Description
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office is one of 45 offices in the country accredited to train new forensic pathologists. In partnership with our sponsoring institution, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, we offer an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited, one-year fellowship in forensic pathology. Our office has a staff of seven board-certified forensic pathologists. We investigate deaths in Travis County and take referral cases from other counties in central Texas. The office is accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners and our in-house toxicology laboratory is accredited by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology. Our state-of-the art facility includes a computed tomography scanner.
Training is for 12 months and covers all topics of medical examiner medicine, including forensic pathology, forensic toxicology, advanced postmortem imaging, medicolegal death investigation, forensic odontology, forensic anthropology, and disciplines of the crime laboratory. Fellows complete between 200 and 300 autopsies under supervision. In addition to casework, there is a dedicated curriculum of didactic lectures, practical exercises, and conferences. Fellows are also given the opportunity to participate in research projects and attend a forensic pathology conference.
Positions
We offer up to two positions for each academic year (July 1-June 30).
Requirements
Candidates must have one of the following by the beginning of their fellowship:
- successful completion of a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology or a residency in anatomic pathology accredited by the ACGME;
- successful completion of a residency in anatomic and clinical pathology or a residency in anatomic pathology located in Canada accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC); or
- certification by the American Board of Pathology in either anatomic and clinical pathology, or anatomic pathology.
Candidates must also possess a Texas full, unrestricted medical license or a Texas Physician-in-Training permit prior to the beginning of the fellowship.
Anticipated Salary
$105,000
Timeframe
We participate in the NMRP match. The match process occurs in the Spring of the year prior to the year of the start of the fellowship (in other words, roughly 16 months in advance of the fellowship start date). Applications may be submitted at any time and there is no application deadline per se. Applications will be accepted, considered, and interviews granted, if possible, up until the deadline for ranking, which occurs in mid-April.
To Apply, please submit the following:
- College of American Pathologists Standard Application for Pathology Fellowships
- Three (3) letters of recommendation (it is recommended that one of the letters be from a forensic pathologist with whom you have worked)
- Curriculum Vitae
Direct Inquires and application materials go to:
J. Keith Pinckard, MD, PhDChief Medical ExaminerProgram Director, Forensic Pathology FellowshipTravis County Medical Examiner7723 Springdale RdAustin, TX 78724Email: [email protected]Telephone: 512-854-9599
