Statistics

• Length of fellowship: 1 year | Number of fellows per academic year: 1   
• Number of faculty: Department of Pathology - 21 | Cytopathology Division - 7 cytopathologists, 2 hematopathologists

Baystate Statistics

• Number of hospital beds: 784 (Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Baystate Mary Lane Hospital)
• Number of residency programs: 10
• Number of fellowship programs:  16

Cytopathology & Surgical Pathology Annual Specimen Volumes

• Cytopathology: Pap Tests - 60,000 | Non-Gyn - 5,000 | FNA Biopsies - 1,800
• Surgical Pathology: 45,000

Fellow Benefits & Facilities

• Salary —  PG5: $64,400  PG6: $67,000  PG7: $69,700
• 4 weeks vacation/year, free parking
• Disability/Malpractice/Health/Life Insurance
• Large on-campus library, access to Tufts on-line library, robust e-medicine resources (Up-to-Data, Ovid, etc)

Program Strengths

• High volume of diverse and interesting specimens (one of the largest cytopathology laboratories in New England)
• Large group (7) of board-certified staff cytopathologists, all with additional subspecialty training, all who additionally sign-out surgical pathology
• Excellent one-on-one daily sign-out and teaching with staff cytopathologists
• Dedicated teaching cytotechnologist with over 20 years of experience
• Detailed and clearly-defined teaching conference schedule, reading schedule, and schedule of one-on-one teaching sessions with the education cytotechnologist
• Quality group of experienced cytotechnologists
• Excellent, committed support staff with a friendly work environment
• Computerized, continually-updated teaching file, CD-ROM file, teleconference file
• Additional staff expertise in Hematopathology and Neuropathology for such cytology cases
• Opportunity to participate in a regional cytopathology conference
• Opportunity for independent assessment of complex image-guided FNA specimens
• Opportunity for hands-on FNA experience through formal organized weekly thyroid clinics and the division’s FNA service
• Participation in continuing education programs such as the ASCP GYN Assessment products.
• Participation in the ASC’s Progressive Evaluation of Competency Exam
• Opportunity for research and submission for national conference presentation and publication