Anatomic Pathology residency in Saudi Arabia
Diagnosing disease from tissue, cells and autopsy specimens under the microscope.
Lowest accepted score 2026 (median): 74.2%. Training length: 5 years.
Rotations during residency
- Histopathology laboratory (technical)
- General anatomic pathology (surgical pathology, grossing, frozen sections)
- Cytopathology
- Liver pathology
- Renal pathology
- Dermatopathology
- Neuropathology
- Autopsy (elective)
- Research (elective)
- Molecular pathology (elective)
- Annual leave
Schedule overview
- R1: Histopathology lab (1 month), general anatomic pathology (10 months), basic course for R1
- R2: General anatomic pathology (11 months)
- R3: General anatomic pathology (7 to 11 months) with liver, neuropathology, dermatopathology, renal (1 month each, R3 to R5)
- R4 to R5: General anatomic pathology (6 to 11 months a year), cytopathology (2 months), electives: autopsy and research (1 month each)
Most common encounters
- Biopsies and resections
- Frozen sections during surgery
- Cancer staging reports
- Fine needle aspiration and cervical smears
- Kidney and liver biopsies
- Skin biopsies
- Autopsy cases
Most common procedures
- Specimen grossing
- Frozen section cutting and reporting
- Special stains and immunohistochemistry review
- Autopsy dissection
- Intraoperative consultations
Fellowships after residency
- Breast pathology (1 to 2 years)
- Gastrointestinal and liver (1 to 2 years)
- Gynecologic pathology (1 to 2 years)
- Renal pathology (1 to 2 years)
- Neuropathology (1 to 2 years)
- Dermatopathology (1 to 2 years)
- Cytopathology (1 year)
- Molecular pathology (1 to 2 years)
- Hematopathology (1 to 2 years)
Lowest accepted score by city
- Riyadh: 2026 58.1%, 2025 73.4%
- Taif: 2026 71.1%, 2025 71.0%
- Dhahran: 2026 74.0%, 2025 74.7%
- Dammam: 2026 74.2%, 2025 74.4%
- Khobar: 2026 75.3%, 2025 83.0%
- Jeddah: 2026 75.5%, 2025 73.5%
- Medina: 2026 78.1%, 2025 71.3%
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