Program Overview
This ACGME accredited, four-year combined AP/CP program provides a strong foundation in both clinical and anatomic pathology, preparing resident graduates for academic or community-based practice. The goal of our residency program is to provide an educational environment that produces exceptional healthcare professionals, excellent educators, accomplished laboratory directors and valued members of the patient care team. We are very proud of the long history of graduates from our program that continue to make outstanding contributions to clinical care, teaching and research.
Our Mission
We strive to deliver high-quality, patient-centered healthcare to the Kansas City’s underserved patient populations while training the next generation of pathologists to be integral members of healthcare teams who are prepared to meet current and future challenges in medicine.
Facts and Figures
- Two residents per year
- Eight residents in our program
- 15 faculty (five core faculty, 10 non-core faculty)
Average case numbers per year
- Surgical pathology cases: 14,000
- Dermatophathology cases: 2,000
- Frozen sections: 120
- Autopsies: 50 (combined UH, CMH, JCME)
- Fine needle aspiration cytology: 700
- GYN cytology: 6000
- Non GYN cytology:500
- Serum urine/protein electrophoresis: 1,000
- Hemoglobin electrophoresis: 2,000
- Blood bank antibody consults: 50
- Peripheral smears: 700
- Bone marrows: 100
- Flow cytometry: 300
Rotations
Residents are exposed to a diverse learning environment through rotations to different hospitals, including University Health Truman Medical Center, University Health Lakewood Medical Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office, Community Blood Center, Midwest Transplant Network and the Kansas City VA Hospital. This constellation of facilities makes us one of the most unique for learning all aspects of pathology. Each site has a unique set of pathology and diverse patient population. Residents follow a core curriculum established by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
Work Hours and Scheduling
Residents’ duty hours are carefully regulated to ensure compliance with 80-hour ACGME work week requirements.
Evaluations
Residents receive confidential evaluations at the end of each rotation and meet formally with the program director semiannually. Residents have the opportunity to provide anonymous evaluations of faculty and to provide feedback to the program.
Exams
The Pathology Residency expects participation in the yearly in-service exam (RISE) given nationally in March. UMKC covers the cost of this exam. Results are used to gauge individual medical knowledge and to better focus the educational programs of the residency.
Fellowships/Graduating Residents
Graduate outcomes are the most important indicator of success for training programs. Our residency program has been fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) with a 10-year accreditation cycle (the maximum).
UMKC Pathology residents are highly successful in obtaining the fellowship of their choice. Over 80% of our residents get their first choice in the fellowship, even in the most competitive subspecialty fellowships.
Here are some of the fellowships our graduates have obtained:
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. — General Surgical Pathology
- Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla. — General Surgical Pathology
- MD Anderson, Houston, Texas— General Surgical Pathology
- Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Ohio — Microbiology
- University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan. — General Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology
- Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office, Kansas City, Mo. — Forensic Pathology
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio — Pediatric Pathology
- Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. — Pediatric Pathology
- Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif. — Cytopathology
- University of California Irvine, Orange County, Calif. — GI and Liver Pathology
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. — GI and Liver Pathology
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind. — Hematopathology
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. — GI and Liver Pathology
- University of Colorado, Denver, Colo. — Transfusion Medicine
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — Hematopathology
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas— Dermatopathology
- University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Wash. — Renal pathology
- Northwestern University/Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Ill. — Pediatric Pathology
- University of Arizone, Tuscon, Ariz. — GI and Liver Pathology
- University of San Diego, La Jolla, Calif. — Molecular Pathology
- Washington University, St.Louis, Mo. — Pediatric Pathology, Hematopathology, Surgical Pathology