Description

Head and Neck Pathology Fellowship – 2026-27 and 2027-28  

Description: The Head and Neck Pathology Fellowship is a one-year ACGME- accredited program designed to provide advanced training in head and neck pathology. The fellow will be an integral member of the Head and Neck Pathology Service, working closely with the specialty pathology faculty as well as the University of Miami Department of Otolaryngology, a renowned program that is consistently top ranked by the US News and World Report. Their strong surgical presence on campus affords a large surgical pathology case volume with complex, unique and interesting cases.  

Annually, the University of Miami Pathology Laboratory at the University of Miami Hospital receives and processes over 1000 Head and Neck surgical specimens from the operating rooms at the University of Miami Hospital, and over 875 Head and Neck surgical specimens from the UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. An integral part of practice of both Head and Neck Surgery and the practice of pathology is the use of intraoperative frozen sections. There are over 800 Head and Neck surgical cases performed at the University of Miami that typically require multiple frozen sections, which account for approximately 4300 individual frozen sections performed and diagnosed annually. Of the Head and Neck surgical cases from UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, 275 require frozen section with nearly 1000 individual frozen sections performed for these cases. The Department of Otolaryngology and its associated clinics are a premier referral center, and as a result the Department of Pathology receives nearly 650 surgical cases in consultation yearly. The UM Head and Neck Pathology Service is in charge of diagnosing these cases along with cases processed at the JMH pathology laboratory. The JMH laboratory receives approximately 350 head and neck surgical specimens a year, ranging from diagnostic biopsies to large complex resections. 

The Head and Neck pathology fellowship curriculum includes core training in intraoperative Head and Neck frozen sections. Elective rotations are available, as well as opportunities for clinical and translational research. The Fellow is primarily responsible for the consultative services and the multidisciplinary clinical-pathological conferences. It is expected that the fellow will participate in the academic activities of the Pathology Department, including Journal Club, Grand Rounds, resident conferences, and publish at least one paper in a peer reviewed journal, as well as present at national pathology conferences.

Requirements: Applicant must be Board eligible or certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology or Anatomic Pathology.

Stipends: Commensurate with the applicant’s level of postgraduate training.

Application: Candidates should submit CAP standardized fellowship application, curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation by email to Pathology.Fellowships@miami.edu. 

Fellowship Program Director
Jaylou M. Velez Torres, MD, FCAP
Associate Professor of Pathology                        
Director of Head and Neck Fellowship Program
Associate Medical Director of Anatomic Pathology Billing and Coding
Head & Neck Pathology and Cytopathology

Program Manager

Anail Moreno
Email: Pathology.Fellowships@miami.edu