Chair

The Department Chair

The Department Chair impacts the experience as a resident because they are ultimately responsible for the quality of the faculty and for the tenor of the relationship between faculty and residents; hence, they substantially affect the quality of your education. Dr. Nancy Joste is the current Department Chair.

How the Chair Supports Residents

1. There is an annual allowance of $1400 for residents to purchase books and/or attend professional meetings.
2. The Chair provides up to $1300 for residents to attend meetings at which they give a platform presentation or exhibit a poster.
3. Resident office space was renovated to expand the space for each resident to have a personal desk, laptop and microscope, with improved conferencing space and IT equipment for photography and projection from the multi-headed microscopes.
4. The Chair supports a senior resident to serve as a representative to the resident forums of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and the College of American Pathologists.
5. The Department supports a pathology multimedia center for assistance in assembling professional-quality slide and computer presentations, posters, and manuscript illustrations.
6. First and foremost, though, Dr. Joste advocates superior training of pathologists.