Allison 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
E-mail: sheila.dawling@vanderbilt.edu

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

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

Postdoctoral
2 years
1

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, 2012 for July 1, 2013 Fellowship position

Program Description:

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.