The Creighton University Medical Center Affiliated Hospitals Pathology Residency Program is fully accredited for four years of combined Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Education with approximately two entering positions yearly. Anatomic and clinical training is roughly evenly distributed throughout each year, with electives available during the fourth year.  The majority of rotations are at Creighton University Medical Center (Saint Joseph Hospital) laboratories, the primary teaching hospital of Creighton University, and the Omaha Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

The basic goal of the Program is to provide the framework for the individual to acquire the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to learn the art of pathology, so that at the completion of the program the resident is a board-eligible, competent pathologist and valued consultant to fellow physicians. This goal is achieved by extensive hands-on experience and daily interaction with staff pathologists, Ph.D. clinical laboratory scientists, clinicians, and medical technologists.

In addition to the primary pathology staff, a wide range of other Creighton University departmental faculty and community pathologists provide a full complement of instructors with interests covering all major areas of pathology.

The Creighton University Medical Center (Saint Joseph Hospital) laboratory works closely with the Creighton Medical Laboratories (CML), performing more than 400,000 individual tests and in combination approximately 12,300 specimens per year. This Laboratory serves the University outpatient clinics and many community physician offices and clinics.

The Omaha Veterans Affairs Medical Center Laboratory is a modern laboratory, annually performing more than 850,000 individual tests (3.4 million CAP Workload Units) and examining approximately 4,400 surgical specimens per year.