Yale University

Program Director	Program Admin
Joe M. El-Khoury, PhD, DABCC, FADLM	Connie Sutton
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine	Program Coordinator
Joe.el-khoury@yale.edu	Connie.sutton@ynhh.org
(203) 688-5798	(203) 688-2445

About the Program

The clinical chemistry fellowship training program is a 2-year program that will be based in the York Street and neighboring St. Raphael campuses of Yale-New Haven Health. Yale-New Haven Health, primarily located in New Haven, Connecticut, is a non-profit, multispecialty (adult and pediatric) academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. It is one of the largest hospitals in the country with over 1,541-bed facilities and 7 million clinical chemistry test results/year. The clinical laboratories are directed by the faculty of the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory within the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. In addition to clinical chemistry, the Department of Laboratory Medicine also includes the areas of apheresis/cell therapy/transfusion service, blood bank, flow cytometry, hematology, immunology, microbiology, molecular diagnostics, tumor profiling, and virology. The training program is structured to provide training in the service, teaching, and research aspects of clinical chemistry. This includes 6 months of protected clinical training through rotations, and 6 months of protected research time in the first year alone. In the second year, the fellow can pursue advanced clinical rotations in select areas followed by 6 months of graduated responsibilities to the level appropriate for a laboratory director. Our areas of expertise are pre-analytical errors, mass spectrometry, toxicology and laboratory informatics. Our graduates have all accepted positions as academic medical directors overseeing clinical chemistry, toxicology and/or laboratory informatics.

Program Requirements

To be considered for the program, prospective fellows must have:

1. Doctor of Medicine degree or Doctor of Philosophy (or an equivalent doctoral degree) in the basic sciences: chemistry, biology or physics from a US-accredited university or college.
2. Minimum of 30 semester hours (undergraduate or graduate level) of coursework in analytical, inorganic, organic, physical, and biochemistry to qualify for certification by the ABCC.
   • If a candidate’s academic credentials are obtained outside the United States, they must be deemed equivalent by an appropriate education evaluation agency.

To Apply

The application deadline is September 1 for individuals seeking a fellowship starting in July or August of the subsequent year. Formal interviews commence on September 1, with the possibility of brief informal discussions through phone calls or during ADLM meetings. Offers will be made on or after October 1, providing candidates with a minimum of 2 weeks to consider the offer.

The application packet must include:

1. Letter of intent
2. Curriculum vitae

Selected applicants will receive a follow-up e-mail and be required to complete a formal application and submit transcripts with three letters of recommendation.

Training Level

Postdoctoral Training Level
Number of positions available per year: 1 every other year
Duration of program: 2 years
Approximate annual salary or stipend: PGY Scale
Source of funding: Hospital Funded
Current number of trainees: 1
Number of past graduates: 3

Faculty

Sheldon Campbell, MD	General Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology, Point-of-Care Testing
Thomas Durant, MD	Laboratory Informatics
Tore Eid, MD	Inborn Error of Metabolism and Newborn Screening
Joe M. El-Khoury, PhD, DABCC, FADLM	General Clinical Chemistry, Pre-analytical Errors, Toxicology, Mass Spectrometry, Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
Marie-Louise Landry, MD	Test Utilization, Virology
David Peaper, MD, PhD	Microbiology
Henry Rinder, MD	Hematology and Coagulation
Alexa Siddon, MD	Molecular Pathology, Flow Cytometry