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Summary of Training Pathways, Application Contacts, Board Certification, and Funding Status

 

 

Pathway

Requirements

Application Submission

Training Duration

Board Certification

Experience Requirements for Board Certification

Funding Status

Openings

ACGME

MD or MD/PhD following completion of CP and/or AP pathology residency or infectious disease fellowship required

Contact Joan Allin, BIDMC for application

1 year

American Board of Pathology, Medical Microbiology Boards

Fellowship training in the program qualifies.

1 position funded per year

Open positions available beginning July 2025. 2022, 2023, and 2024 slots are filled.

CPEP 2 year

PhD or MD*

ASM Link

2 years

ABMM

CPEP fellowship qualifies

Unfunded

Open, pending available funding, available for Boston Children’s Hospital ID fellows who commit last two years of fellowship training to this pathway

CPEP 2 year, LTHET

PhD and/or MD*

ASM Link AND contact program directly,

2 years

ABMM

CPEP fellowship qualifies

Funding from LTHET Program of equivalent from other service branches

Open, admission rolling

CPEP 1 year

MD with substantial relevant clinical training*

ASM Link

1 year

ABMM

American Board of Pathology, Focused Pathway Designation (FPD)

CPEP fellowship + 1.5 years additional clinical experience, confirm requirements on individual basis with ABMM board,

Fellowship completion would qualify for FPD

Unfunded

Can be pursued as part of clinical pathology or infectious disease training at BIDMC or Boston Children’s Hospital with a one+ year time commitment to training.

CPEP 2+

Clinical microbiology scholars pathway

PhD and/or MD*

ASM Link

2+ years

ABMM

CPEP fellowship qualifies

As above, integration within funded mentored clinical/basic scientist development program and individually developed

As above

 

*Clinical Pathology or 1+ year Infectious Disease Clinical Fellowship Training highly desirable for MD candidates

Note in particular, completion of a two year CPEP fellowship qualifies fellows to sit for the American Board of Medical Microbiology certification exam.   The ABMM exam is recognized by federal law (CLIA'88) as one of the qualifications that allows a doctoral level scientist and/or physician to serve as a the director of a high complexity clinical microbiology laboratory.   

Our fellows are well prepared to sit for the exam.  We have had a 100% first time pass rate.

The American Board of Pathology offers a board certification exam in medical microbiology for graduates of our ACGME-accredited Medical Microbiology Fellowship Program.  Note, the American Board of Pathology: ". . .encourages diplomates with ACGME accredited training in  Medical  Microbiology  to  also  consider  obtaining  certification  by  American Society for Microbiology’s American Board of Medical Microbiology" (https://www.abpath.org/images/booklets/ABP_BOI.pdf, page 20)

The American Board of Pathology also now offers a separate certification pathway in Clinical Microbiology, called a Focused Practice Designation.  CP and/or AP certified residents are allowed to sit for the exam if they have completed a CPEP Fellowship Program.   Therefore, pathology residents completing our ABMM fellowship can now sit for either the ABMM exam and/or the Focused Practice Pathway exam.  However, the Focused Practice Pathway is NOT a certification, and the fellows are strongly encouraged to sit for the ABMM exam.

CURRENT AND FORMER FELLOWS
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    • Relationship to Pathology Department
    • Laboratory-Based Training
    • Infectious Disease Training
    • Laboratory Management
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