Official ERAS 2027 listing
- ERAS 2027 status
- Participating
- Program signals
- Takes part in program signaling for ERAS 2027 (5 signals per applicant in this specialty)
- Track
- Not stated in the program name
- AAMC badges
- None
- ACGME ID
- 3003611270
- Program website
- school.wakehealth.edu/Education-and-Training/Residencies-and-Fellowshi (as listed by AAMC)
Source: AAMC ERAS 2027 Participating Specialties & Programs, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, updated Nov 16, 2026.
Requirements
What the program's website says
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- Interviews
Interview Release Date - October 15, 2026, at 4 p.m. source
Interview Window - October 22, 2026 - December 17, 2026 source
Candidates will be notified by email of available dates to schedule an interview. source
Multiple failures make it unlikely that such an applicant will be invited to interview. source
- Visa
We support J1 Visas from international applicants. source
- USMLE / COMLEX
USMLE Step I and II scores (USMLE and COMLEX score are acceptable) source
Do you have a cut off for USMLE scores? We do not have cutoffs for USMLE scores. source
- US clinical experience
Do you offer observerships in pathology for post-graduate physicians? Maintaining an optimal training environment for our residents, fellows and medical students must take precedence. source
- Letters of recommendation
3 to 4 letters of recommendation to be addressed to the program director (at least one of which from a pathologist) source
Is experience in pathology necessary? Most successful medical school applicants have taken at least one elective in pathology and have obtained a letter of recommendation from at least one pathologist supervising their work. source
Contacts listed on the program's website
- Program director: Mark Anthony Giffen, DO · mark.giffen@advocatehealth.org source
- Associate program director: Heath Tayton Blankenship, MD · heath.blankenship@advocatehealth.org source
- Program coordinator: Amanda Goldsmith source
- Program director: Giovanni Insuasti, MD · giovanni.insuastibeltran@advocatehealth.org source
- Associate program director: Mark Anthony Giffen, DO · mark.giffen@advocatehealth.org source
From the program's own website, updated Nov 15, 2026. Staff change, so check the source page before you write, and keep emails short: one clear question, your AAMC ID, and no attachments unless they ask.
Where current residents went to medical school
Counted from the program's own residents page (page 1 · page 2) on Nov 15, 2026. We count lines that name a country or medical school, not people, and we do not store names, so treat the numbers as approximate and check the page.
Medical schools named
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine 16
- Wake Forest School of Medicine 1
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