National Institute of Justice Grant
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Forensic Pathology Fellowship Announcement

The Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine in partnership with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center, is offering four one-year ACGME-accredited fellowships in forensic pathology in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The training program which is being funded by the National Institute of Justice, fulfills the eligibility requirements for Board certification. Fellows participate in the operations of a district office of one of the nation’s first statewide medical examiner systems.

Fellows investigate scenes, perform approximately 250 complete medicolegal autopsies, sign out inspections, conference with interested parties and testify in courts. Fellows are mentored by Board certified forensic pathologists. Co-location with the State Department of Forensic Science permits contemporaneous case consultation with firearms (IBUS) and tool marks, trace evidence, latent prints/imaging/AFIS, questioned documents, forensic biology (DNA) and other forensic scientists. VCU Medical Center provides forensic radiology, odontology, neuropathology, and pathology subspecialty consultation.

Trainees attend subspecialty courses and reference a medicolegal library, Medline, Internet, and case database. The office participates in the teaching of students and residents. Fellows work with staff to undertake a research project.

Requirements
Applicants must:

• Be Board certified or eligible in Anatomical Pathology (AP) or any combination of subspecialties including AP
• Obtain an unrestricted medical license in the State of Virginia
• Have a valid driver’s license

Stipends: The University salary and benefits are competitive.

For more information, please complete attached form.Click here

• Fellowship Recruitment Flyer
• Medical College of Virginia
• Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Commonwealth of Virginia



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Richmond, VA 23220

Phone: (804) 562-9261, Ext. 5
Fax: (804) 562-9292
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