Oncology includes four faculty members, two nurse clinicians and a research nurse.
All pediatric housestaff rotate on the hematology-oncology service. The UK Chandler Medical Center serves as a tertiary care center for children from Central and Eastern Kentucky with a wide variety of hematologic and oncologic problems. The division has an active inpatient service, with a usual daily census of eight to 12 patients. In the outpatient setting, house officers gain considerable experience evaluating children with hematologic disorders and suspected cancer and participate actively in their treatment and follow-up. Last year, approximately 3,000 patient visits were recorded in the hematology-oncology clinic, which is held daily.