CLINICAL CHEMISTRY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

(COMACC Certificate No. 140 issued 11/30/02)

  

Vanderbilt University

School of Medicine

 

Clinical Chemistry Fellowship

at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt’s two-year Clinical Chemistry fellowship provides comprehensive training and experience in analytical, clinical and managerial aspects of the clinical laboratory in a large academic medical center setting.  Our fellows receive the unique experience of training in a large academic medical center laboratory with affiliated satellite laboratories across Nashville, and exposure to our reference laboratory service. During the fellowship, the trainee learns principles of chemical pathology, both basic and applied.  With Vanderbilt’s mission in mind, our program combines a strong emphasis on patient care with innovative practices in personalized medicine.  Our fellows join a diverse diagnostic management team of physicians and scientists to provide state of the art interpretive reports for select chemistry, endocrine, and toxicology tests.  Participation in clinical/translational research projects introduces fellows to recent developments in diagnostic sciences.  Successful completion of the program prepares highly qualified physicians/scientists for ABCC board certification and a career as a practicing clinical chemist in academia, community hospital, or industry.  Our program received ComACC certification in 2002 and currently has 1 two year fellowship position at a time. 

Faculty and Research Interests:

 

David Black, PhD	Pain Management, Sports Performance Enhancing Drugs
Sheila Dawling, PhD	Therapeutic drug monitoring, inborn errors of metabolism
Michael Laposata, MD, PhD	Laboratory management, coagulation
Fritz Parl, MD, PhD	Estrogen metabolism and breast cancer
Gregory Sephel, PhD	Wound healing and angiogenesis
Cindy Vnencak-Jones, PhD, FACMG	Molecular Genetics
Alison Woodworth, PhD, DABCC	Maternal/fetal medicine, Sepsis

 

Affiliated Institutions:

Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Vanderbilt Health 100 Oaks, Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center

Program Listing:

 

Level(s) of training: Duration of program: Current trainees:

Postdoctoral 2 years 1

Application Procedure:

 

Prerequisites:	PhD or MD
Procedures:	Submit letter of interest, CV, and three letters of reference to Alison Woodworth at:  Alison.woodworth@vanderbilt.edu
Deadline:	September 16, 2014 for July 1, 2015 Fellowship position

 Director:

Alison Woodworth, PhD, DABCC

Telephone: (615) 322-0905

Fax: (615) 343-9563

E-mail: alison.woodworth@vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Department of Pathology

The Vanderbilt Clinic, TVC 4918

Nashville, TN 37232

 

Associate Directors:

 

Fritz F. Parl, MD, PhD                           

Telephone: (615) 343-9117                      

Fax: (615) 343-9563                                

E-mail: fritz.parl@vanderbilt.edu 

 

Sheila Dawling, PhD

Telephone: (615) 322-0163

Fax: (615) 343-8420

E-mail: sheila.dawling@vanderbilt.edu 

 

Past Fellows:

Yenya Hu, MD, PhD (fellow from December 2002 – November 2004) is currently a faculty member at Nashville State Community College.  Eligible for AACC Board Examination. 

Alexandra Belous, MD, PhD (fellow from July 2004 – June 2006) is currently working in Clinical Trials for Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN.  Eligible for AACC Board Examination.

 

Elizabeth O’Keeffe, PhD (fellow from May 2007 – April 2009) is currently working at the FDA in in vitro diagnostics. Eligible for AACC Board Examination.

 

Amy Pyle, PhD, DABCC (fellow from July 2009-June 2011) is currently employed as the Assistant Director of Core Laboratory Services at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.  Dr. Pyle is certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry.