Welcome From the Program Director
Thank you for seeking information about the Residency Program in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Tufts Medical Center, an academic medical center located in Boston, Massachusetts. For over 70 years, our program has trained well-rounded, diagnostically excellent pathologist leaders who are well-suited to meet the clinical, research, and educational needs of a fast-changing world. As a medium-sized program (12 residents, 2 surgical pathology fellows, 1 hematopathology fellow), we provide a balanced array of clinical and didactic experiences within a supportive environment that emphasizes teamwork and interprofessional collaboration. We support our trainees’ involvement in research activities with faculty whose scholarly interests span the breadth of anatomic and clinical pathology. Our alumni include leaders in a variety of practice settings, including academia, private practice, and industry. Affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine, our program has a strong tradition of mentoring and developing future generations of physicians. We look forward to helping you explore and learn more about our program. Welcome!
Daniel Rust, MD
Program Director
About this program
The goal of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Residency Program is to provide a balanced educational program in both anatomic and clinical pathology that will generate graduates of the highest quality. Most of the residency training occurs at our home institution - Tufts Medical Center, a 415-bed tertiary care teaching hospital for the Tufts University School of Medicine. The residency program has a unique balance of academic- and research based experiences all with dedicated faculty and staff to guide and mentor the residents through their training.
Tufts Medical Center has a long tradition of high quality training with excellence in all general and specialty areas of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Graduates of our program usually obtain outstanding fellowships in subspecialties of their choice and most have achieved considerable success in either academic or community pathology programs.
