The flagship three-year Medical Oncology program is aimed at providing the optimal training experience to qualify fellows for the subspecialty exam in medical oncology given by the American Board of Internal Medicine and to provide training for an academic career in Medical Oncology. The first of three years is devoted to clinical subspecialty training. The latter two years are largely dedicated to clinical investigation or laboratory research under faculty guidance. Other tracks are also available.
Manuscripts are prepared and presentations before national organizations are encouraged.
The potential to serve as a junior attending during the third year exists. There is a strong commitment to education, and fellows are prepared for careers in academia. Other conferences consider subjects such as morbidity and mortality, protocol development, and investigational therapeutics. Quarterly Internal Medicine and weekly Medical Oncology Grand Rounds feature national and international authorities. A weekly lecture series for the fellows is held, which includes, in part, the topics of cancer epidemiology, clinical trial design, biostatistics, clinical pharmacology, molecular biology, flow cytometry, cytogenetics, and cancer cell biology.