Breast Fellowship

About Our Breast Pathology Fellowship

Now accepting applications for 2027–2028. Participating in the NRMP Match beginning with 2028–2029.

The Breast Pathology Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a one-year, ACGME-accredited program offering concentrated training in diagnostic breast pathology. Three fellowship positions are offered each year. The breast pathology service has rapidly grown through our collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, giving fellows broad exposure to both routine and challenging cases.

Fellows review a wide range of breast pathology, including in-house core biopsies and excisions, consults sent for expert opinion, transfer-of-care consults, and in-house consults from other services. Fellows also interpret ER, PR, and HER2 immunohistochemistry for breast carcinomas with the breast pathologists.

To develop teaching skills, fellows review in-house cases with the assigned resident in the role of attending. These cases are signed out by the attending for the week, with review of cases together as needed. Fellows also instruct residents on grossing and processing of breast specimens and help orient rotating trainees and visiting observers.

Fellows are responsible for presenting cases at multidisciplinary conferences at both BIDMC and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and communicate results with breast colleagues in other specialties.

In addition to reviewing and signing out a large volume of breast pathology cases, fellows have opportunities to pursue translational and clinical research projects, including with the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Breast Pathology Core Laboratory and Breast SPORE.

Requirements: At least three years of training in anatomic pathology or four years of combined training in AP/CP. Applicants must be eligible for a Massachusetts medical license.

Stipends: Commensurate with the level of training.

Faculty

• Elena Brachtel, MD, PhD
• Feidi Chen, MD, PhD
• Yaileen D. Guzman-Arocho, MD
• Beth T. Harrison, MD
• Liza M. Quintana, MD (Program Director)
• Sunati Sahoo, MD
• Stuart J. Schnitt, MD
• Dongling Wu, MD

For application materials and information, please contact the fellowship coordinator:
bidmc-pathologyfellowships@bidmc.harvard.edu.