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Baylor College of Medicine Pediatric Pathology

Fellowship · Houston, TX

Sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine · Director Nahir Santiago

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Class size: 2
Visas: J-1
PGY-3 salary: $76k2026 to 2027

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Getting in

How it chooses

Applicants must have completed an ACGME-accredited anatomic or anatomic and clinical pathology residency and passed all USMLE or COMLEX exams.
Applications go through the online house staff application with a letter of intent, a CV and two to three letters of recommendation, and the program takes two fellows a year.

Who started, by class

Started 20262 on record · 2 published before starting

Deborah SchadyUniversity of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine57 papers · 2 first author · 16 case reports · 5 reviews
Sanjita RavishankarMontefiore Einstein22 papers · 9 first author · 5 case reports · 5 reviews

Started 20241 on record · 1 published before starting

Betsy TaylorBaylor College of Medicine1 paper · 1 case report

Training

2 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to hematopathology.

Months at each site

Texas Children's Hospital12 mo

Where graduates went next

Hematopathology Fellowship2
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

Baylor College of Medicine5
University of Cincinnati Medical Center Inc.2
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine1
Children's Health Care1
Emory University School of Medicine1
Great Lakes Pathologists SC1

Research

100% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

1 of 1, 4 papers between them

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment
Gut microbiota and health
Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

People

Leadership

Nahir SantiagoProgram Director
Kudakwashe ChikwavaAssociate Program Director
Eileen McKayChief, Division of Community Pathology

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

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ProgramPositions

ProgramPositions

Blood Banking/Transfusion MedicinePositions: 2
Clinical Informatics (Pathology)Positions: 3
CytopathologyPositions: 3
HematopathologyPositions: 2
Pathology-Anatomic and ClinicalPositions: 34
Selective PathologyPositions: 1

Place

Summers reach 94°, winters fall to 46°.

Weather by month

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Commute

1.4M people live within 20 minutes of Texas Children's Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,330 a month within 10 miles of Texas Children's Hospital.

Hazards

Hurricanes
River flooding
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