UMass Chan - Baystate Program

Springfield, MA

Specialty:Pathology-anatomic and clinical

ACGME Code:3002421413

NRMP Code:1286300C0

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

The Pathology Residency at UMass Chan-Baystate comprises a comprehensive 4-year ACGME-accredited curriculum. This program emphasizes integrated training in both anatomic and clinical pathology, aimed at developing the competencies necessary for a successful career in pathology.

Baystate Medical Center serves as the primary training site for this residency, being one of the largest pathology departments in New England. It handles an extensive volume of cases annually, including approximately 50,000 surgical specimens, 70,000 cytology specimens, and around 6 to 7 million clinical tests. Residents can expect a diverse array of interesting cases that will prepare them for future clinical practice 1.

Curriculum Overview

The curriculum for the residency program is structured to ensure a balanced and thorough education in both anatomic and clinical pathology. The breakdown of the rotations is as follows:

Anatomic Pathology: 26 months covering Surgical Pathology, Dermatopathology, Autopsy, Frozen Section, Advanced Cytopathology, and more.
Clinical Pathology: 19 months including rotations in Transfusion Medicine Service, Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, and Molecular Pathology.
Electives: 3 months available for sub-specialty electives.
Research Rotation: 1 month dedicated to research at the PVLSI biomedical research center during the second year (PGY2) 2.

Call Schedule

Call responsibilities differ among the years, and residents are not required to take call during their first year. The call schedule is designed to progressively build responsibility:

PGY1: No call
PGY2: 7 weeks of call
PGY3: 4 weeks of call
PGY4: 3 weeks of call

Residents have the advantage of covering call from home while still being expected to engage actively with attending physicians for complex cases 3.

Research Opportunities

The program strongly encourages residents to engage in research. The dedicated research rotation at the PVLSI biomedical research center is designed to facilitate significant research output, enhancing both the resident's education and their CVs. Furthermore, the faculty is noted for their support in advancing residents' academic pursuits, along with research backing in various subspecialties 4.

Resident Support and Environment

The program prides itself on fostering a collaborative environment among faculty and residents. Faculty mentors are deeply invested in the success of trainees, often providing guidance and opportunities to connect during national conferences. Furthermore, the community aspect promotes gathering for social events like potluck dinners, which enhances camaraderie within the residency cohort 5.

Application Process

Applying to the residency is conducted through the ERAS program and includes several essential documents:

Personal Statement
Dean's Letter
Transcript
Three letters of recommendation
USMLE Scores (a minimum score of 210 on Step 1 and Step 2, with no more than one fail)
Photo
ECFMG Certification (if applicable)

Moreover, applicants must graduate from medical school within the past five years and maintain clinical experience that excludes observerships in the past two years. The program accepts J-1 and H-1B visa candidates, contingent upon passing all USMLE steps and receiving approval from designated authorities within the program 6.

Competitiveness

While being a competitive program, UMass Chan-Baystate’s Pathology Residency is known to be relatively friendly to DO applicants and international medical graduates (IMGs). The supportive environment, alongside robust training and mentoring systems, makes it an attractive option for a diverse group of applicants 7.

Resident Benefits

The residency offers a range of benefits that enhance work-life balance, including:

A competitive salary maintained at around the 75th percentile nationally.
Four weeks of vacation per year.
Comprehensive health insurance and free parking.
Access to an excellent on-campus library and online resources 8.

The overall environment in Western Massachusetts is noted for being appealing for both work and leisure, making it an ideal location for medical training.

Web sources

1. Pathology Residency | Baystate Health 2. Pathology Residency Curriculum | Baystate Health 3. Pathology Residency Call Schedule | Baystate Health 4. Research Opportunities in Pathology | Baystate Health 5. Resident Support and Environment | Baystate Health 6. Applying to the Pathology Residency | Baystate Health 7. Pathology Residency Competitiveness | Baystate Health 8. Resident Benefits | Baystate Health

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Program data

ACGME History

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation0

Full accreditation0

Continued27

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2000 - 2001	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 31, 2000
02	2001 - 2002	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 31, 2000
03	2002 - 2003	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 28, 2003
04	2003 - 2004	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 28, 2003
05	2004 - 2005	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 28, 2003
06	2005 - 2006	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 28, 2003
07	2006 - 2007	Continued Full Accreditation	Mar 28, 2003
08	2007 - 2008	Continued	Oct 5, 2007
09	2008 - 2009	Continued	Oct 5, 2007
10	2009 - 2010	Continued	Oct 5, 2007

Program

Program Size

-- (4 years)

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 28, 2026)

Composition

Training

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:1.6X

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: --

Admission

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:--

Gender

Rotation Duration by Site

Rotation Duration Chart Data

Benchmarks

Scores

Match History

Track ID: 1286300C0

2020

4 of 4

2021

3 of 3

2022

4 of 4

2023

3 of 3

2024

3 of 3

2025

3 of 3

2026

4 of 4

Filled Position

Unfilled Position

Roster

Publications

4 Publications (5 yr)

Peer-reviewed output from faculty and residents, last 5 years

4 Publications (5 yr)

Blood vessels, thrombosis & hemostasis2025

Inflammatory pathways in transfusion-associated circulatory overload.

RoseAnn E Vik,¹Esther B Bulle,²Wilmore C Webley,¹Paul Visintainer,³

PMID: 40896543doi.org/10.1016/j.bvth.2025.100080

VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy2025

Circumferential endoscopic submucosal dissection of a 14-cm long-segment Barrett's esophagus with multifocal adenocarcinoma: a case report.

Aida Saad,¹Joyce Arnouk,²Arshia Khorasani-Zadeh,³Monika Seth,²

PMID: 40843091doi.org/10.1016/j.vgie.2025.05.001

Location

Springfield, MA

Population

155,929

Median income

$47,101Below

Education

18.1%On par

Employment

52.6%Above

Health

4.3%Above

Age

33Below

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Springfield, MA

State - Massachusetts

United States

1/31/2015

N/A

$2,058

$1,193

2/28/2015

N/A

$2,111

$1,199

3/31/2015

N/A

$2,075

$1,206

4/30/2015

N/A

$2,091

$1,213

5/31/2015

N/A

$2,098

$1,228

6/30/2015

N/A

$2,101

$1,233

7/31/2015

N/A

$2,107

$1,235

8/31/2015

N/A

$2,118

$1,241

9/30/2015

N/A

$2,127

$1,245

10/31/2015

N/A

$2,138

$1,253

11/30/2015

N/A

$2,140

$1,259

12/31/2015

N/A

$2,131

$1,263

1/31/2016

N/A

$2,036

$1,275

2/29/2016

N/A

$2,054

$1,279

3/31/2016

N/A

$2,060

$1,282

4/30/2016

N/A

$2,030

$1,285

5/31/2016

N/A

$1,937

$1,291

6/30/2016

N/A

$1,999

$1,294

7/31/2016

N/A

$1,948

$1,295

8/31/2016

N/A

$1,961

$1,303

9/30/2016

N/A

$1,974

$1,307

10/31/2016

N/A

$1,987

$1,311

11/30/2016

N/A

$1,988

$1,312

12/31/2016

N/A

$1,993

$1,313

1/31/2017

N/A

$1,962

$1,317

2/28/2017

N/A

$1,967

$1,324

3/31/2017

N/A

$1,976

$1,335

4/30/2017

N/A

$1,957

$1,346

5/31/2017

N/A

$1,997

$1,353

6/30/2017

N/A

$1,935

$1,357

7/31/2017

N/A

$1,941

$1,359

8/31/2017

N/A

$1,942

$1,363

9/30/2017

N/A

$1,951

$1,406

10/31/2017

N/A

$1,955

$1,414

11/30/2017

N/A

$1,965

$1,413

12/31/2017

N/A

$1,972

$1,420

1/31/2018

N/A

$1,970

$1,422

2/28/2018

N/A

$1,984

$1,427

3/31/2018

N/A

$1,989

$1,429

4/30/2018

N/A

$1,962

$1,434

5/31/2018

N/A

$1,962

$1,438

6/30/2018

N/A

$2,021

$1,444

7/31/2018

N/A

$1,980

$1,449

8/31/2018

N/A

$1,992

$1,455

9/30/2018

N/A

$1,998

$1,461

10/31/2018

N/A

$1,973

$1,465

11/30/2018

N/A

$2,002

$1,473

12/31/2018

N/A

$1,981

$1,482

1/31/2019

N/A

$1,990

$1,492

2/28/2019

N/A

$1,987

$1,495

3/31/2019

N/A

$1,993

$1,503

4/30/2019

N/A

$2,002

$1,509

5/31/2019

N/A

$2,014

$1,514

6/30/2019

N/A

$2,025

$1,519

7/31/2019

N/A

$2,040

$1,526

8/31/2019

N/A

$2,038

$1,531

9/30/2019

N/A

$2,045

$1,534

10/31/2019

N/A

$2,056

$1,541

11/30/2019

N/A

$2,065

$1,545

12/31/2019

N/A

$2,069

$1,552

1/31/2020

N/A

$2,077

$1,560

2/29/2020

N/A

$2,081

$1,565

3/31/2020

N/A

$2,087

$1,565

4/30/2020

N/A

$2,073

$1,566

5/31/2020

N/A

$2,062

$1,563

6/30/2020

N/A

$2,083

$1,562

7/31/2020

N/A

$2,031

$1,571

8/31/2020

N/A

$2,013

$1,574

9/30/2020

$1,083

$1,967

$1,586

10/31/2020

$1,118

$1,982

$1,593

11/30/2020

$1,114

$2,017

$1,602

12/31/2020

$1,116

$1,986

$1,606

1/31/2021

$1,111

$1,983

$1,613

2/28/2021

$1,117

$1,993

$1,620

3/31/2021

$1,148

$2,002

$1,629

4/30/2021

$1,151

$2,018

$1,649

5/31/2021

$1,172

$2,045

$1,663

6/30/2021

$1,158

$2,067

$1,686

7/31/2021

$1,184

$2,093

$1,707

8/31/2021

$1,185

$2,120

$1,729

9/30/2021

$1,181

$2,151

$1,752

10/31/2021

$1,155

$2,180

$1,767

11/30/2021

$1,170

$2,198

$1,777

12/31/2021

$1,212

$2,199

$1,791

1/31/2022

$1,237

$2,193

$1,800

2/28/2022

$1,250

$2,203

$1,820

3/31/2022

$1,235

$2,220

$1,829

4/30/2022

$1,266

$2,261

$1,841

5/31/2022

$1,270

$2,272

$1,852

6/30/2022

$1,295

$2,285

$1,861

7/31/2022

$1,290

$2,285

$1,868

8/31/2022

$1,315

$2,295

$1,872

9/30/2022

$1,338

$2,305

$1,875

10/31/2022

$1,377

$2,311

$1,873

11/30/2022

$1,392

$2,326

$1,875

12/31/2022

$1,393

$2,327

$1,874

1/31/2023

$1,400

$2,337

$1,877

2/28/2023

$1,411

$2,331

$1,879

3/31/2023

$1,423

$2,334

$1,884

4/30/2023

$1,417

$2,349

$1,886

5/31/2023

$1,424

$2,353

$1,886

6/30/2023

$1,433

$2,359

$1,886

7/31/2023

$1,453

$2,371

$1,891

8/31/2023

$1,453

$2,384

$1,908

9/30/2023

$1,474

$2,395

$1,912

10/31/2023

$1,465

$2,404

$1,916

11/30/2023

$1,488

$2,433

$1,918

12/31/2023

$1,491

$2,444

$1,921

1/31/2024

$1,498

$2,445

$1,928

2/29/2024

$1,509

$2,450

$1,932

3/31/2024

$1,496

$2,458

$1,935

4/30/2024

$1,521

$2,468

$1,942

5/31/2024

$1,529

$2,483

$1,946

6/30/2024

$1,554

$2,491

$1,973

7/31/2024

$1,548

$2,501

$1,958

8/31/2024

$1,548

$2,506

$1,992

9/30/2024

$1,560

$2,519

$1,993

10/31/2024

$1,582

$2,511

$1,995

11/30/2024

$1,584

$2,523

$1,999

12/31/2024

$1,581

$2,527

$2,003

1/31/2025

$1,565

$2,550

$2,006

2/28/2025

$1,574

$2,559

$2,007

3/31/2025

$1,602

$2,577

$2,016

4/30/2025

$1,598

$2,586

$2,019

5/31/2025

$1,608

$2,592

$2,022

6/30/2025

$1,600

$2,599

$2,026

7/31/2025

$1,617

$2,588

$2,029

8/31/2025

$1,634

$2,591

$2,027

9/30/2025

$1,633

$2,593

$2,030

10/31/2025

$1,637

$2,603

$2,052

11/30/2025

$1,646

$2,601

$2,095

12/31/2025

$1,671

$2,598

$2,086

1/31/2026

$1,705

$2,621

$2,160

2/28/2026

$1,719

$2,588

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Springfield, MA

State - Massachusetts

United States

4/1/2021

169

5/1/2021

230

6/1/2021

186

7/1/2021

206

8/1/2021

201

9/1/2021

196

10/1/2021

195

11/1/2021

167

12/1/2021

166

1/1/2022

165

2/1/2022

171

3/1/2022

183

4/1/2022

186

5/1/2022

186

6/1/2022

196

7/1/2022

214

8/1/2022

199

9/1/2022

188

10/1/2022

176

11/1/2022

145

12/1/2022

146

1/1/2023

167

2/1/2023

154

3/1/2023

165

4/1/2023

185

5/1/2023

210

6/1/2023

200

7/1/2023

200

8/1/2023

197

9/1/2023

189

10/1/2023

184

11/1/2023

164

12/1/2023

155

1/1/2024

158

2/1/2024

146

3/1/2024

178

4/1/2024

170

5/1/2024

187

6/1/2024

217

7/1/2024

215

8/1/2024

183

9/1/2024

195

10/1/2024

175

11/1/2024

174

12/1/2024

136

1/1/2025

165

2/1/2025

123

3/1/2025

155

4/1/2025

172

5/1/2025

195

6/1/2025

197

7/1/2025

237

8/1/2025

198

9/1/2025

164

10/1/2025

172

11/1/2025

164

12/1/2025

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in Springfield, MA

Crime Rate and Safety

Springfield has a higher crime rate compared to the national average, especially in certain neighborhoods. It's essential to be cautious and aware of your surroundings.

Fun Activities

Springfield offers a variety of cultural attractions, museums, parks, and outdoor recreational opportunities. The city hosts events like the Big E fair and has a vibrant arts scene.

Climate

Springfield experiences four distinct seasons with cold winters and warm summers. Be prepared for snowfall during the winter months.

Races and Population

Springfield is a diverse city with a mix of different races and ethnicities. The population is around 155,000 people.

Education

Springfield has several schools and colleges providing educational opportunities. The city is home to Springfield College and Western New England University.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Springfield is lower than the national average, making it more affordable for residents.

Proximity to Bigger Cities

Springfield is located about 1.5 hours away from Boston, MA, and about 3 hours away from New York City, NY by car. Both cities offer a wide range of entertainment, cultural activities, and career opportunities.

Pros

Affordable cost of living
diverse population
access to big cities like Boston and New York.

Cons

Higher crime rates
cold winters
some areas may lack amenities.

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External Links

1. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=160XX00US2567000

2. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

3. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr

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UMass Chan - Baystate Program

Overview

Curriculum Overview

Call Schedule

Research Opportunities

Resident Support and Environment

Application Process

Competitiveness

Resident Benefits

Web sources

SmartPick

Program data

Program

Training

Quality of Life

Admission

Gender

Rotation Duration by Site

Benchmarks

Scores

Match History Matched positions of the program in previous years

Roster

Publications

Inflammatory pathways in transfusion-associated circulatory overload.

Circumferential endoscopic submucosal dissection of a 14-cm long-segment Barrett's esophagus with multifocal adenocarcinoma: a case report.

Location

Living in Springfield, MA

Crime Rate and Safety

Fun Activities

Climate

Races and Population

Education

Cost of Living

Proximity to Bigger Cities

Pros

Cons

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Other specialties near Springfield, MA

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