The program is structured in a way to strengthen your benign hematology in the first year and then gradually work on your oncology knowledge as you progress through the fellowship.
The inpatient service covers two hospitals with a focus on benign and malignant hematology as well as initial work up for solid tumors. Radiation oncology, palliative care, Hematopathology, Bone marrow transplant are each one month rotations and included to help you become a well-rounded oncologist.
The backbone of our curriculum is the outpatient rotations at multiple sites with our dedicated faculty. This is a time where you are exposed to clinical trials and data that help set the standard of care of our current practice but also lets you appreciate the ever-growing field of oncology.
Specific Program Content
The etiology of cancer including predisposing causal factors leading to neoplasia.
Fundamental concepts of cellular and molecular biology, cytogenetics, immunology, basic and clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicity and tumor immunology.
Etiology, epidemiology and natural history of cancer.
Diagnosis, pathology, staging and management of neoplastic disorders.
Immune markers, Immunophenotyping, cytochemical studies and cytogenetic and DNA analysis of the neoplastic disorders.
Molecular mechanisms of neoplasia including the nature of oncogenes and their products.
Principles of organ specific cancers and multidisciplinary management.
Pathophysiology and patterns of tumor metastasis.
Indications and applications of imaging techniques in patients with neoplastic disorders.
Chemotherapeutic drugs, biologic products and growth factors and their mechanisms of actions, pharmacokinetics, clinical indications, limitations, including their effects and toxicity and interactions.
Multi-agent chemotherapeutic protocols and combined modality therapy of neoplastic disorders.
Principles and indications and limitations of surgery and radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer.
Principles of, indications for, and complications of various bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplant, peripheral stem cell harvest, including the management of post-transplant patients.
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy.
Concept of supportive/comprehensive care including hematology, infectious disease and nutritional support.
Management of the neutropenic and/or immunocompromised patient.
Pain management in the cancer patient.
Rehabilitation and psychosocial aspects of clinical management of the cancer patient.
Hospice and home care for the cancer patient.
Recognition and management of the paraneoplastic disorders.
Cancer prevention and screening.
Clinical epidemiology and medical statistics including clinical study and experimental protocol design, data collection and analysis.
Participation in a multidisciplinary tumor board.
Personal growth and attitudes for coping skills of physicians and allied health care professionals who care for critically ill patients.
Immunodeficiency virus-related malignancies.
Principles, indications and boundaries of surgery, radiation and drug therapy in the management and treatment of cancer and combined modality therapy.
