Clinical Rotations, Curriculum & Training Sites


Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program Overview

The fellowship program of the Division of Hematology/Oncology is a training program leading to board eligibility in hematology and medical oncology (three years).

The program is designed to produce superior subspecialists who are prepared for careers in academic medicine or clinical practice.

Clinical and Research Experience

The medical oncology training emphasizes methods of diagnosis, staging, management and treatment of solid tumors. The hematology training focuses on coagulation, hematologic malignancies, anemias, hemoglobinopathies and qualitative and quantitative disorders of leukocytes and platelets. All fellows rotate with in-patient BMT service.

Elective rotations include radiation oncology, hematopathology, gynecologic oncology, coagulation and community practice. All fellows participate in educational conferences and are required to engage in clinical or laboratory research projects with members of the faculty. A maximum of 12 months is available for focused clinical/basic science research.

Applicants must have three years of accredited postgraduate education in internal medicine and must be eligible for or have passed the ABIM examination.