Core Rotations - AP

Day 1: Grossing – Residents examine, prepare, and take sections from medium and large resection specimens. Pathology assistants do all grossing of biopsies.
Day 2: Biopsies – AM previewing of biopsies followed by sign-out with attending. PM receive slides from previously grossed specimens on Day 1 to preview.
Day 3: Larges – AM completion of previewing followed by sign-out with attending.

Pathology Gross Room - Columbia University Department of Pathology and Cell Biology

Autopsy (2 or 4-week rotations)

Cytopathology

Frozen Section (2-week rotations)

Surgical Pathology (4-week rotations)

Surgical Pathology subspecialties (GYN, Neuro, Derm, Hematopathology, GI/liver, Breast)

Additional subspecialty rotations are available in Medical Liver, Medical Renal, Informatics, personalized genomic medicine (PGM), Immunogenetics, Cytogenetics and at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).