Program Details
Clinical Rotations (Years 1 and 2)
The first two years of fellowship focus on providing comprehensive clinical training in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Rotations include:
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
- Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
- Gastrointestinal and Thoracic Oncology
- Breast, Gynecologic, Genitourinary and Head and Neck Oncology
- Melanoma, Sarcoma, and Neurologic Oncology
- Phase I Therapeutics
- Palliative Care
- Benign Hematology Consultation
- Hematopathology
- Laboratory Medicine: Including Coagulation, Transfusion Medicine, Cell Therapy
- Immunocompromised Infectious Disease
Scholarly Activity (Year 3)
Fellows spend the majority of the third year engaged in mentored scholarly activities. These may encompass projects in clinical research, health services research, translational or laboratory-based research, community engagement and outreach, medical education, or other initiatives tailored to the individual fellow’s career objectives.
Continuity Clinic
Throughout their training, fellows participate in mentored continuity clinics lasting 6–12 months, one day a week.
Didactics
Fellows have at least one afternoon a week protected for educational time. Fellows take part in longitudinal curricula in social determinants of health and communication in cancer care. They also attend an annual medical writing workshop series.
Weekly Conferences
In addition to the formal didactic curriculum, a full schedule of divisional conferences and tumor boards are available to round out the fellows’ educational activities, including:
Tumor Boards
- Liquid Tumor Board
- GI Tumor Board
- Thoracic Tumor Board
- Breast Oncology Tumor Board
- Gynecologic Oncology Tumor Board
Research Meetings
- Lymphoma Research Meeting (weekly)
- Myeloma Research Meeting (weekly)
- BMT Research Meeting (every other week)
- Phase I Therapeutics Meeting (weekly)
Divisionwide Conferences
- Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds
Annual Conferences
- Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Review at JTCC
- Annual ASH Review at JTCC
- Annual ASCO Review at JTCC