In affiliation with the [Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-pathology/ "Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine (bumc.bu.edu)"), Boston Medical Center offers a fully accredited combined anatomic pathology (AP) and clinical pathology (CP) residency pathway to American Board of Pathology certification. Our one-year, ACGME-accredited cytopathology fellowship provides extensive training and experience in diagnostic cytopathology, with professional development opportunities for physicians to practice in this branch of pathology in academic or private environments. ## About Our Programs About the Department Campus & Facilities Combined Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Residency Cytopathology Fellowship About the Department Campus & Facilities Combined Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Residency Cytopathology Fellowship ## About the Department Training at BMC and [Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/ "Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine") is enhanced by our socially diverse and global patient population, as well as the depth and breadth of anatomic pathology and laboratory medicine across many medical and surgical subspecialties. The [Division of Anatomic Pathology](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/pathology "Division of Anatomic Pathology | Boston Medical Center") received 27,200 surgical accessions, 14,500 cytology specimens, and 1,500 fine needle aspirations in calendar year 2023. Additionally, Anatomic Pathology performs approximately 65 autopsies annually. Our [clinical laboratory](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/laboratory-medicine "Division of Laboratory Medicine | Boston Medical Center") performs approximately six million tests annually, including point-of-care services throughout the medical campus and a rapid response laboratory. Our department supports several centers of excellence on campus, including the [Center for Infectious Diseases](/departments/infectious-diseases "Department of Infectious Diseases | Boston Medical Center"), [Cancer Center](/departments/cancer-center "Cancer Center | Boston Medical Center"), [Kidney Transplant Program](/departments/kidney-transplant-surgery "Department of Surgery > Kidney Transplant Surgery | Boston Medical Center"), [Grayken Center for Addiction](/addiction-OLD "Grayken Center for Addiction | Boston Medical Center"), [Amyloidosis Center](/departments/kidney-medicine/amyloidosis-center "Amyloidosis Center | Boston Medical Center"), and the [Immigrant and Refugee Health Center](/immigrant-refugee-health-center "Immigrant and Refugee Health Center | Boston Medical Center"). In addition, BMC is a Level 1 trauma center supported by our Transfusion Medicine Service. Our department is also affiliated with offsite community health centers and other service centers. ##### Graduate Studies In addition to residency and fellowship programs, the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine also supports [graduate programs](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-pathology/graduate-program/ "Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: Graduate Studies | Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine") for a Master of Science in Pathology Laboratory Sciences and a PhD in Pathology. These programs share facilities and some academic programs with the residency training program. [Learn More about Graduate Medical Education at BMC](/medical-professionals/education-training/graduate-medical-education) [Learn about House Staff Salaries & Benefits](/medical-professionals/education-training/graduate-medical-education/resources-for-house-staff#benefits-overview) ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/742378ab-9cca-4fd4-97cc-489993e98974/iStock-1197163691?io=transform:fill,width:350,gravity:center&format=webp) ## Campus & Community At Boston Medical Center, our mission is to serve a vulnerable patient population and contribute to the improved health of all our patients. We actively promote equity, integrity, and social justice, and collaborate with a number of community health centers within the city of Boston as well as area academic medical centers including Boston Children’s Hospital, Mass General Brigham, Tufts Medical Center, and the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. Boston is a lively cultural center with fine arts museums and galleries, a symphony orchestra, theater and operatic performances, and a heavy concentration of educational institutions. The New England countryside is easily accessible, offering opportunities for a wide variety of seasonal outdoor activities. BMC’s attractive campus is located in Boston’s historic South End and is robustly served by public transportation. ![](https://assets.bmc.org/transform/9cb3ebd8-fa4b-4d47-ae66-3c9fd3f128b3/1215289526?io=transform:fill,width:350,gravity:topleft&format=webp) ## Facilities Boston Medical Center is a modern tertiary care 514-bed facility with a distinguished tradition in academic medicine. The medical center is immediately adjacent to the campus of [Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/ "Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine"), and it serves as the primary training site for medical students. ##### Anatomic Pathology Residents in anatomic pathology train in our state-of-the-art facility at 670 Albany Street, one of the few purpose-built anatomic pathology and clinical pathology laboratories in the United States. It features modern ventilation, equipment, laboratory, and office space for residents and administrative support. Residents are also provided with shared administrative space with a conference room and lounge. On-call overnight rooms are available as needed. Anatomic pathology facilities offer surgical pathology processing, histology, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, cytology preparation and screening, an image analysis center, molecular pathology (e.g., next generation sequencing, FISH, and PCR), a biobanking service, an intraoperative consult suite for frozen section service, and a modern autopsy suite. ##### Clinical Pathology The clinical pathology laboratory is a 24/7/365 state-of-the-art facility supported by modern automation and robotics, including: - A new automated track in chemistry - Automated cell analyzers and 6-10 color flow cytometry in hematology - Proteomic and molecular platforms and a commissioned BSL-3 containment room in microbiology - Automated cross-matching in the Blood Bank The 670 Albany Street building is also home to a Boston University pathology research space that features modern pathology equipment including confocal, FACScan, and digital brightfield and immunofluorescence slide-scanning microscopes. ## Combined Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Residency In affiliation with Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center offers a fully accredited [combined anatomic pathology (AP) and clinical pathology (CP) pathway](https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-pathology/ap-cp-residency-program/ "Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: Residency Program | Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine") to [American Board of Pathology](https://abpath.org/ "American Board of Pathology (abpath.org)") certification. The program consists of a minimum of 24 months of AP and 18 months of CP. The remaining six months may be spent doing either anatomic pathology or clinical pathology, depending on the resident’s particular interests. Residents alternate between AP and CP at yearly and six-month intervals. There are a total of 12 residency positions available in the program. Active participation in research projects by our residents is expected, supported, and encouraged. Our programs actively recruit physicians from groups that are historically underrepresented in medicine (URiM). ### How to Apply Residency candidates must be graduates of approved medical schools in the United States or Canada. Graduates of foreign medical schools must have an ECFMG certificate. Applicants must apply through ERAS for this program. **The deadline for submission of applications is October 2024.** ![Daphney Noel, Graduate Medical Education Program Manager, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine](/sites/default/files/inline-images/Noel-Daphney-184x184.jpeg) *Daphney Noel, Program Manager, Pathology GME* Please send all questions to the attention of: [**Sara Higgins, MD**](/node/131896 "Sara E. Higgins, MD | Boston Medical Center"), Program Director, Pathology Residency **Daphney Noel**, Program Manager, Pathology Graduate Medical Education **Phone:** [617.414.5314](tel:617.414.5314) **Fax:** [617.414.5315](tel:617.414.5315) **Email:** Boston Medical Center Department of Anatomic Pathology 670 Albany Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02118 ## Cytopathology Fellowship Currently, BMC’s Department of Pathology hosts one funded fellowship position in Cytopathology at the PGY-5 level. Our one-year, ACGME-accredited cytopathology fellowship provides extensive training and experience in diagnostic cytopathology, with professional development opportunities for physicians to practice in this branch of pathology in academic or private environments. Strengths of our program include a large variety of specimens from a city safety-net hospital as well as neighborhood community health centers; exposure to ultrasound-guided FNA procedures, ROSE, and cytologic specimen processing; and additional opportunities for participation in endocrine and breast tumor boards. ### How to Apply Fellowship candidates must have completed an ACGME-certified pathology training in AP or AP/CP. They must be Board-eligible/certified and eligible to hold a Massachusetts license. #### Application Materials - CAP Standardized Application for Pathology Fellowship - Three letters of recommendation - Brief personal statement - Most recent CV **The deadline for submission of applications for academic year 2025 is July 31, 2024.** Please submit applications, or send any questions, to: **Daphney Noel** Graduate Medical Education Program Manager **Phone:** [617.414.5314](tel:617.414.5314) **Email:** [Daphney.Noel@bmc.org]() [**Sandra Cerda, MD**](/node/104871 "Sandra R. Cerda, MD | Boston Medical Center") Cytopathology Fellowship Director **Phone:** [617.414.7037](tel:617.414.7037) **Email:** [Sandra.Cerda@bmc.org]() Boston Medical Center Department of Pathology One Boston Medical Center Place Boston, MA 20118 ## Meet Our Residents ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Residents (PGY4) ### Adenike O. Eketunde, MD, MPH ![Headshot of Adenike O. Eketunde, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/Adenike%20Eketunde.jpg) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY4) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/adenike-o-eketunde-md-mph) ![Headshot of Adenike O. Eketunde, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/Adenike%20Eketunde.jpg) ### Adenike O. Eketunde, MD, MPH Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY4) Close Dialog ### Nagla El Zinad, MBChB ![Headshot of Nagla El Zinad, MBChB](/sites/default/files/Nagla%20El%20Zinad%20%283%29.jpg) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY4) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/nagla-el-zinad-mbchb) ![Headshot of Nagla El Zinad, MBChB](/sites/default/files/Nagla%20El%20Zinad%20%283%29.jpg) ### Nagla El Zinad, MBChB Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY4) Close Dialog ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Residents (PGY3) ### Oluwatoyosi (Peter) Ayenuyo, MBBS, MPH, MS ![Headshot of Oluwatoyosi (Peter) Ayenuyo, MBBS, MPH, MS](/sites/default/files/peter%20ayenuyo.JPG) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY3) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/oluwatoyosi-peter-ayenuyo-mbbs-mph-ms) ![Headshot of Oluwatoyosi (Peter) Ayenuyo, MBBS, MPH, MS](/sites/default/files/peter%20ayenuyo.JPG) ### Oluwatoyosi (Peter) Ayenuyo, MBBS, MPH, MS Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY3) Close Dialog ### Ugochukwu John Jonah, MBBS ![Headshot of Ugochukwu John Jonah, MBBS](/sites/default/files/Ugochukwu%20John%20Jonah.JPG) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY3) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/ugochukwu-john-jonah-mbbs) ![Headshot of Ugochukwu John Jonah, MBBS](/sites/default/files/Ugochukwu%20John%20Jonah.JPG) ### Ugochukwu John Jonah, MBBS Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY3) Close Dialog ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Residents (PGY2) ### Wei Fan, MD ![Headshot of Wei Fan, MD](/sites/default/files/Wei%20Fan.JPG) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY2) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/wei-fan-md) ![Headshot of Wei Fan, MD](/sites/default/files/Wei%20Fan.JPG) ### Wei Fan, MD Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY2) Close Dialog ### Yuan Gao, MD ![Headshot of Yuan Gao, MD](/sites/default/files/Yuan%20Gao.JPG) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY2) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/yuan-gao-md) ![Headshot of Yuan Gao, MD](/sites/default/files/Yuan%20Gao.JPG) ### Yuan Gao, MD Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY2) Close Dialog ### Temesgen Nadew, MD ![Headshot of Temesgen Nadew, MD](/sites/default/files/Nadew.JPG) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY2) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/temesgen-nadew-md) ![Headshot of Temesgen Nadew, MD](/sites/default/files/Nadew.JPG) ### Temesgen Nadew, MD Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY2) Close Dialog ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Residents (PGY1) ### Christopher Choi, MD ![Headshot of Christopher Choi, MD](/sites/default/files/bmc-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-residents-christopher-choi-md.jpg) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY1) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/christopher-choi-md) ![Headshot of Christopher Choi, MD](/sites/default/files/bmc-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-residents-christopher-choi-md.jpg) ### Christopher Choi, MD Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY1) Close Dialog ### Sahar Hosseini, MD ![Headshot of Sahar Hosseini, MD](/sites/default/files/bmc-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-residents-sahar-hosseini.jpg) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY1) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/sahar-hosseini-md) ![Headshot of Sahar Hosseini, MD](/sites/default/files/bmc-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-residents-sahar-hosseini.jpg) ### Sahar Hosseini, MD Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY1) Close Dialog ### Florencia Rojas-Miguez, MD, MPH ![Headshot of Florencia Rojas-Miguez, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/bmc-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-residents-florencia-rojas-miguez.jpg) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY1) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/florencia-rojas-miguez-md-mph) ![Headshot of Florencia Rojas-Miguez, MD, MPH](/sites/default/files/bmc-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-residents-florencia-rojas-miguez.jpg) ### Florencia Rojas-Miguez, MD, MPH Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY1) Close Dialog ### Israel Woldeyesus, MD ![Headshot of Israel Woldeyesus, MD](/sites/default/files/bmc-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-residents-israel-woldeyesus.jpg) ### Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY1) [See Full Bio](/about-us/directory/residents/israel-woldeyesus-md) ![Headshot of Israel Woldeyesus, MD](/sites/default/files/bmc-pathology-and-laboratory-medicine-residents-israel-woldeyesus.jpg) ### Israel Woldeyesus, MD Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Resident (PGY1) Close Dialog ## Former Residents Many of our previous residents have gone on to prestigious fellowships in a wide variety of pathology subspecialties. View a selection: ### 2025 Isa Jacoba, MD — Gastrointestinal & Liver Pathology Fellow, Rhode Island Hospital Soo Hyun Lee, MD — Clinical Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Ramya Narasimhan, MD — Surgical Pathology Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Adeyemi Sofoluwe, MD — Breast and Gynecologic Pathology Fellow, UMass Chan Medical School ### 2024 Sanket Choksi, MD — Hematopathology Fellowship, Rochester University Isabela Medeiros, MD — Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital ### 2023 Claire Avillach, MD, MS — Renal Pathology Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital Lina Ma, MD — Cytopathology Fellowship, Boston Medical Center Lubna Suaiti, MD, MS — Surgical Pathology Fellowship in Bone and Soft Tissue & Head and Neck, Massachusetts General Hospital Charitha Vadlamudi, MD — Hematopathology Fellowship, Beth Israel–Deaconess Medical Center ### 2022 Murad Elsadawi, MD — Hematopathology Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center Artem Shevtsov, MD — Cytopathology Fellowship, Boston Medical Center ### 2021 Aisha Aloma, MD — Cytopathology Fellowship, Boston Medical Center Michael Kritselis, DO — Neuropathology Fellowship, Rhode Island Hospital Artem Shevtsov, MD — Breast Pathology Fellowship, Beth Israel–Deaconess Medical Center Ilyas Yambayev, MD — Hematopathology Fellowship, University of Rochester Medical Center Hanqiao Zheng, MD — General Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Beth Israel–Deaconess Medical Center ### 2020 Shoreh Fazeli, MD — General Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Beth Israel–Deaconess Medical Center Andery Prilutski, MD — Head and Neck Pathology Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital Weiwei Shi, MD — Thoracic Pathology Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Osman Yilmaz, MD — Cytopathology Fellowship, Boston Medical Center ### 2019 Reyhan Gedick, MD — Surgical Pathology Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Isaa Laklouk, MD — Head and Neck Pathology Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital Mahmoud Soliman, MD — Hematopathology Fellowship, Beth Israel–Deaconess Medical Center Jing Yang, MD — Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital ## Explore the Department - [← Pathology & Laboratory Medicine](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine) - [Division of Anatomic Pathology](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/pathology) - [Division of Laboratory Medicine](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/laboratory-medicine) - [Hemoglobin Diagnostic Reference Lab](/medical-professionals/pathology-laboratory-medicine/pathology/hemoglobin-diagnostic-reference-laboratory) - [For Patients: Lab Services](/departments/lab-services) - [Our Team](/departments/lab-services/our-team)