Two fellows per year are accepted into the program. Applicants are required to have completed three years of Internal Medicine residency training and be eligible for examination by the American Board of Internal Medicine or certified in Internal Medicine. Facilities T he Oncology Fellowship Program is based at the Scott and White in Temple, Texas. Over two thousand new cancer patients are seen each year at the two hospitals, approximately 1,600 at Scott and White and 500 at the VA Center. An additional year of research is available for highly motivated fellows with interest in pursuing an academic career.
Fellows participate in two half day continuation follow-up clinic per week.
All are weekly conferences except for Cancer Grand Rounds and Journal Club, which are held monthly. Fellows are expected, and helped by faculty in clinical oncology and hematology, to pursue parallel clinical and basic aspects of medical problems. Fellows will interact with radiation oncology, surgical oncology, pathology, and medical subspecialties. Research Activities R esearch in the Division of Hematology and Oncology focuses on basic and clinical aspects of human neoplasia. There is an active basic research program in immunobiology and cytokine biology.