University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a four-year combined AP/CP program at a university-affiliated academic center whose training platform is deliberately built across contrasting practice models—county/university hospital, VA, reference laboratory, forensic center, and private practice electives—to expose residents to varied specimen volume and sign-out styles rather than a single institutional identity. The program explicitly frames its mission around producing "well-rounded general pathologists" equally prepared for community or academic practice and fellowship, with graduated autonomy (acting surgical pathology fellow role, VA "medical director" rotation) as a structural feature rather than a slogan. Research is required but bounded: every resident must complete one scholarly project resulting in a peer-reviewed abstract/paper, with funded travel to present, rather than research being central to the program's identity. Five in-house fellowships (cytopathology, hematopathology, surgical pathology, transfusion medicine, clinical informatics) and elective flexibility support subspecialization while the program values collegiality, teamwork, and fit with its self-described "diverse, supportive, friendly" culture.