Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship

Strengths of our program

The exposure to a large and diverse patient population combined with didactic teaching and clinical mentorship from leaders within the field of pediatric hematology/oncology provides an excellent foundation for practice as a general hematologist/oncologist. Our fellows further stand out in the job market due to their ability to subspecialize their clinical practice (e.g. focus their clinical practice to high-risk leukemia, neuro oncology, non-malignant hematology and etc.) during the second and third years of training.

The program has a long history of developing successful physician investigators, in both clinical and basic science research. Because of this precedent, there are clearly defined training pathways for each avenue of research that are fully supported by the division and department, including bolstering traditional medical training with MSCI or MPH degrees and research support through foundation awards, intramural support or NIH training and career development awards (T32, KL2, K12, K08 and K23). Our fellows have published numerous articles in highly competitive areas of biomedical research, and they continue to maintain a history of success in acquiring extramural funding support. Thus, fellows who graduate from our program can be confident that they will meet the challenges they will face as they advance through their academic careers.

As evidence of our training and support of fellows with a diverse set of career goals, our recent graduates have accepted faculty positions (clinical and investigator track) across the nation, pursued additional fellowship training in stem cell transplant and accepted positions at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.