Led by director Osvaldo J. Hernandez, MD, NYU Langone’s Department of Pathology offers two one-year post-residency fellowship positions in cytopathology. Our fellowship is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Cytopathology fellows gain hands-on experience at NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital and Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, as well as at NYC Health + Hospital/Bellevue.

There are 12 full-time cytopathologists on-site who process approximately 50,000 cases annually and perform more than 6,000 fine-needle aspirations. The cytopathology lab is equipped with 3 ultrasound machines, and fellows perform 80 to more than 100 ultrasound-guided and palpable fine-needle aspirations by the end of their training. Supervising cytopathologists are either fellowship- or College of American Pathologist (CAP)–certified to perform ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirations.

Fellows participate in the general cytopathology service through daily signout of submitted cases, perform palpable and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirations, and assist at image-guided fine-needle aspirations of deep sites.

We offer fellows dedicated research time with the expectation that each fellow completes at least one research project and presents their abstract at the annual United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) meeting, the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) meeting, or both.

Additionally, fellows participate in ongoing laboratory quality assurance and quality control activities and projects as well as laboratory inspections. Fellows take an essential role in and eventually lead several multidisciplinary disease management conferences, such as those focused on the diseases of the thyroid or the breast. Fellows also have the opportunity to rotate in our state-of-the-art molecular pathology laboratory.

How to Apply

We have filled fellowship positions for the 2026–27 academic year. We are accepting applications for the 2025–26 and 2027-28 academic years.

Learn more about how to apply.

Cytopathology Faculty

Joan F. Cangiarella, MD
Osvaldo J. Hernandez, MD
Pascale G. Levine, MD
Thaira Oweity, MD
Negin Shafizadeh, MD
Yan Shi, MD, PhD
Aylin Simsir, MD
Wei Sun, MD
Oliver J. Szeto, MD
Melissa A. Yee-Chang, DO

Current Cytopathology Fellows

Brendan Belovarac, MD
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Issa Hindi, MD
Residency: NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Cytopathology Fellowship Alumni

2022

Fei Chen, MD, PhD
Molecular Pathology Fellow, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Christine Kim, MD
Attending Surgical Pathologist and Cytopathologist, Private Practice, Texas

2021

Xia Rong, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Long Island School of Medicine

Miriam Noori Koolori, MD
Pathologist, DynaLIFE Medical Lab, Edmonton

2020

Qian Wang, MBBS, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Justin Snow, MD
Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

2019

Lopa Modi, MBBS, MD
Attending Pathologist, Englewood Hospital

Negin Shafizadeh, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

2018

Nina Schatz-Siemers, DO
Assistant Professor, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center

Andrea Hernandez, DO
Assistant Professor, NYU Long Island School of Medicine

2017

Tamar C. Brandler, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Margaret Cho, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Contact Us

For more information about the Cytopathology Fellowship, email us at PathologyEducation@NYULangone.org.