Rutgers Health-New Jersey Medical School Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a mid-size, university-affiliated four-year combined AP/CP pathology program in Newark anchored by University Hospital, a level 1 trauma center and the only academic medical center in northern New Jersey, supplemented by the VA New Jersey Health Care System and the Northern Regional Medical Examiner's Office for forensic training. The program emphasizes graduated autonomy toward senior residency, integrated exposure across surgical pathology subspecialties, cytopathology, neuropathology, dermatopathology, hematology, transfusion medicine, microbiology, and molecular pathology, plus an at-home call structure without overnight in-hospital duty. Research is explicitly not required but strongly encouraged, with residents supported to present at USCAP and co-publish with faculty, alongside substantial resident teaching responsibilities in the medical student gross anatomy and pathology curricula. The program frames itself around close-knit resident cohesion, one-on-one faculty mentorship, and flexibility for either academic or community-based career paths rather than a singular fellowship pipeline.