CP only jobs for hemepath only practice in industry or private practice?

[suckerfree]

Hi, I was wondering what is the market like in private practice for CP only trained graduates from good schools with fellowship in hematopathology. If someone does a hemepath fellowship at University of Chicago, for example, with CP only residency, is there much opportunity for private practice in hemepath or getting a job in industry with a company like Quest?

Thanks!

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[caffeinegirl]

Hi, I was wondering what is the market like in private practice for CP only trained graduates from good schools with fellowship in hematopathology. If someone does a hemepath fellowship at University of Chicago, for example, with CP only residency, is there much opportunity for private practice in hemepath or getting a job in industry with a company like Quest?

Thanks!

I'm not sure about other programs, but our hemepath fellowship is almost always given to AP trained graduates.

 

[yaah]

I'm not sure about other programs, but our hemepath fellowship is almost always given to AP trained graduates.

Yeah, hemepath is considered predominantly an AP field in the northeast, but often a CP field elsewhere (although AP-only are still eligible). It's weird.

To answer the original question I think a reference lab job would be possible, although many employers might want to see AP certification also.

 

[listeriaismfb]

The U of C program has given the fellowship to strong CP-only candidates in the past.

When I was in Chicago, it was rumored that Vardiman was done taking fellows. He is still there and knowing him I can't imagine that he would ever stop teaching. Perhaps he's just done with the administrative stuff that goes with having fellows? IDK.

Can you get a job with CP-Heme? Yes you can, though there would be slim pickings in PP.

 

[suckerfree]

Thanks,

I had been thinking that perhaps I might get better preparation for a heme path only private practice career by doing a CP only residency, however I have almost completed a year of AP only service work so far (9 months surgical, 3 months autopsy). So I guess I might as well sit for the AP CP boards and get certification in both, then do my heme path fellowship and see where the winds take me I guess. I don't know how the job market is these days. Someone else was telling me that the general paradigm now is to work in academics for a few years after residency before truly transitioning towards full private practice. I really don't know how I feel about that.

 

[HbyHA]

Yeah, hemepath is considered predominantly an AP field in the northeast, but often a CP field elsewhere (although AP-only are still eligible). It's weird.

to continue the weirdness, i am at a northeast location where many hemepath fellows do CP only then Hemepath. I never understood how you could do hemepath and not have AP training (maybe even a few months??)

HP is just weird.