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Sanford Health - ND - AP/CP Pathologist with Cytopathology or Breast subspecialt

Sanford Health, Fargo, ND, United States


FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA (USA). Sanford Health's multi-subspecialty pathology group is seeking an AP/CP Board Certified, Cytopathology or Breast subspecialty fellowship-trained pathologist for a 1.0 FTE position. Additional surgical pathology fellowship training preferred but not required.

  • Collegial group of 14 pathologists that value integrity, honesty, teamwork, and communication, with equal sharing of workload and equal holiday and vacation priority, regardless of years of service
  • Work/life balance is a primary focus
  • All pathologists are subspecialty fellowship-trained and the practice is crafted to allow pathologists to sign out primarily or solely in their fellowship-trained areas
  • Department works closely with the Roger Maris Cancer Center and the Edith Sanford Breast Center, along with multidisciplinary subspecialists in radiology, surgery, and oncology
  • Wide variety of complex and routine cases across organ systems, including rare/interesting cases
  • Guaranteed competitive salary first 2 years with upside after year 1 (upside is equal across pathologists with no partner buy-in; Pathologists are hospital/enterprise-employed, not privately contracted)
  • Relocation stipend and yearly renewing CME funds
  • No research or teaching required, although available
  • Minimum of 6 weeks time off in year 1; vacation time increases with additional years of service
  • Grossing, histology, and cytology labs are on-site with pathologists; minimal to no travel required
  • PAs & grossing staff perform all gross dissections, including frozen sections
  • No autopsies
  • Infrequent on-call duties (5-6 weeks/year) and non-burdensome/light; pathology technician is also on-call 24/7/365 to support, including cutting frozen sections for on-call pathologist
  • Comprehensive benefits including dental, vision, disability & malpractice insurance, and 401k w/match
  • Sponsor of H1B visa, cap-exempt


Sanford Health is dedicated to employee & patient wellness. It is one of the largest health systems in the United States, is dedicated to the integrated delivery of health care, genomic medicine, senior care and services, global clinics, research and affordable insurance. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization includes 46 hospitals, 1,500 physicians and more than 200 Good Samaritan Society senior care locations in 26 states and 10 countries. Learn more at https://sanfordcareers.com/physicians.

Sanfords Fargo Region has over 660 licensed beds and employs 640 physicians. Fargo is a metropolitan area with a population of about 240,000 and roughly 30,000 college students. Clear blue lakes are just 45 minutes from Fargo in west-central Minnesota, and Minneapolis/St. Paul is just a three hour drive. The community is known for steady growth, highly-trained workforce with an unemployment rate under 3%, business-friendly environment, outstanding quality of life, strong public/private schools, international airport, low crime, and reasonable costs of living.