Neuropathology Fellowship
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Director
Contact
- Joseph Coloff
- joseph.coloff@
ucsfmedctr.org - Tel: 415-476-5236
- Department of Pathology
- 505 Parnassus Avenue
- Box 0102
- San Francisco, CA 94143-0102
This two-year fellowship provides training in diagnostic and investigative neuropathology. The first year emphasizes diagnostic skills, the second, molecular and cell biology investigative techniques in neuropathology. Clinical cases are obtained from the very active neurosurgical and neurology services at Moffitt-Long Hospital, from the autopsy services of UC-affiliated medical centers and from numerous extramural consultations. The goals of the clinical training are to provide a broad fund of knowledge in neuroanatomy, gross and microscopic neuropathology, CNS, PNS, and muscle ultrastructure, current hypotheses about the pathogenesis of neoplastic and non-neoplastic neurological disorders, clinical-neuropathological correlations, and neurohistological, enzyme histochemical, and immunohistochemical techniques. The diagnostic service is particularly strong in neuro-oncology, epilepsy, nerve and muscle disorders, neurodegenerative disorders and infections. Research training is tailored for each fellow. The faculty research interests are in molecular neuro-oncology and in neurodegenerative diseases, specifically prion diseases; however, fellows can pursue research in other laboratories outside of pathology.
Requirements
Candidates should be Board-eligible by the starting date of the fellowship, preferably in pathology, but neurology candidates will be considered.