Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha Program

Program Identity & Fit

Creighton's Pathology-AP/CP residency is a small, university-affiliated four-year program (approximately two positions per year) based at Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, structured within a Jesuit academic mission emphasizing ethical practice and social justice. The program is explicitly built around laboratory operations and quality improvement, with every resident completing a QI project focused on testing efficiency, participating in an actual or mock CAP inspection, and engaging in structured milestones toward diagnostic competency in both anatomic and clinical pathology. Scholarly activity (posters, publications, conference presentations) is required rather than optional, supported by a dedicated travel allowance for national conference presentations, positioning the program as valuing demonstrable academic output alongside operational/laboratory management skills. The emphasis on interdisciplinary conference presentations (25 required) and consultative communication with clinical teams signals a program that wants residents to function as active, visible members of the clinical care team, not isolated diagnosticians.