Most desirable fellowships

[Rete]

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For those who have recently been looking for jobs, what fellowships were seemingly most desired?

Historically I would have said derm, GI, and then maybe heme, though one of our former fellows said that many of the places she contacted for jobs wanted heme fellowship trained candidates. She also said that a few places just asked about a solid surg path fellowship (private practice, primarily in the southeast).

Any thoughts?

 

[Poetic Silence]

Neuro seems to be q popular choice. Lots of those in Boston. But I'm thinking the best choice for finding employment would be blood banking.

 

[Euchromatin]

I've been keeping track of the jobs I've seen advertised (mostly on Pathology Outlines) since the beginning of this year. The majority of ads were for AP jobs doing general surg path signout with ____ subspecialty fellowship training desired (many jobs would list 2 or 3 different options for subspecialties they would consider). GI was the most requested; followed by a second-place tie between hemepath and cyto; then GU, derm and breast in very close third, fourth and fifth places. There were also many ads for single-focus positions, particularly in derm, blood banking/transfusion, hemepath and other CP-related things (listed in descending order). These numbers are obviously limited to jobs that were actually advertised and listings that I myself saw.

 

[LaBelleVN]

I'm currently a dermpath fellow & was told by the director and previous year's fellows that the job market for dermpaths sucks right now. Just a few years ago fellows were being actively recruited, but now they have to go above & beyond in order to land a job and sometimes not finding one until only a couple of months before graduating. The bulletin board at the last ASDP meeting was filled with CVs from fellows looking for employment while the board for employers looking to hire only had one listing. Maybe that's one of the reasons why the # of fellowship spots is going down.

 

[mlw03]

I'm currently a dermpath fellow & was told by the director and previous year's fellows that the job market for dermpaths sucks right now. Just a few years ago fellows were being actively recruited, but now they have to go above & beyond in order to land a job and sometimes not finding one until only a couple of months before graduating. The bulletin board at the last ASDP meeting was filled with CVs from fellows looking for employment while the board for employers looking to hire only had one listing. Maybe that's one of the reasons why the # of fellowship spots is going down.

That's interesting to hear, as derm was popular where I trained. Any comments on who has the edge in the job market, derm vs path trained DPs?

 

[LaBelleVN]

That's interesting to hear, as derm was popular where I trained. Any comments on who has the edge in the job market, derm vs path trained DPs?

I think dermatology-trained DPs have an edge since they will always find work, at least clinically. When's the last time you heard a dermatologist not finding a job? Plus, some dermatology groups actively seek a dermatologist who is DP-trained to not only see patients, take the biopsy, but to also read the entire groups' biopsies.

The majority of pathology-trained DPs wish to sign out only skin; however, these jobs are pretty much saturated right now. If one were more flexible and willing to do surg path + DP, then this would open more doors.

 

[LADoc00]

Okay...wth?!

NOT Neuropath. Geez, you guys need to realize that NPs at most academic centers can handle 5x+ the volume they are currently seeing and still not be as busy as a GI or derm consult service. This indicates the US has a huge oversupply of NP boarded folks.

there are tons and tons of threads on this, do a search.

GI GU Derm are the top 3 and have been for almost a decade (well at least since 80%+ drop in flow reimbursement destroyed hemepath).

To the guy who says the DP market sucks: The DP market has NEVER been good for people who just want to do dermpath IMO. You need AP+CP+DP and the willingness to sign out general surg path and take CP call to find the cherry opportunities.