NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program

Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical Analyst Verified · Sep 4, 2026

NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program

NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program is a residency program specializing in Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, located in New York, New York, directed by Esther H. Adler, MD and coordinated by Remy Moon. The program accepts applications through December 31, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or 646-501-9926. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

NYU Grossman's Pathology residency is an academic, university-based program spanning Tisch Hospital, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue (a public safety-net site), and NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, giving residents exposure to both tertiary academic and public-sector case material, including OCME-based autopsy training. The program is structured around four distinct tracks—combined AP/CP, AP-only, AP with neuropathology, and an AP/research physician–scientist pathway with two to three years of postdoctoral research—reflecting a deliberate architecture for divergent career endpoints rather than a one-size-fits-all curriculum. The physician–scientist track, open to MD or MD/PhD graduates, is embedded within NYU's large, well-resourced basic science and Vilcek Institute research infrastructure, signaling that academic pathology and translational research are core identity elements, not peripheral options. Graduated responsibility toward junior-attending status, subspecialty surgical pathology depth, and an explicit neuropathology board-eligible pathway further indicate a program built to produce academic pathologists and subspecialists as much as community or clinical-service practitioners.

Who it fits

An applicant with a strong research background (including MD/PhD or postdoctoral lab experience) and an articulated goal of academic pathology or organ-based subspecialty/physician-scientist practice, who also values exposure to public-hospital autopsy and diverse case volume, fits this program's structure most naturally.

Research intensity

Strong - a dedicated physician-scientist track with two to three years of protected postdoctoral research, embedded within a large institutional research enterprise, though other tracks remain primarily clinical with research "encouraged."

Career orientation

Mixed - Academic Medicine, Physician-Scientist, Fellowship

Important

Successful international candidates generally have prior experience in the U.S. medical system, and residents often hold an advanced degree from a U.S. or Canadian institution or postdoctoral research experience in the U.S. or Canada.

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