The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NYPH-WC/MSK) Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship program is a combined training program with the benefits of a traditional children’s hospital and access to all the resources of the world’s largest comprehensive cancer center. This fellowship provides comprehensive clinical training with unique subspecialized hematology, oncology, and cellular therapy outpatient and inpatient rotations at both MSK and NYPH-WC with integrated basic, clinical, and translational research and hands-on mentorship.
The Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Training Program has two main objectives:
- Deliver broad training in the evaluation and care of children and young adults with blood disorders and cancer
- Develop highly qualified, productive investigators in clinical and/or laboratory-based hematological and cancer research.
Program Overview:
- Three-year Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited fellowship
- Combined training program: Fellows are appointed as members of both institutions (MSK and NYPH-WC)
- Clinical rotations in the first year consist of a mix of inpatient services on oncology, hematology-oncology, and transplant and cellular therapy mixed with outpatient experience at MSK and NYPH-WC
- The second and third years of fellowship are protected time for research, with ongoing responsibilities in the outpatient continuity clinic to maintain clinical skills
- Class of six fellows per year