Which specialties have fellowships in path/rads?

[neoevolution]

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I know derm can do dermpath, but are there any other fields with similar eligibility? What exactly does a microbio fellowship entail for ID for example?

 

[PatsyStone]

Transfusion medicine

 

[Autopsy101]

Many pathology fellowships allow this if you are board certified by another specialty. But usually the time of the fellowship is extended to 2 years or longer. Residents who complete pathology (AP, AP/CP/or CP) will only complete one year of fellowship because we have background knowledge from our primary residency. Here is the site which will detail requirements for each subspecialty fellowship. The only pathology fellowships exclusive to pathology are cytology, forensic pathology, pediatric pathology, and molecular genetic pathology. If you read the requirements, there is usually a described alternate pathway for those who are certified in another specialty.

American Board of Pathology

 

[neoevolution]

Many pathology fellowships allow this if you are board certified by another specialty. But usually the time of the fellowship is extended to 2 years or longer. Residents who complete pathology (AP, AP/CP/or CP) will only complete one year of fellowship because we have background knowledge from our primary residency. Here is the site which will detail requirements for each subspecialty fellowship. The only pathology fellowships exclusive to pathology are cytology, forensic pathology, pediatric pathology, and molecular genetic pathology. If you read the requirements, there is usually a described alternate pathway for those who are certified in another specialty.

American Board of Pathology

Would medical microbiology qualify an ID doc to read slides or only to run the laboratory? What about a hematologist who does hemepath?

 

[Autopsy101]

It only qualifies you to do what is in that niche of pathology. As a microbiologist you would be able to read slides of gram stains, fungal stains, o and p exams, malaria smears and the like. However, you couldn't go read slides on a colon cancer. Hemepath would allow you to read bone marrows, perismears and lymph node slides with flow cytometry, but not go sign out a skin biopsy of melanoma. In both fellowships you would also qualify to be the lab director over that area.

 

[neoevolution]

Is this common enough that a heme/onc or ID doc would be able to land a job doing both relatively easily? Or it a rare combo that's tricky to make work?