Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship
The Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program at Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, is an ACGME-accredited program offering six first-year fellowship positions per year. As one of the nation’s largest and most diverse training programs, it is designed to prepare trainees for academic careers in the subspecialty.
Situated in the world-renowned Texas Medical Center, Texas Children’s Hospital is within walking distance of many prestigious academic institutions such as Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, and the University of Texas School of Public Health, providing fellows with exceptional opportunities for collaboration and education.
Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center has nearly 200 clinical and research faculty who are committed to training board-eligible and board-certified pediatricians to become subspecialists and leaders in pediatric hematology-oncology. The vast array of clinical service opportunities, preeminent faculty, and state-of-the-art research programs at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine provide the ideal setting for this specialized training. Designed to prepare physicians for academic careers, this comprehensive career-development program affords opportunities for fellows to work alongside renowned faculty physicians and researchers to gain valuable in-depth clinical and laboratory research experience.
Trainees receive outstanding clinical experience in both common and rare disorders within the field, at a large tertiary care facility with access to specialists from a wide array of other pediatric subspecialties to provide comprehensive and multidisciplinary care to the most complex patients. Over 4,220 new pediatric patients with cancer and hematologic disorders are referred to Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Center each year, allowing fellows to participate in the evaluation and management of a diverse range of clinical problems related to hematology, oncology, stem cell transplantation, and vascular anomalies.
Beyond the three years of ACGME-accredited fellowship training in pediatric hematology-oncology, we offer various fourth year advanced training opportunities focused on specific clinical subspecialties.
Overview
The large clinical service and state-of-the-art research programs at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center and Baylor College of Medicine provide an ideal environment for training in pediatric hematology-oncology. Fellows work closely with faculty who are leaders in their leaders in their clinical and research areas of expertise to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to advance the field through clinical innovation and scientific discovery.
The initial 13 months of fellowship are dedicated to obtaining comprehensive clinical skills in pediatric hematology-oncology. With disease-specific teams in both the inpatient and outpatient clinical training environments, fellows are supervised by faculty who have expertise in the corresponding disease areas. There is graduated clinical responsibility given to fellows as their knowledge and experience increase.
During their first year, fellows will select a clinical or laboratory based research experience to pursue in their second and third years. The fellow and research mentor will then identify appropriate members for the fellow’s individualized Scholarship Oversight Committee.
Fellows have the opportunity to pursue an additional fourth year of training in their area of clinical interest.
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