Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida Program

Program Identity & Fit

Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida's Pathology Residency is a small, community-based academic program (two positions per year) structured around a traditional four-year AP/CP track with a resident-run gross/sign-out rotation cycle, a dedicated forensic pathology month at the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's office, and external rotations in molecular pathology/cytogenetics and GYN cytopathology. The department maintains an unusually active resident case-report and case-series publication pipeline (dozens of PMID-indexed papers and FSP/USCAP presentations yearly), indicating research is woven into daily clinical work rather than siloed into elective time. Career outcomes skew heavily toward subspecialty fellowship training (surgical pathology, hematopathology, cytopathology, molecular pathology, forensic pathology, dermatopathology) at strong academic centers, with graduates landing both academic faculty positions and community/reference-lab attending roles, reflecting the program's explicit goal of tailoring training to whatever practice environment a resident chooses. The program values flexible, self-directed subspecialty exploration, active case-based scholarship, and strong oral/written communication, with individualized mentorship and elective scheduling used to steer residents toward specific fellowship goals.