The MSK APP Oncology Fellowship is comprised of nine different subspecialty tracks. The subspecialty in which the APP fellow is enrolled is where their clinical studies will be focused. You may learn more about each of the APP fellowship subspecialty tracks below.
*Of note, this subspecialty track runs for 15 months from July until October.
Critical Care Medicine Subspecialty Track Overview
The Critical Care Medicine subspecialty track is designed to provide comprehensive, multimodality training to prepare APPs for the independent management of critically ill oncology patients. The program consists of a structured educational curriculum created to enhance critical thinking in addition to clinical opportunities to manage a diverse oncology patient population in the critical care environment as well as other services throughout the institution.
Clinical Rotations | |
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
ICU | 27 Weeks |
ICU Consults | 4 Weeks |
Core Rotations | Duration |
Cardiology | 1 Week |
Hematology | 1 Week |
Infectious Disease | 1 Week |
Mobile IR | 1 Week |
Neurology/Neuro Advanced Care Unit | 2 Weeks |
Pulmonology | 1 Week |
Renal | 1 Week |
Supportive Care | 1 Week |
Step Down Unit | 2 Weeks |
Elective Rotations | Duration |
Fellow Choice (Up to 2 Rotations) | 1-2 Weeks Each (4 Weeks Max.) |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
Geriatric Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview
The Geriatric Oncology subspecialty track is designed to promote comprehensive, patient-specific care to older adults with cancer. This includes a strong emphasis on understanding geriatric syndromes, promoting patient autonomy, risk stratification prior to cancer treatment, and safe care transitions. The goal of this comprehensive program is to prepare the APP to deliver efficient, safe, patient-centered, and specialized care to a diverse geriatric patient population as part of a collaborative interdisciplinary healthcare team. This fellowship subspecialty track will highlight the complex needs of older adults with cancer and provide the fellow with a comprehensive outlook on providing patient-centered care. This fellowship subspecialty track aims to prepare APPs to be outstanding clinicians and champions of the care of older adults with cancer.
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
Geriatric Oncology Inpatient | 19 Weeks |
Geriatric Oncology Outpatient | 13 Weeks |
Core Rotations | Duration |
General Internal Medicine | 2 Weeks |
Neurology | 1 Week |
Cardiology | 1 Week |
Pulmonology | 1 Week |
Medical Oncology | 2 Weeks |
Surgical Oncology | 1 Week |
Benign Hematology | 1 Week |
Psychiatry | 1 Week |
Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapies | 1 Week |
Supportive Care Services | 1 Week |
Urgent Care Center, Ambulatory Extended Recovery, or Pre-Surgical Testing | 1 Week |
Renal Service | 1 Week |
Elective Rotations | Duration |
Fellow Choice | 1 Week |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
Hematology/Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview
The Hematology/Oncology subspecialty track is designed to promote comprehensive, patient-specific care for the adult medical oncology population. The fellow will train in medical oncology practices through an educational framework and will learn to manage complex patients with various hematologic malignancies. The goal of this fellowship subspecialty track is to provide comprehensive training throughout various malignant hematology/oncology practices and the associated interdisciplinary teams to build an APP competent in this area of specialty.
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
Leukemia Inpatient/Outpatient | 6 Weeks |
Myeloma Inpatient/Outpatient | 6 Weeks |
Lymphoma Inpatient/Outpatient | 6 Weeks |
Bone Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapies Inpatient/Outpatient | 6 Weeks |
Core Rotations | Duration |
Procedure Clinic | 4 Weeks |
Radiation Oncology | 2 Weeks |
Pathology | 1 Week |
Benign Hematology Inpatient/Outpatient | 1 Week |
Fertility Preservation | 1 Week |
Survivorship | 1 Week |
Elective/Area of Specialization | Duration |
Fellow Choice | 8 Weeks |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
Hospice and Palliative Care Subspecialty Track Overview
The Hospice and Palliative Care subspecialty track is designed to equip qualified, committed, creative, and caring APPs with the clinical and academic expertise to become future leaders in palliative and supportive care. Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in this program work with members of the Supportive Care Service and train side by side with physician fellows. The interprofessional approach of the twin fellowship programs, in which NPs, PAs, and doctors train side by side in a world-renowned cancer center, ensures that graduates are uniquely prepared for collaborative care and team science. Upon completion of a fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NPs and PAs are prepared for independent practice and continued professional advancement in the palliative care subspecialty.
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
Supportive Care Inpatient Orientation | 4-5 Weeks |
Supportive Care Inpatient Consult Service Independent Patient Management | 24 Weeks (Divided between 4 disease cohorts) |
Core Rotations | Duration |
Inpatient Hospice | 4 Weeks |
Geriatric Oncology | 1 Week |
Inpatient Solid Tumor Oncology | 1 Week |
VNS Home Hospice | 2 Weeks |
Outpatient Supportive Care Clinic | 1 Afternoon per Week |
Elective Rotations | Duration |
Fellow Choice | 7-8 Weeks |
Research Elective | 1-2 Weeks |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
Neurology/Neurosurgery Subspecialty Track Overview
The Neurology/Neurosurgery subspecialty track is designed to promote practice transition and professional development for APPs serving the Neurology/Neurosurgery oncology patient population as part of a collaborative interdisciplinary healthcare team. This fellowship experience provides comprehensive and formalized training to the APP through a structured educational framework of didactic and “hands-on” experiences. With the support and guidance of an experienced leadership team, the APP fellow will develop their critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills to prepare them for independent practice as a proficient clinician in the highly specialized field of Neuro-Oncology.
Clinical Rotations | |
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
Neurology Inpatient | 6 Weeks |
Neurology Consult | 6 Weeks |
Neurosurgery Inpatient | 6 Weeks |
Neurology/Neuro-Oncology Outpatient Clinic | 8 Weeks |
Neuro Acute Care Unit | 6 Weeks |
Core Rotations | Duration |
Neurosurgery Outpatient | 2 Weeks |
Neuroradiology | 2 Weeks |
Radiation Oncology | 2 Weeks |
Elective Rotations | Duration |
Fellow Choice | 8 Weeks |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview
The Pediatric Hematology/Oncology subspecialty track is designed to provide comprehensive training with the goal of developing well-prepared Pediatric Hematology/Oncology APPs. Fellows are supported by a structured educational framework combining didactic and experiential learning to promote and advance their critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills, enabling them to provide safe, efficient, patient-centered, and specialized care to a diverse pediatric hematology/oncology patient population.
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
Pediatric Sarcoma Outpatient | 3 Weeks |
Pediatric Neuroblastoma Outpatient | 3 Weeks |
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Outpatient | 3 Weeks |
Pediatric Hematologic Malignancies Outpatient | 3 Weeks |
Pediatric Surgery Outpatient | 2 Weeks |
Pediatric Surgery Inpatient | 2 Weeks |
Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Outpatient | 2 Weeks |
Pediatric Stem Call Transplant and Cellular Therapies Inpatient | 4 Weeks |
Pediatric Critical Care | 6 Weeks |
Core Rotations | Duration |
Pediatric Long Term Follow Up | 1 Week |
Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care | 2 Weeks |
Elective Rotations | Duration |
Fellow Choice | 1 Week |
Area of Specialization | Duration |
Fellow Choice | 18 Weeks |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
Psycho-Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview
The Psycho-Oncology subspecialty track prepares APPs to deliver thorough and specialized patient-centered care for adult psycho-oncology patients. This includes a strong focus on understanding psychiatric symptoms, adverse effects from cancer medications, behavioral emergencies, consultation-liaison psychiatry, and the interdisciplinary field of psycho-oncology. This fellowship subspecialty track highlights complex psychiatric cases in the inpatient and outpatient population, with a wide range of clinical experiences. APP fellows in the psycho-oncology track work with members of the psychiatry service and have didactic experiences alongside other APP and physician fellows. In addition, APP fellows are exposed to a variety of related specialties to allow for collaborative critical thinking. This fellowship subspecialty track provides APP fellows the opportunity to grow to be exceptional clinicians, develop academic expertise, and become future leaders in the field.
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
Blended Inpatient Clinical Psychiatry and Outpatient Psychiatry (Outpatient beginning after first 4 months) | 43 Weeks |
Core Rotations | Duration |
Supportive Care | 2 Weeks |
Geriatric Oncology | 2 Weeks |
Palliative Care/Hospice VNSNY | 3 Weeks |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
Solid Tumor Medical Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview
The Solid Tumor Medical Oncology subspecialty track is designed to promote comprehensive, patient-specific care for the adult medical oncology population. The fellow will train in medical oncology practices through an educational framework and will learn to manage complex medical oncology patients. The goal of this subspecialty track is to provide comprehensive training throughout the various medical oncology practices and the associated interdisciplinary teams to build an APP competent in this subspecialty.
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
Gynecological Medicine | 4 Weeks |
Breast Medicine | 4 Weeks |
Lung Medicine | 4 Weeks |
Genitourinary Medicine | 4 Weeks |
Gastrointestinal Medicine | 3 Weeks |
Head/Neck and Melanoma Medicine | 2 Weeks |
Neuro-Oncology | 2 Weeks |
Radiation Oncology | 2 Weeks |
Core Rotations | Duration |
Supportive Care | 1 Week |
Urgent Care Center/Clinical Decisions Unit | 1 Week |
Rapid Response Team/ICU Consult | 1 Week |
Phase I Early Drug Development | 1 Week |
Nocturnal Rotation | 4 Weeks |
Elective Rotations (Fellow Chooses 3) | Duration (2 Weeks Each/6 Weeks Total) |
Malignant Hematology/BMT | |
Benign Hematology | |
Infectious Disease | |
Renal | |
Endocrine | |
IR/Mobile IR | |
Psychiatry | |
Survivorship | |
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery | |
Pulmonary | |
Elective/Area of Specialization (Fellow Choice) | Duration (6 Weeks) |
Women’s Health | |
Men’s Health | |
Lung | |
Head/Neck and Melanoma Medicine | |
Radiation Oncology | |
Gastrointestinal Malignancy |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Physician Assistant
Surgical Oncology Subspecialty Track Overview
The Surgical Oncology subspecialty track is designed to give the APP the opportunity to rotate through various surgical specialties. The core rotations will heavily focus on time in the operating room and the development of surgical skills. There will also be exposure to the outpatient surgical clinics and some inpatient floor work on surgical services to provide a comprehensive learning experience centered on providing care to patients with cancer who require surgical intervention.
Clinical Rotations | |
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Core Curriculum | Duration |
Orientation | 1 Week |
Head and Neck Surgery (Josie Robertson Surgical Center) | 4 Weeks |
Head and Heck Surgery (Main Campus) | 4 Weeks |
Plastic Surgery (Josie Robertson Surgical Center) | 4 Weeks |
Plastic Surgery (Main Campus) | 4 Weeks |
Breast Surgery | 8 Weeks |
Genitourinary Surgery (Josie Robertson Surgical Center) | 4 Weeks |
Genitourinary Surgery (Main Campus) | 4 Weeks |
Gynecological Surgery (Main Campus) | 4 Weeks |
Gynecological Surgery (Josie Robertson Surgical Center) | 4 Weeks |
Robotic Surgery (Main Campus) | 4 Weeks |
Elective/Area of Specialization | Duration |
Fellow Choice | 7 Weeks |
Track-Specific Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be trained at the master’s level or higher as a(n):
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with First Assist Certification
- Family Nurse Practitioner with First Assist Certification
- Physician Assistant