Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellowship

Director: Deyali Chatterjee, MBBS

Program Overview

This ACGME-accredited fellowship offers comprehensive, well-balanced training in gastrointestinal, pancreatobiliary, and liver pathology across the full spectrum of neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease. Fellows train within the Southeast's most prominent academic health system — an institution with a longstanding national reputation for excellence in patient care, education, and research — gaining exposure to a high volume of complex and diagnostically challenging cases.

Clinical Training

The fellowship experience is built around daily one-on-one sign-out with dedicated GI pathology faculty. A team of ten GI pathology fellowship-trained pathologists offer exceptional breadth and depth of expertise. Fellows rotate through the full range of GI pathology services, including biopsies, resections, referral cases, and extramural consultations. Additional clinical responsibilities include participation in intraoperative consultations, supervision of specimen grossing by pathology residents and pathologists' assistants, and engagement in quality improvement initiatives focused on gastrointestinal and liver pathology.

Education and Conferences

Fellows participate in a rich educational environment that includes

  • Daily GI pathology consensus conference
  • Pathology didactic sessions and teaching conferences
  • Multidisciplinary (tumor board) conferences (attendance and presentation)
  • GI pathology journal club
  • Teaching of medical students and residents

Research and Career Development

The fellowship is designed to foster both diagnostic expertise and scholarly growth. Protected research time is built into the schedule, and fellows have the flexibility to pursue elective rotations across the medical center tailored to their individual interests and career goals.

Goals and Objectives of the Program

Applications

The GI Pathology fellowship program is currently filled through June 30, 2029.

For fellowships starting July 1, 2029, interviews will be on a rolling basis starting in early 2027 until the position is filled.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, Vanderbilt application*, CV, personal statement, three letters of recommendation and ECFMG certificate (if applicable) to:

Tapherine DeVany
Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
CC-3322 MCN
1161 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37232
t.devany@vumc.org

*Application and pertinent information can be found under Graduate Medical Education 

Faculty