Director's Message

Welcome to the Pathology Residency Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

We train well-rounded physicians for a range of practice settings and subspecialties, with an ideal balance of strong clinical training and numerous academic opportunities (e.g., research, education and leadership development).

Our aims are as follows:

• Provide a comprehensive, nurturing training environment in a multidisciplinary academic setting that promotes evidence-based practice and prepares residents to compete for successful careers across a variety of practice settings.
• Offer a strong, well-balanced didactic and practical curriculum in anatomic and clinical pathology with a wide variety and volume of specimens and a good balance of education, research and clinical service work with attention to quality improvement and patient safety.
• Recruit high-achieving pathology resident candidates with characteristics that would lead to success in clinical care, scholarship, advocacy and leadership.
• Recruit and retain outstanding clinical and research faculty who provide leadership, subspecialized teaching and mentorship in both clinical and research spaces.

We take pride in our collaborative, supportive environment, where robust interdisciplinary clinical teams make excellent patient care the priority. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, our primary clinical affiliate site, is consistently ranked No. 1 in Illinois and in the top 10 nationally. 

As part of McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, our residents also benefit from the resources and support of a comprehensive graduate medical education community.

We invite you to browse our website and learn more about all that Northwestern has to offer.

Jared Ahrendsen, MD, PhD
Pathology Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology)