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Molecular Genetic Pathology (MGP) Training Program at University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) is an ACGME accredited one-year fellowship. This MGP program is designed to train pathologists to be an expert in molecular diagnosis. The MGP graduate will be in excellence to provide comprehensive diagnostic, management and counseling services for inherited diseases and the genetic factors pertinent to all diseases.
Trainees will refine their skills in laboratory management, quality assurance and quality control. Trainees will constantly involve and become a critical player in the development, validation and implementation of new tests. The training experience also emphasizes the role of research in molecular pathology so that trainees can pursue investigator-initiated research upon completion of the program. The UMMC Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory is the home base of this program. The molecular lab currently provides 45 clinical molecular tests. Its test menu covers broad inherited diseases, hematological disorders, and solid tumors. MGP fellows will learn and master the molecular techniques including DNA and RNA extraction, Southern blot, variety PCR amplification methods including sequencing, methylation specific PCR and real-time PCR. These technologies are applied in a wide spectrum of clinical tests in cancer, inherited disease, infectious disease, and identification. Fellows will learn to analyze and interpret molecular data from clinical cases, and to compose diagnostic reports. Fellows will engage in correlations with clinical, morphologic, immunophenotypic, and cytogenetic findings. Fellows will be exposed to lab administration procedures, such as QA&QC, CAP surveys, test development, and ethical issues related to clinical service and research in molecular pathology. Fellows will learn to design and carry out research projects aimed at understanding the molecular basis of diseases or translating such basic discoveries into improved patient care. Departmental Research Fund is available for every fellow.
Teaching Faculty
Principal Supervisor
Xinjing Wang, PhD, Program Director, Molecular Genetic PathologyMolecular Genetic Pathology Teaching Faculty
Drs. Xinjing Wang, Kirk Ramen, Anthony Killeen, Michelle Dolan, Mike Tsai, Betsy Hirsch, Lisa Schementti, John Day, Matthew Bowler, Mary Ahreng, Carlos Manivel, Jose Jessurun, Alan Rose, Richard King
Teaching Facilities
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, University Campus
Requirements
In addition to the general Program requirements, three years of approved straight CP, three years of approved straight AP or four years of approved combined AP/CP residency training is required at the time of matriculation, including experience in molecular genetics laboratories.