We invite you to consider the advantages of a program that will expose you to:

The accomplishments of our residency graduates demonstrate our commitment to help you develop the necessary skills to succeed in your career endeavors. The Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program gives residents a broad comprehensive pathology background and opportunities to gain experience in all subspecialties.

In training residents, the Department of Pathology strives to produce excellent practitioners. We also want our residents to learn to be good teachers and to acquire a critical and inquiring approach not only to diagnostics, but to investigating the unsolved problems of pathology.

Programs offered

The Department of Pathology offers approved training for residents as follows:

  • Combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology: 4 years
  • Anatomic Pathology only: 3 years
  • Clinical Pathology only: 3 years
  • Anatomic Pathology/Neuropathology: 4 years
  • Physician Scientist Training Program: - 4–6 years

Twenty pathology residency positions are available, generally with five residents in each year of training. The number of residents apportioned to AP or CP only versus combined AP/CP training is flexible.

Committed to education

The Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program lasts four years with five residents appointed annually. Our program is poised to meet the needs of the changing face of today’s health care. We aim to assure that residents receive a broad comprehensive background in pathology that will prepare them for a career path in academic or private practice pathology.

Regardless of a resident or fellow's choice of career path, he or she should feel fully confident of having received the best possible training in pathology. We believe at the completion of training, graduates of the University of Iowa Department of Pathology are prepared for the challenges ahead and can look forward to the fulfillment that comes from pursuing a career that fosters lifelong education.