The program provides three months of cytology with the curriculum taking the resident through gynecologic, non-gynecologic and fine needle aspiration material. There is ample patient material and numerous study sets are available for review.
The outstanding cytopathology faculty at Cedars-Sinai includes board-certified cytopathologists and California-licensed cytotechnologists, all of whom are involved with resident teaching.
Residents learn the performance, handling and interpretation of direct fine-needle aspirates and CT-guided aspiration, becoming proficient in fine needle aspiration of superficial lesions. Correlation of cytology samples with associated surgical pathology specimens is performed. In addition, there is active clinical research ongoing in cytopathology. Residents present a cytology conference once during each rotation.
