In three years of fellowship, fellows will have:

  • 12 blocks of Inpatient/Consults
  • 18 blocks of outpatient clinics and research
  • One block of bone marrow transplant at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • One block of Palliative care
  • One block of Hematopathology
  • One block of bank/transfusion medicine 
  • One block of Radiation Oncology
  • One block of Gynecology-Oncology 
  • Three blocks of vacations

Throughout the three years of training, except for vacations, fellows will have half a day of Hematology and half a day of Medical Oncology continuity clinic per week. Each block will be of four week durations. Vacation time will be utilized on any electives/research block. 

 

Outpatient Specialty Clinic Rotation - Selective (OPSC- S) 

It includes mandatory rotation in following seven clinics during fellowship:

  1. Breast cancer clinic
  2. Gastrointestinal/Pancreatic/Liver cancer clinic (GI)
  3. Genitourinary cancer clinic (GU)
  4. Lung/Thoracic cancer clinic (Lung)
  5. Head/neck cancer clinic (H/N)
  6. Malignant Hematology clinic (Mal Heme)
  7. Benign Hematology clinic (B Heme)
Outpatient Specialty Clinic Rotation - Elective (OPSC- E)

Electives include both outpatient clinics and research rotations. Electives can be any of the following clinics, which will be decided by the fellow. It will consist of additional rotations in OPSC- S and Bone marrow transplant clinic (BMT), Neuro-Oncology, Skin cancers including melanoma and Sarcoma clinic and Genetics clinic.

 

Rotations

  • Outpatient Specialty Clinic Rotation (OPSC)
  • Medical Oncology Continuity Clinic (MOCC)
  • Hematology Continuity Clinic (HCC)
  • Inpatient Hematology and Medical Oncology Consult service (IP/Consults)
  • Radiation Oncology Rotation (Rad Onc)
  • Palliative Care/Hospice/Pain Management Rotation (Palliative Care)
  • Research Elective
  • Gynecology-Oncology Rotation (Gyn-Onc)
  • Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
  • Hematopathology Rotation (HematoPath)
  • Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine/Coagulation (Blood Bank)