There are two positions available for each year for a total of six fellows for the entire program. Luke's Medical Center, a 1,000-bed tertiary care teaching hospital where the subspecialty fellows participate in rotations on the hematology service, the bone marrow transplant unit and preceptorships with individual medical oncology faculty members. In addition, they may take electives in other programs including radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, pathology and psychosocial oncology. There are several major basic science research efforts being carried out within the program. Many of these research efforts are funded through competitive grants.
All fellows participate in research.
There are two teaching conferences that are intended to provide a structured core curriculum. Other weekly conferences include the Tumor Board, Rush Cancer Institute Lecture Series and Lymphoma Conference.