Attending Physician Viii - Pathology

ATTENDING PHYSICIAN VIII - PATHOLOGY

Cook County Health

Location:

JOHN H. STROGER HOSPITAL – PATHOLOGY

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Under the administrative direction of the Chair of the Department of Pathology, the Attending Physician VIII assumes professional, scientific, consultative, administrative and educational responsibilities as needed in sections for the Division of Anatomic Pathology.

• Participate actively in delivery of quality patient care and service by each section in the Division of Anatomic Pathology.
• In the Section of Surgical Pathology:
  • Perform microscopic evaluation and sign out of all general surgical pathology cases assigned on your frozen section call. Cytology, hematology, neuropathology, and dermatopathology cases are assigned for sub‑specialty sign out.
  • Work independently within a collegial environment. Interdepartmental consultations and daily consensus conference are available for challenging cases. Send‑out services are available on an as‑needed basis.
  • Participate in Surgical Pathology rotation schedule, including rotating nights and weekends frozen section coverage. Holidays are divided evenly between attendings.
  • Provide clinical guidance and teach pathologist extenders, residents and fellows as needed.
  • Support and participate in scholarly activities and clinical research in the Division of Anatomic Pathology and Department of Pathology.
  • Perform other duties as assigned in the Division of Anatomic Pathology according to nationally accepted standards in the field of Anatomic Pathology.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Section Director of Surgical Pathology or the Chair of the Division of Anatomic Pathology.
• In the Sections of Cytology and Hematopathology:
  • Attendings with a Cytology Fellowship and/or Cytology subspecialty Board Certification may rotate on Cytopathology service sign‑out for one (1) week at a time. Duties include signing out all cytology (gynecologic and non‑gynecologic) cases assigned.
  • Attendings with a Hematopathology Fellowship who are Board Eligible/Board Certified in Hematopathology will rotate in Hematopathology sign‑out service for one (1) week at a time. Duties include evaluation and sign‑out of all bone marrow biopsies, lymph node excisions, and flow cytometry cases assigned. Daily evaluation of peripheral smears and body fluid cases flagged for pathologist review.
• In the Section of Autopsy Pathology:
  • As needed, perform post‑mortem examination on all assigned cases. Work alone or teach and provide clinical guidance to residents/fellows or other assigned health professionals including students on dissection, gross description, documentation, selection of sections, microscopic examination and clinical pathologic correlation of the autopsy findings.
  • As needed, responsible for issuing timely provisional and final anatomic diagnosis of assigned cases.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Section Director of Autopsy Pathology and the Chair of the Division of Anatomic Pathology.

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy Medicine (DO) from an accredited medical college or university or foreign equivalent.
• Valid license as a Physician in the State of Illinois.
• Completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
• Board Certification or Board Eligibility in Anatomic Pathology, or Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, and must be Board Certified within one (1) year of starting employment.

• Surgical Pathology Fellowship with subspecialty training, expertise or interest, especially in breast pathology, dermatopathology, soft tissue and bone pathology, informatics, histology laboratory expertise.