Address
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Penn State University Hershey Medical Center
500 University Drive, PO Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033
Director
Yusheng Zhu, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC, MB), FAACC
Telephone: (717)531-5123
Email: yzhu@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Affiliated Institutions
Penn State University Hospitals
Faculty and Research Interests
| Guoli Chen, MD | Gastrointestinal, genitourinary, renal, and molecular pathology |
| David W. Craft, PhD, D(ABMM) | Microbiology, infectious disease, global health, executive governance |
| Michael H. Creer, MD, PhD | Biomarkers, pharmacogenetics, mass spectrometry, POCT, coagulation |
| Laurence M. Demers, Ph.D, D.Sc., DABCC, FAACC, FACSc | Endocrinology, bone biomarkers, tumor markers, general clinical chemistry |
| Ronald E. Domen, MD | Transfusion medicine, apheresis, ethics |
| Melissa R. George, DO | Transfusion medicine, apheresis, hematopathology, and graduate medical education |
| Wallace H. Greene, PhD, D(ABMM) | Diagnostic virology, molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases and diagnostic immunology |
| Olajumoke Oladipo, MBBS, DABCC, FAACC | Hematology, coagulation, clinical chemistry |
| Hiroko Shike, MD | Histocompatibility, transplant immunology, molecular biology |
| Yusheng Zhu, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC, MB), FAACC | Clinical chemistry, toxicology, hemoglobinopathy, electrophoresis, pharmacogenomics, and mass spectrometry. |
Program Listing
Level(s) of training: Postdoctoral
Number of Positions available per year: 1
Duration of Program: 2 years
Approximate Annual Salary or Stipend: Equal to PGY-1 Pathology Residency Salary
Source of Funding: Department
Current number of trainees: 2
Number of past graduates (over last 10 years): 0 (new program)
Applicant Procedures
Prerequisites
All applicants should have earned a doctoral degree (PhD, MD) at accredited institutions. Individuals with doctoral degrees in Clinical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Medicine, Molecular Biology, Toxicology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Genetics, Chemistry, and other doctoral degrees in life sciences are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants possessing an M.D. degree must be diplomates of the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology or have met the requirements to take the Board examination. The applicant must have satisfactorily completed a minimum of 30 semester hours (or equivalent) of undergraduate and/or graduate level biochemistry, chemistry, or other courses taken at institutions acceptable to the Board that meet the combined criteria established by each of the ABCC certification disciplines as shown in Table 1 on the ABCC website (http://www.abclinchem.org/geninfo/Pages/rules_abcc_cert.html). Applicants with education obtained at institutions outside the U.S. or Canada must, at their expense, have their credentials evaluated by the International Education Research Foundation, Inc., or acceptable equivalent. Applicants should have strong interests in laboratory medicine and research. Excellent communication and personal-interaction skills are required.
Procedures
Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation.
Deadline
None.
Program Description
PSHMC located in Hershey, Pennsylvania is a comprehensive medical facility with 548 beds comprised of University Hospital, Cancer Institute, and Children’s Hospital, in additional to a 212-bed St. Joseph Hospital in Reading, PA. The Medical Center includes centers for specialized care. Fellows will have exposure to pediatric, elderly, transplant, psychiatric, cancer, OB/GYN, ENT, and ophthalmologic patients.
The mission of this program is to prepare exceptional individuals with doctoral degrees (PhD, MD) for careers in Laboratory Medicine. The program focuses on clinical chemistry that includes general clinical chemistry, endocrinology, toxicology, therapeutic drug monitoring, nutrition, serology and immunology, urinalysis, pharmacogenetics, proteomics, and molecular diagnostics. The principal professional opportunities are directors, educators, and scientists in clinical chemistry in hospital laboratories, public health laboratories, pharmaceutical /diagnostics industry, and commercial reference laboratories.
The Fellowship Program requires two years for completion. Candidates are not only trained in all sub-disciplines of modern clinical chemistry, but also in basic, clinical, or translational research, laboratory management, and teaching.
Our goal is to prepare candidates with sufficient practical experience and theoretical knowledge in clinical chemistry for a career in academic medicine, clinical practice, or industry. We will also prepare candidates for board certification by national boards including American Board of Clinical Chemistry, National Registry of Certified Chemists, and American Board of Toxicology etc.