The one-year Genitourinary Pathology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, provides the best setting for you to develop expertise in diagnosing routine, complex, and esoteric pathologic genitourinary specimens. Our fellowship equips you to become an expert in the field with the skills necessary for successful careers in an academic or private practice setting.

Highlights of the program include:

• An emphasis on reviewing and diagnosing pathologic genitourinary specimens and interacting with the clinicians and radiologists involved in patient care
• Around 6,000 GU cases per year are at your fingertips with an assortment of classic and unusual cases
• A wide variety of specimens, including kidney, renal pelvis, ureter, urinary bladder, urethra, prostate, testis, paratestis, scrotum, and penis
• Training in the techniques of grossing and intraoperative consultation on genitourinary specimens
• Increasing responsibility in genitourinary sign out as you acquire experience culminating in independent sign out
• Training in molecular genitourinary pathology techniques including fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), next-generation sequencing, digital droplet PCR, chromosomal microarrays, and RT-PCR/RNA seq for fusion detection
• Participation in a practice transitioning to full digital pathology workflows
• Research opportunities in clinical-pathological correlation, translational research, and applied molecular and digital pathology with the potential to publish and present at national meetings

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