Pathology Residency Program
Welcome from the Program Director
The mission of our Pathology Residency Training Program is to recruit diverse housestaff members and provide them with the resources necessary to pass their certification boards on their first attempt, secure competitive fellowships, and function as independent pathologists in a diverse workforce after completion of the program.
Moreover, we want our residents to look back on their four years of training at Augusta University with joy. We do this by exposing our trainees to a wide variety of cases, having ample research opportunities, providing thorough didactic series, offering one-on-one mentoring, and granting funds for scholarly activities as well as attendance at national meetings where original research is being presented.
Our residents rotate under the many specialties of pathology including, but not limited to, forensics, cytogenetics/molecular, flow cytometry, and laboratory management as well as the standard areas of surgical pathology, cytology, hematology, chemistry, transfusion medicine, and microbiology. During these rotations, we see an exceptional variety of cases in addition to more standard day-to-day cases allowing for a strong fund of knowledge. In addition, we provide our residents with curriculum flexibility for focusing on their area of interest, including an optional away elective.
Augusta, Georgia is a vibrant city, which has the second largest city population in Georgia, but still maintains that "small town feel". Of course, Augusta is best known internationally for the Masters Tournament, but there are numerous other outdoor and indoor activities in the city itself. We are also a short drive to Atlanta, Charleston, Savannah, Charlotte, the beach, and mountains. With our competitive salary and low cost of living, Augusta truly offers an amazing place to call home for four years.
There are numerous strengths to our program. However, our faculty's open door policy and passion for teaching is truly a standout. We have an exceptional faculty to housestaff ratio and are committed to our housestaff’s success. I hope you enjoy our website. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you.
Contact
- Program Director, Pathology Residency Program
- Associate Professor of Pathology
- Dermatopathology, Surgical Pathology
- Associate Director of Residency Program,
- Associate Professor of Pathology
- Associate Director of Residency Program,
- Associate Professor of Pathology
Welcome from the 2025 - 2026 Chiefs
Obiora Ufondu, MD
- Chief Resident
- (PGY-4 resident)
Daley Morera, MD, PhD
- Associate Chief Resident
- (PGY-2 resident)
As this year’s Chief Residents, we would like to introduce you to the Medical College of Georgia’s Pathology Residency Program at Augusta University. MCG is Georgia’s only public medical school, founded nearly 200 years ago. It is the third-oldest medical school in the Southeast and the 13th oldest in the nation. The school works to optimize healthcare in Georgia through education, discovery, and service. Our pathology faculty have developed the residency program’s curriculum with residents in mind. They continually fine tune the curriculum to stay up to date with current advancements in the field, as well as in response to feedback from the residents.
Our program fosters a learning environment, not just for the residents, but also for medical students and other learners. In addition to noon conferences and unknown sessions, we have a boot camp lecture series in July with a focus on introducing incoming residents to the basics of pathology. We also have a high-yield board review lecture series in March targeted towards the graduating class. Our program offers multiple teaching opportunities, including interdepartmental conferences, where residents describe histologic images to our peers from other departments, and at the Medical College of Georgia, where residents interact with medical students at all levels of training.
What makes the Medical College of Georgia’s Pathology Residency program special is the camaraderie and the friendships among the residency.
We’re more than a program. We’re a family. Moreover, with support from our outstanding pathologists’ assistants, gross room technologists, and non-standard trainees, the residents can focus on learning pathology and becoming functioning pathologists by the end of the program. We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your interest in our program.