HCA Florida Healthcare-USF Morsani College of Medicine GME - Tampa South-Brandon Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a four-year combined AP/CP pathology residency at a community hospital within the HCA Florida network, offering broad case exposure through 17 hospitals, referral cases from across the HCA system, and external rotations at institutions like the Regional Medical Examiner's Office and Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. The curriculum spans the full breadth of anatomic and clinical pathology subspecialties, including forensic and pediatric autopsy work, dermatopathology, hematopathology, and molecular diagnostics, with board-certified faculty covering multiple subspecialty areas. Research is structurally supported through HCA's national GME research infrastructure (system-wide data access, research coordinators, an in-house journal) but framed as an encouraged scholarly activity rather than a defining pillar, with the program's stated aims emphasizing community-focused scholarship and quality improvement over academic output. The program's identity is that of a well-rounded, hands-on community-based training ground preparing generalist pathologists across the full AP/CP spectrum rather than a subspecialty-fellowship pipeline.