GI Pathology Fellowship

The GI Pathology Fellowship provides in-depth training in GI, pancreatic and liver pathology. The fellow will review GI, liver and pancreatic cases with faculty with subspecialty expertise. The fellowship includes diagnostic responsibilities in adult and pediatric hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal pathology, with over 100 annual liver transplants and Whipple procedures performed annually.  The fellow will be responsible for gross room supervision and microscopic sign-out of in-house and consultation cases. Excellent opportunities exist for clinical and/or basic science research.

Requirements

The candidate must have completed an approved AP or AP/CP pathology training program. A New York State medical license is required for appointment. For more information, please contact the NY State Education Department at (518) 474-3817, ext 260.

Stipends

Commensurate with level of training.

Applications

The position for the GI/Liver pathology fellow for 2025-2026 has been filled.

Applications for the 2026-2027 year must include:

• CAP Common application (https://documents.cap.org/documents/standardized-pathology-fellowship-ap...)
• Personal Statement
• Curriculum vitae
• Three letters of recommendation

Completed applications (including recommendation letters) should be emailed directly to the program director, Dr. Armando del Portillo (ad3011@cumc.columbia.edu) and coordinator Maria Barros De La Hoz (mb4832@cumc.columbia.edu).

Current GI Fellows

• Mitra Dowlatshahi (2022-2023)
• Joseph Burt (2022-2023)

GI Fellowship Graduates

• Diane Chen (2021-2022)
  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University Medical Center
• Simona De Michele (2021-2022)
• Anna Lee (2020-2021)
• Anthony Rubino (2019-2020)
• Sonya Purushothaman (2018-2019)
• Maryam Shirazi (2017-2018)
  Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, Columbia University Medical Center
• Anne Koehne de Gonzalez (2016-2017)
  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University Medical Center
• Armando del Portillo (2015-2016)
  Assistant Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University Medical Center
• Ladan Fazlollahi (2014-2015)
  Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University Medical Center
• James Mitchell (2013-2014)
  Associate Pathologist, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas
• Stephen Lagana (2011-2012)
  Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University Medical Center
• Marcela Salomao (2011-2012)
  Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Kalpana Devaraj (2010-2011)
  Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Raanan Sela (2009-2010)
  Gastrointestinal Pathology, Miraca Life Sciences, Irving, Texas
• Anupama Gupta (2008-2009)
  Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Summit Medical Group, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
• Woojin Yu (2007-2008)
  Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento, California
• Sandy Twadell (2006-2007)
  Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine