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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical

Residency · Nashville, TN

Sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Director Melissa Hogan

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Class size
6
Visas
J-1
PGY-1 salary
$74k2026 to 2027

Green flags

  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

How it chooses

  • Eligible applicants include graduates of LCME or AOA accredited schools, ECFMG certified graduates, Fifth Pathway graduates, and those with a full unrestricted Tennessee license.

Who started, by class

Started 20265 on record of 6 seats · 3 US MD, 1 DO, 1 international · 1 published before starting
  • Marselle RasdallUniv Del Zulia1 paper · 1 first author
  • Cecilia ArguellesUniversity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine
  • Davina DobbinsThe University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
  • Julia VanceA.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Priya VerbikUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center
Started 20258 on record of 7 seats · 6 US MD, 1 DO · 4 published before starting
  • Beatrix DudzikMayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine11 papers · 2 first author
  • Justin GeraghtyUniversity of Central Florida College of Medicine2 papers · 1 case report
  • Hebah Al KhateebUniversity of Tennessee College of Medicine1 paper
  • Rachel WahhabDavid Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA1 paper
  • Andrew NielsonUniversity of South Carolina School of Medicine
  • Jessica BrunoVanderbilt University School of Medicine
  • Philip MakedonUniversity of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Sarah TroyerUniversity of Tennessee College of Medicine
Started 20248 on record of 9 seats · 6 US MD, 1 international · 3 published before starting
  • Ayaka SugiuraVanderbilt University School of Medicine29 papers · 6 first author · 2 reviews
  • Harrison DaiEastern Virginia Medical School1 paper · 1 first author
  • Lev AxenovUniversity of Michigan Medical School1 paper
  • Mackenzie FosterUniversity of South Carolina-Columbia
  • Mary WalcottRush Medical College
  • Menaka AmbarishanDr B R Ambedkar Med Coll Bangalore Univ Kadugondanahalli Karnataka
  • Michael PettitUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
  • Nicholas McKenziePritzker School of Medicine

Training

3 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to hematopathology.

Months at each site

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center43 mo
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Nashville)4 mo
  • Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (Tennessee)1 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Hematopathology Fellowship14
  • Cytopathology Fellowship13
  • Selective Pathology Fellowship7
  • Fellowship5
  • Internal Medicine Residency5
  • Neuropathology Fellowship4

Where graduates work now

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center7
  • Case Western Reserve University3
  • University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine3
  • Acla PC2
  • Carolinas Pathology Group Pa2
  • Henry Ford St. John Hospital2

Research

46% of current residents have a paper since 2023

12 of 26, 39 papers between them

  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
  • Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies

People

Leadership

  • Melissa HoganDirector of the Residency Training Program
  • Aaron ShaverAssociate Director of the Program
  • Eric SkaarProgram Associate Director
  • James DenneyAssociate Director of the Program

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Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

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ProgramPositions
ProgramPositions
  • Blood Banking/Transfusion MedicinePositions: 1
  • CytopathologyPositions: 1
  • HematopathologyPositions: 2
  • NeuropathologyPositions: 2
  • Pediatric PathologyPositions: 1
  • Selective PathologyPositions: 5
  • Selective PathologyPositions: 1
  • Selective PathologyPositions: 2
  • Selective PathologyPositions: 1

Place

Summers reach 90°, winters fall to 30°. About 5 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

457k people live within 20 minutes of Vanderbilt University Medical Center by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,660 a month within 10 miles of Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Hazards

  • Earthquakes
  • River flooding
  • Tornadoes
  • Strong wind

Publishes with residents

  • Jeremy JacobsAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology, 2 residents