Placement

Residency Placement

Nearly all residents, over the past few years, have pursued subspecialty fellowship or post-doctoral research training at Penn or other prestigious institutions. Over the last ten years, 77% of our trainees have gone into academics; 10% into general private practice; 7% into forensics (medical examiners and the like); 5% into dermatopathology private practice; and 1% into other careers (Director of the American Red Cross, various industry positions, etc.).

Overall, graduates from the Penn pathology residency programs have pursued distinctive careers across academic, translational, clinical, and private-practice settings, or have carved out unique professional paths for themselves.

Among the notable alumni of the training programs are or were the chairs of pathology departments at the NIH, Brown University, University of Arkansas, University of New Mexico, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Buffalo, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Akron Children's Hospital and Northeast Ohio Medical University, Methodist Hospital Houston, Pennsylvania Hospital, and Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and faculty members at University of Pennsylvania, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Cornell, Washington University, Vanderbilt, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, University of Michigan, University of Alabama, Emory University, UCLA, and other preeminent universities. In the last few years, alumni have pursued fellowships not only at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania but also Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical Center, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins, Washington University, Cedars-Sinai, the Mayo Clinic, and other hospitals and academic medical centers. The Executive Medical Officer at the American Red Cross built her career on the training she received in pathology at Penn, while a former CP resident is the CEO of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute. A former resident and neuropathology fellow is the founder and CEO of Avid RadioPharmaceuticals.

Graduating Residents' Placement 2007-2022

 

Class of 2022

Christopher Attaway, MD
Cytopathology Fellowship, HUP

Anna Budina, MD, PhD
Cytopathology Fellowship, HUP

Farah El-Sharkawy Navarro, MD
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, HUP

Olawunmi Folarin, MD
Cytopathology Fellowship, Weill Cornell

Brittney Imblum, MD
Forensic Pathology Fellowship, Miami Dade ME Office

Levon Katsakhyan, MD
Gynecologic Pathology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins

Casey Morrison, MD
Cytopathology Fellowship, HUP

Austin Rech, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn

Sara Stone, MD, PhD
Neuropathology Fellowship, HUP

Class of 2021

Adam Richard Davis, MD
Hematopathology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Brittany DePasquale, MD
Pediatric Pathology Fellowship, CHOP
Forensic pathology Fellowship, ME Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Elizabeth Pratt Gaston, MD
Adventure in Germany

Jonathan Ian Lake, MD, PhD
Post-doc PSP Research at Penn

Jonathan Philip Belman, MD, PhD
Post-doc PSP Research at Penn

Kareem Hosny MD, MPH
Clinical Informatics Fellowship, CHOP, then Cytopathology fellowship at Stanford

Kevin Trowell, MD
Hematopathology Fellowship, ARUP Laboratories/University of Utah

Rachel A. Kolster, MD, PhD
Post-doc Research at Penn

Ryan Joshua Golden, MD PhD
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, HUP

Troy John Hutchens, MD, PhD
Head & Neck Fellowship, Washington University SOM

Xiaoming Zhang, MD, PhD
Surgical pathology and GYN path Fellowships at Stanford Medicine

Class of 2020

Shaymaa Ashi, MD
2020-21 Dermatopathology Fellow, University of Chicago

Ezra Baraban, MD
2020-21 Surgical Pathology Fellow; 2021-22 GU Pathology Fellow, Johns Hopkins

Kyle Devins, MD
Pursuing Fellowship in GYN and GU Pathology

Sayed (Mohsen) Hosseini, MD, PhD
2020-21 Cytopathology Fellow, UCSF

Tom Hu, MD
2020-21 Cytopathology Fellow, Penn

Crystal Magno, MD
2020-21 Forensic Pathology Fellow, State of Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore

Ernest Nelson, MD
2020-21 Neuropathology Fellow, Penn

Nya Nelson, MD/PhD
2020-21 Pediatric Pathology Fellow, CHOP; 2021-22 Molecular Genetics Fellow, Penn

Derek Oldridge, MD/PhD
2020-21 Immunogenetics Fellow, CHOP HLA laboratory

Christopher Preciado, MD
2020-21 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Penn

Jenna Reece, MD
2020-21 Transfusion Medicine Fellow, Penn

Kevin Trowell, MD
2020-21 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Penn
 

Class of 2019

Paul R. Hess, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

Taylor Jenkins, MD
2019-2020 Gynecologic Pathology Fellow, University of Virginia
2020-21 Cytopathology Fellow, University of Virginia

Alexander Macnow, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Chemistry Division of Clinical Pathology, HUP

Sharon J. Song, MD
2019-20 Cytopathology Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
2020-21 Women's and Perinatal Pathology Fellow, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston

 

Class of 2018

Yang Li, MD, PhD
2018-19 Transfusion Medicine Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Qiuping Ma, MD, PhD
2018-19 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Sophia Ma, MD
2018-19 Dermatopathology Fellow, Moffitt Cancer Center

Rebecca May, MD
2018-19 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Anders Meyer, MD
University of Kansas
2018-19 Soft Tissue Fellow, Cleveland Clinic

Aivi Nguyen, MD
2018-19 Postdoctoral Fellow at Penn

Salvatore Priore, MD, PhD
2018-19 Molecular Genetic Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Stefan Prokop, MD
2018-19 Neuropathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Sam Sadigh, MD
2018-19 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2019-20 Hematopathology Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School (current)

Annika Windon, MD
2018-19 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Johns Hopkins

Class of 2017

Amanda Barrett, MD
Medical College of Georgia
2017-18 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Johns Hopkins
2018-19 GI Pathology Fellow, Emory University

Jaleah Hawkins, MD
2018 Blood Bank Attending
2017-18 Transfusion Medicine Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Katie Levinson, MD
2017-18 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2018-19 Soft Tissue Fellow, Pennsylvania Hospital

Daniel Lubin, MD
Emory University
2017-18 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2018-19 Cytopathology Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering

Julia Maisel, MD
2017-18 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Chelsea Mehr, MD
Geisinger Medical Center
2017-18 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2018-19 Breast Pathology Fellow, BI Deaconess

Tatyana Milman, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Wills Eye Institute/Thomas Jefferson University

Bryan Rea, MD
UPMC
2017-18 Surgical Pathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2018-19 Hematopathology Fellow, UPMC

Laura Taylor, MD
2017-18 Dermatopathology Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Priya Velu, MD, PhD
2017-18 Postdoctoral Fellow in Precision Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2018-19 Molecular Genetic Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Class of 2016

Aileen Arriola, MD
Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Cytopathology Fellowship, MD Anderson (current position)

Christopher Gault, MD, PhD
Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Instructor in GI/Liver Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (current position)

Peter Mazari, MD, PhD
Forensic Fellowship, City of Baltimore Medical Examiner's Office
Southern Regional Medical Examiner Office, Woodbine, NJ (current position)

Dean Sayre, MD
Columbia University School of Public Health (current position)

Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor in Transfusion Medicine, Washington University (current position)

Class of 2015

Joe Hatem, MD
Surgical Pathology Fellowship and Cytopathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Pathologist, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY (current position)

Amrom Obstfeld, MD, PhD
Assistant Director of Hematology and Coagulation Laboratories (current position)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Danielle Samulski, MD
Surgical Pathology Fellowship and Cytopathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of North Carolina (current position)

Craig Soderquist, MD
Hematopathology Fellowship and Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Columbia University (current position)

Carlos Villa, MD, PhD
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Instructor in Transfusion Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine (current position)

Amber Wang, MD
Neuropathology Fellowship (current position)
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Shuanzeng (Sam) Wei, MD, PhD
Cytopathology Fellowship
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center (current position)

John Wojcik, MD, PhD
Soft Tissue Fellowship
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Instructor in Soft Tissue Pathology, University of Pennsylvania (current position)

Class of 2014

Elizabeth Azzato, MD, PhD
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Molecular Pathology, St. Jude's Research Hospital (current position)

Sarah Choi, MD, PhD
Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Hematopathology Fellowship, Northwestern
Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan (current position)

Stephanie Dean, MD
Forensic Pathology Fellowship, Baltimore Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Staff Pathologist - Medical Examiner's Office of Baltimore (current position)

Andrew Fesnak, MD
Transfusion Medicine/Cellular Therapy Fellowships, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, University of Pennsylvania (current position)

Renee Frank, MD
Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Fellowships, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Pathologist, Geissinger Medical System (current position)

Wen Lu, MD
Staff Pathology in Transfusion Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Erika Moore, MD
Hematopathology Fellowship, UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Case Western University (current position)

MacLean Nasrallah, MD, PhD
Neuropathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Instructor in Neuropathology (current position)

Tracey Polsky, MD, PhD
Assistant Director of the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (current position)

Christine Rongey, MD
Hematopathology Fellowship, University of Washington
Staff Pathologist, private practice, West Virginia (current position)

Lea Filippone Surrey, MD
Pediatric Pathology Fellowship, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, CHOP (current position)

Rashmi Tondon, MD
Surgical Pathology/GI and Liver Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, University of Pennsylvania (current position)

Class of 2013

Ronnie Abraham, MD
Dermatopathology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York
Dermatopathologist, OSF Healthcare, Peoria, IL (current position)

Rebecca Batiste, MD
Assistant Professor, State University of NY at Stony Brook

Vijay Bhoj, MD, PhD
Instructor in Transfusion Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

Lyndsey Emery, MD, PhD
Neuropathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Pathologist, Medical Examiner Office of Delaware (current position)

Laurel Glaser, MD, PhD
Microbiology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania (current position)

Phillipp Raess, MD, PhD
Surgical Pathology and Hematopathology Fellowships, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
Assistant Professor Oregon Health and Science Center (current position)

Navid Sadri, MD, PhD
Soft Tissue Pathology Specialization--PAH; postdoctoral research in sarcoma, University of Pennsylvania; Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Case Western (current position)

Rena Xian, MD
Hematopathology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Molecular Pathology Fellowship, UCLA
Assistant Professor of Pathology, UCLA (current position)

Class of 2012

Erica Clayton, MD
Surgical Pathology/GI and Liver Pathology Fellowships, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Pathologist, Marin General Hospital, San Francisco (current position)

Pallavi Gopal, MD, PhD
Neuropathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Researcher, Holzbaur Lab, University of Pennsylvania
Instructor in Neuropathology, University of Pennsylvania (current position)

Pil Gyu Hwang, MD, PhD
Cytopathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Pathologist, UPMC Passavant (current position)

Tine Ipe, MD
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Methodist Houston (current position)

Benjamin Mathis, MD
Forensic Pathology Fellowship, Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department
Staff Pathologist, Miami-Dade Medical Examiner (current position)

Grant Nybakken, MD, PhD
Surgical Pathology/Hematopathology Fellowships, Stanford University
Staff Pathologist, Kaiser Permanente (current position)

Rachel Ochs, MD
Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Hematopathology Fellowship, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York
Staff Pathologist, Morristown Pathology Associates (current position)

Lauren Ende Schwartz, MD
Assistant in Surgical Pathology, Gyn Pathology Fellowship, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania (current position)

Class of 2011 

Ian Hageman, MD, PhD 
Surgical Pathology /Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowships, Washington University St. Louis
Assistant Professor, Washington University St. Louis (current position)

James Iqbal, MD, PhD 
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, Cedars-Sinai Hospital 
Pathologist, VA Hospital Los Angeles (current position)

Marisa Juntilla, MD, PhD 
Resident, Clinical Pathology, Stanford University Hospital 
Intructor in Pathology, Stanford University (current position)

Rebecca King, MD 
Hematopathology Fellowship, Mayo Clinic 
Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic (current position)

Megan Nakashima, MD 
Surgical Pathology/Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowships, Washington University St. Louis
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Cleveland Clinic (current position)

Jennifer Reese, MD 
Dermatopathology Fellowship, University of Virginia
Staff Pathologist, Midatlantic Pathology Services (current position)

Darshan Roy, MD 
Hematopathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Rowan School of Medicine (current postion)

Mark Stonecypher, MD, PhD 
Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 
Hematopathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Private practice, Tennessee (current position)

Yvette Tanhehco, MD, PhD 
Transfusion Medicine Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 
Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center (current position)

Gary Tozbikian, MD 
Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 
Breast Pathology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Assitant Professor of Pathology, Ohio State University (current position)

Class of 2010 

Dipti Anand, MD 
Associate Dermatopathologist, Skinpath Solutions, Atlanta, Georgia 

Miriam Enriquez, MD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Cooper Hospital, New Jersey 

Adrienne Carruth Griffin, MD, Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh

Keri Donaldson, MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology 
Medical Director, Hematology and Thrombosis Laboratories, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Maria Martinez-Lage, MD
Assistant in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Lauren Thoma, MD
Assistant Medical Examiner in Middlesex County, New Jersey

Class of 2009 

Jill Adamski, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Transfusion Medicine, Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ryan Fortna, MD, PhD
Staff Pathologist, Dermatopathology, NW Pathology, Bellingham, WA 

Hillary Kimbrell, MD 
Staff Pathologist, Myriad Genetics, Salt Lake City, Utah

Thomas Kirn, MD, PhD 
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Rachel Kowal, MD 
Dermatopathologist, Muhlbauer Dermatopathology Laboratory, Pittsford, NY

Joyce Ou, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Brown University Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Staff Pathologist Women & Infants Hospital

Michael Tetzlaff, MD, PhD 
Associate Professor, Pathology, University of Texas, Staff Pathologist, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Sriram Venneti, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Timothy Wade, MD 
Staff Pathologist, Cytopathology, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, NJ 

Gerald Wertheim, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 
Staff, Hematopathology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Class of 2008 

Michael Bachman, MD, PhD
Director of Molecular Microbiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Jeffrey Baliff, MD 
Assistant Professor, Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Charlene Bierl, MD, PhD 
Medical Director, Blood Bank and Clinical Chemistry, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ 

Jillian Grau, MD 
Section Chief, Transplantation Pathology, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Lehigh, PA 

Annette Kim, MD, PhD 
Associate Professor of Pathology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston

Anita Sengupta, MD 
Assistant Professor, University of Texas SW- Dallas

Christopher Watt, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 
Assistant Director of Molecular Genetic Pathology Laboratory, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Yongping Wang, MD, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Class of 2007

Jennifer Baccon, MD, PhD
Chair, Akron Children's Hospital and Northeast Ohio Medical University

David Glidden, MD
Chief, Anatomic Pathology, DeWitt Army Community Hospital, Ft. Belvoir, VA

Shereen Gheith, MD, PhD
Chief, Section of Molecular Pathology, Molecular Pathology/Hematopathology & Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Lehigh, PA

Ami Goradia, MD
Staff Pathologist, Hematopathology, Genoptix, San Diego

Jui-Han Huang, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Staff Pathologist, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia

Stanley Hurtt, MD
Staff Pathologist, GI/Hepatic Pathology, York Laboratory Associates, York Hospital, York, PA

Taku Kambayashi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Staff-Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank, HUP, Philadelphia

Edward B. Lee, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Staff-Neuropathology, HUP, Philadelphia

Stanley Leung, MD
Staff Pathologist, Metropolitan Medical Laboratory, PLC, Davenport, IA

Mojdeh Naghashpour, MD, PhD
Staff Pathologist, Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter, FL

Jason Park, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor-Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director, Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory, Children’s Medical Center, UT Southwestern Dallas

Michele Roullet, MD
Staff Pathologist, Hematopathology and Clinical Pathology, Pathology Sciences Medical Group, Norfolk, VA