Anatomic Pathology Residency
Program Description
The Anatomic Pathology Program at North Carolina State University is an official part of the post-veterinary training program within the College of Veterinary Medicine. This residency program provides 3 years of advanced training in anatomical pathology. The training is a foundation for becoming a competent diagnostic pathologist and helps to prepare the trainee for certification by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. The program also provides an understanding of clinical pathology and basic principles of general pathology at a molecular level. For academic purposes, residents will have the opportunity to enroll as graduate students and receive a nonthesis Masters of Specialized Veterinary Medicine (MSpVM) upon completion of the residency program. Anatomic pathology residents are strongly encouraged to continue their training by entering a graduate research program with a goal of receiving a Ph.D. degree after completion of their residency. Continued participation in the pathology training program after entrance into graduate school is encouraged in preparation for the Board Examination in anatomic veterinary pathology.
In this program residents are trained in the morphologic pathology of food, companion, laboratory, aquatic, equine, avian and exotic animals. In order to develop an understanding of anatomic pathology, the resident's major activities will be performing necropsies and examining surgical pathology specimens, under the supervision of a senior pathologist. Integration of pathologic findings with patient history, clinical findings, clinical pathology data, microbiology, immunology, toxicology, and other ancillary studies is emphasized. Residents will participate in necropsy and histopathology rounds as an important component of the training program. Residents will be exposed to related disciplines by selecting optional rotations at regular intervals. Disciplines available for such rotations include poultry pathology, electron microscopy, ophthalmic pathology, toxicologic pathology, clinical pathology, or research. Residents may elect to spend short externships at the North Carolina Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences the University of North Carolina School of Medicine or at one of the variety of government and private research institutions in the Research Triangle area. Residents are also encouraged to attend seminars, conferences, and rounds in the College, University, and other institutions in the surrounding area.
There are 3 anatomic pathology residency positions. Optimally, one new resident will begin each year to maintain a hierarchy of experience within the program.
When selecting candidates for open residency positions, preference will be given to individuals wishing to pursue graduate studies leading to the Ph.D. degree. Residents planning to continue their pathology training as Ph.D. candidates will be encouraged to identify mentors and to seek graduate stipend support during the residency period. Graduate studies at North Carolina State University may be pursued in one of a variety of areas including toxicology, carcinogenesis, oncology, infectious diseases, immunology, cell biology, pathology, physiology and microbiology. Research training opportunities are available at several institutions in the Research Triangle Park, including the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences and the Chemical Industries Institute of Toxicology. Graduate programs are organized through NC State University and the research can be done in laboratories at the various institutions.
All anatomic pathology residents are evaluated two times each year, by Dec 1 and Apr 1. There is a standard evaluation form. A copy of the form is submitted to the associate Dean for Services and one is placed in the trainees file.
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Faculty
The following are in direct support of the program:
- Talmage T. Brown, Jr., D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P. (veterinary pathology), Professor. Pathogenesis of infectious diseases of the respiratory and reproductive systems.
- Mary Jo Burkhard, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary clinical pathology), Research Assistant Professor.
- John M. Cullen, V.M.D., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P. (veterinary pathology), Professor. Liver disease, carcinogenesis.
- Greggory Dean, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P. (veterinary clinical pathology), Assistant Professor. Pathogenesis of lentivirus infections.
- Carol B. Grindem, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P. (veterinary clinical pathology), Professor. Neoplasms of the hematopoietic system.
- Keith Linder, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary pathology), Assistant Professor. Skin Biology and Skin Disease Pathogenesis.
- David Malarkey, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary pathology), Assistant Professor. Molecular Carcinogenesis and Toxicologic Pathology.
- Jerry McHugh Law, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary pathology), Assistant Professor. Aquatic Toxicologic Pathology.
- Donald J. Meuten, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P. (veterinary pathology and veterinary clinical pathology), Professor. Bone and calcium disorders.
- Christine Stanton, D.V.M., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary clinical pathology), Clinical Pathology Assistant Professor.
Associate & Adjunct Faculty
- H. John Barnes, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P. (veterinary pathology), Avian Pathology.
- Michael Dykstra, Ph.D. Electron microscopy; Mycology.
- Jeff Everitt, D.V.M., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary pathology). Toxicological Pathology.
- Jerry Hardisty, D.V.M., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary pathology). Toxicological Pathology.
- Richard Miller, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary pathology), Toxicologic Pathology. Hepatic carcinogenesis.
- Edward J. Noga, D.V.M., M.S., Diseases of the fish.
- Robert L. Peiffer, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.O., Ophthalmologic Pathology.
- James F. Wright, V.M.D., Ph.D., Exotic and laboratory animal pathology.
- Pam Luther, D.V.M., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary pathology). Dermatologic Pathology.
- Mike Davidson, D.V.M., Diplomate A.C.V.O., Ophthalmology
- Thierry Olivry, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.I.M., Dermatopathology.
- Linda Kooistra, D.V.M., Ph.D., Diplomate A.C.V.P., (veterinary pathology). Diagnostic Pathology.