Surgical Pathology Fellowship

Caroline Early was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. She attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia as an undergraduate, where she received her undergraduate degree in Biology and Psychology. At Georgia, she discovered her interest in research while working in an entomology lab studying bacterial symbionts which live in the gut of aphids. After college, she worked as a medical scribe, rotating through several emergency departments in North Carolina, before starting medical school at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. She discovered the practice of pathology through her M1 histology course, and ultimately decided to spend the summer after her first year immersed in autopsy research. From this experience, she knew she had found her passion in pathology. She went on to do longitudinal research with hospital autopsies through her medical school's Research Distinction Track. She tutored peers in Microbiology & Immunology and led a pathology interest group at her medical school. Caroline enjoys trying new restaurants, tasting and brewing beer, true crime, and playing with (getting scratched by) her cat, Claire.

Ciera was born and raised in rural Pennsylvania. She received her B.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA, and went on to medical school at Saint Louis University in Missouri. While in medical school, she completed a post-sophomore fellowship in pathology, acting as a first-year resident in the pathology department for one year. It was during this year that she discovered her love of surgical pathology, in particular prostate pathology. She moved back to the east coast to complete her residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where her interest in genitourinary pathology continued to grow along with a passion for education. She enjoyed being a part of medical school and resident teaching and hopes to continue to be involved in trainee education throughout her career. She is currently working as Surgical Pathology Assistant at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, furthering her knowledge in general surgical pathology. She will then be pursuing a Genitourinary Pathology fellowship at Johns Hopkins with a special interest in prostate pathology. In her free time, Ciera enjoys relaxing with a good book and spending time with her husband, toddler, two dogs, and pet pig.

Matthew Gabrielson was born in Baltimore, MD, and grew up on a small farm just outside of the city, in Baltimore County. He received his B.S. in Biochemistry from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. Matt earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Bronx, NY. While in undergrad and medical school, he researched various imaging techniques to measure PD-L1 expression in mouse models for human cancer at Johns Hopkins University. As a medical student, he also studied the role of various immune cells in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma at Montefiore Medical Center. Matt is a huge Ravens fan, and has a passion for sports, history, computers, and the outdoors.