Program Details

First Year

Fellows spend 6 of the months inpatient covering the hematology/oncology service, the inpatient BMT service and performing inpatient consultations. The first year also encompasses a skills block (held in July), palliative care and neuro-oncology rotations, subspeciality clinics (e.g. sickle cell disease, vascular anomalies, hemophilia and bone marrow transplantation), elective time (allowing fellows to tailor their training to suit their interests) and time for research exploration.  Fellows attend a half-day continuity clinic throughout the year.

Second and Third Years

The second and third years are devoted primarily to research and classwork (for fellows pursuing masters degrees or certificates). The second year also encompasses brief rotations in pathology, hematopathology, transfusion medicine, radiation oncology and palliative care. The third year includes 2-4 weeks serving as junior inpatient attending. Fellows continue to attend their half-day continuity clinic during the second and third year.  

Fellows may also choose to allocate time during their second and third year to obtain additional clinical experience in subspecialty areas to further develop expertise. For example, for fellows interested in AYA oncology, this could include regularly attending adult sarcoma and lymphoma patients clinics. For fellows interested in global oncology, this could involve a global oncology elective in a middle or low-income country.

Call and Vacation

Fellows take call one night a week and one weekend a month throughout the three years. They have 4 weeks of vacation time annually.

Research

Second- and third-year fellows are offered a variety of opportunities for clinical, health equity, translational and basic research. These opportunities are available through our division, the Wilmot Cancer Institute, the University of Rochester more broadly and beyond. We create individualized scholarship oversight and mentoring committees to guide fellows through their fellowship research experience. We will form a committee that is optimally suited for your project. This may include enlisting the support of faculty from other institutions.

Masters Degree and Certificate Programs

We encourage our fellows to take advantage of the opportunity to complete a master’s degree or certificate program during their second and third years. For fellows interested in careers with an emphasis on clinical research, health services research, global oncology or health equity research, the University offers a master’s in public health and a masters in clinical investigation. For fellows interested in careers with a focus on education, the University offers a masters in health profession education (Health Professions Education Master's Degree (MS) or Advanced Certificate). For fellows interested in careers involving narrative medicine, health humanities or bioethics, the University offers a master’s in health humanities and bioethics. The University also offer less demanding certificate programs in all these areas. We will cover 95% of the tuition.

Didactics

Fellows participate in weekly board review sessions, a monthly academic and professional development half-day, and our monthly Segel Symposium (a series featuring invited internal and outside speakers). Fellows also participate in journal club, tumor boards and subspeciality conferences including neuro-oncology conference and bone marrow transplant conference.