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Curriculum

We offer a flexible training environment where fellows have the opportunity to pursue an academic career in clinical or basic science research. Fellows select mentored tracks based on discussion with program leadership during the initial year of fellowship and their overall career goals. All fellows complete requirements for ABIM boarding in both hematology and oncology.

Mentored Tracks

Fellows select mentored tracks based on discussion with program leadership during initial year of fellowship and their overall career goals. All fellows complete requirements for double- or single-ABIM boarding.

Clinical Investigator Track

Fellows will engage in clinical training and research in a disease subspecialty with an identified mentor. Fellows will have increasing disease-specific clinical responsibility and scholarly activities in years 2 and 3. Protected time is provided for success in these goals. Specifically, fellows will:

Select 2-4 half-day outpatient clinics per week
Run the fellows Benign Hematology clinic (6 months)
Participate in inpatient Hematology/Oncology Consult Service, Hematologic Malignancies, Bone Marrow Transplant services
Receive focused didactics/workshops in Study design and conduct, Leadership, Biostatistics, Grant Writing, Bioinformatics, Conduct of Clinical Research, and other areas. Opportunities for Master’s degree also exist
Select a career focus from a variety of areas including clinical research (clinical trials), qualitative research, outcomes and disparities research, quality assurance research, education, and many other domains
Have a well-defined research project(s) updated regularly with deadlines for research milestones
Submit their work as abstract submissions to national and international meetings
Be mentored on author manuscript submission, intramural and extramural grant submissions (Wilmot, YIA, Pilot)

Clinician Track

Fellows will engage in deepening expertise in a disease subspecialty (or subspecialties). Fellows train with increasing disease specific clinical responsibility and scholarly activities in years 2 and 3. Fellows will:

Select 4-5 half-day outpatient clinics per week
Run the fellows Benign Hematology clinic (6 months)
Participate in the Inpatient Hematology/Oncology Consult Service, Hematologic Malignancies, and Bone Marrow Transplant services
Strengthen interdisciplinary training through electives in Pathology, Hematopathology, Blood Bank, Genetics, Radiation Oncology, Rural Medicine, and others.
Select a scholarly project focused on clinical research (clinical trials), qualitative research, outcomes and disparities research, quality assurance research, education, and many other domains
Have a well-defined scholarly project(s) updated regularly with deadlines for research milestones
Submit their work as abstract submissions to national and international meetings
Be mentored on author manuscript submission, and encouraged to submit intramural and extramural grant submissions (Wilmot, YIA, Pilot)