Message from the Program Director
Welcome to the Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Florida. Our pathology residency program provides comprehensive training in both anatomic and clinical pathology, and offers flexibility for residents to prepare for a career in either academic or community-based practice. Residents spend approximately nine months per year at Shands Hospital, a 600-bed facility and Level 1 trauma center which serves as the main teaching hospital for the University of Florida’s College of Medicine and the main tertiary care center for north-central Florida and southern Georgia. Our residents complete the remainder of their rotations at the Malcom Randall Veterans Administration Hospital, a 300-bed hospital with more than 10,000 surgical pathology accessions per year, or the Diagnostic Referral Laboratory, a state-of-the-art facility through which many anatomic and clinical pathology services are provided. Through a series of subspecialty rotations at Shands Hospital and general surgical pathology rotations at the VA Hospital, residents are exposed to a wide variety of neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions in all organ systems. Specific strengths of our program include gastrointestinal and hepatic pathology, gynecologic pathology, head and neck pathology, hematopathology, neuropathology, nephropathology, bone and soft tissue pathology, transplant pathology, and cytopathology. Clinical pathology training includes formal rotations in clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunology, and transfusion medicine, among others.
Our teaching hospital is located on the Southeastern corner of the University of Florida, one of the ten largest college campuses in the United States. Gainesville, home of the University of Florida, is home to 225,000 people in the metropolitan area, and was voted the number one place to live in the U.S. by Money magazine in the mid-1990's. With its warm summers and mild winters, the weather in Gainesville is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts. The Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico beaches are one hour from Gainesville, and are easily accessible.
We currently offer four positions per year for a total of 16 residents. In addition, ACGME accredited fellowships in cytopathology, neuropathology, hematopathology, and dermatopathology are offered. Fellowships in gastrointestinal pathology and surgical pathology are also occasionally offered. Medical schools from nearly all regions of the United States are currently represented in our program. We believe our residency program is one of the best in the nation, providing a well rounded, challenging education while creating an environment that is friendly and encouraging. If you would like additional information about our program, residents or hospitals, please do not hesitate to contact us.
John Reith, MD
Associate Professor of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine and Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Director, Pathology Residency Training Program
Director, Unit of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
Program Coordinator: RoseAnn Jesse
Phone: 352-265-0432 Fax: 352-265-6987
E-mail: jesse@pathology.ufl.edu