Pathology Residency Program The Department of Pathology's residency program consists of 33 residents, with slots filled through the National Residency Matching Program. Fully approved training programs for residents are offered in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and combined anatomic/clinical pathology (AP/CP). Most residents train for four or five years to satisfy ACGME and American Board of Pathology guidelines. The core AP/CP program is three years, and elective time is available to individually tailor the program to meet each resident's specific career objectives. Residency Program in Detail Pathology Fellowship Program The Department of Pathology supports a wide variety of fellowship training. Our principal mission is the training of academic pathologists. Training is provided through extensive clinical, research and teaching opportunities in one of the world's largest Departments of Pathology. Recognizing that the definition of future academic pathologists is broad our subspecialty fellowships encompass a broad spectrum of programs. Using extensive clinical material and conferences, fellows are trained to be experts in their field. With over $6 million dollars in funded annual research activity, fellows are encouraged to participate in biomedical advances and develop their own research programs. Pathologist Investigator Residency Training Program (PIRT) The PIRT program at the University of Pittsburgh is designed to train academic pathologists to become independently funded principal investigators in disease-oriented research, and to play leading roles in combined research/diagnostic careers. PIRT also aims to enhance the visibility of pathology as a career track among undergraduate, medical, graduate and MD-PhD students. Post-Sophomore Fellowship in Pathology The Department of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine offers special fellowships for US and Canadian medical students who have completed their second year of medical school and wish to spend an additional year of study before proceeding with their medical school education. This in-depth exposure to one area of pathology and to research helps to expose the student to various aspects of investigative, anatomic, and clinical pathology. Anisa I. Kanbour School of Cytotechnology The school of cytotechnology was founded to meet the demand of cytotechnologists, medical laboratory specialists trained in the identification of cells and cellular abnormalities. The program's objective is to provide students with the theoretical and practical training needed for a career in cytotechnology, a field that plays a vital role in early detection and diagnosis of cancer. Histotechnology School, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center The mission of The Histotechnology School of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is to provide an adequate number of qualified histotechnologists to serve Western Pennsylvania and other areas of the country.