soft tissue fellowship

[McMedicine]

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Anyone knows about whats the job market for soft tissue/bone fellowship? dose any place besides giant medical center really need anyone trained in the field? I find it is a very interesting field and many pathologists feel uncomfortable signing out those cases, but I see zero job posted on pathologyoutlines.com on bone and soft tissue 🙂

 

[KeratinPearls]

I would think you are restricted to academic centers if you want to do soft tissue alone. If you want to go private I think you have to signout soft tissue in addition to general surgpath. Private practice I would bet does not see much soft tissue unless you are a dermpath only practice. Even then, I dont know the volume of soft tissue these dermpath only practices see. That's why you don't see many practices looking for soft tissue because the volume isnt there.

 

[mlw03]

doubt it'd hurt you if you were looking for a private practice job, but you're right that no one aside from a large academic center is going to seek out such candidates.

 

[Tissue issue]

Anyone knows about whats the job market for soft tissue/bone fellowship? dose any place besides giant medical center really need anyone trained in the field? I find it is a very interesting field and many pathologists feel uncomfortable signing out those cases, but I see zero job posted on pathologyoutlines.com on bone and soft tissue 🙂

Go ahead and do the fellowship. Being able to sign out general surg path and also being the group expert in a surgical subspecialty (whether it's the now "hot" GI/GU or other options like lung, gyn/breast, bone/soft tissue) has been and I imagine will continue to be marketable for pathologists. This will make you more competitive for either academic or private practice jobs- most private groups are large now and get many complex specimens. If you're not ready for independent surg path signout do a surg path fellowship before your bone/soft tissue fellowship. Most, if not all, the best private jobs are not the ones listed on the internet job sites. They don't have to advertise because of our oversupply.

 

[Tissue issue]

As far as my statement: most, if not all, the best private jobs are not the ones listed on the internet job sites- others please post if you disagree with me on this point.

 

[Perry Mason]

Anyone knows about whats the job market for soft tissue/bone fellowship? dose any place besides giant medical center really need anyone trained in the field? I find it is a very interesting field and many pathologists feel uncomfortable signing out those cases, but I see zero job posted on pathologyoutlines.com on bone and soft tissue 🙂

I agree with the above response. If you like it - do it.
I am doing a cytopath fellowship (because I like it AND for marketability purposes) followed by bone and soft tissue (I like it and don't really care about marketability).