Fourth Year Advanced Training Fellowships Pediatric Long-Term Survivor Fellowship Program
As the population of childhood cancer survivors continues to grow rapidly, there are now opportunities for interested physicians to develop fulltime careers in survivorship. As part of the formal pediatric hematology-oncology fellowship training, fellows have limited exposure to survivorship.
This specialized Pediatric Long-Term Survivor Fellowship Advanced Training Program enhances the training of pediatric oncology fellowship graduates in survivorship as a field of medicine, but also excites the long-term survivor fellows in potential areas of research interest in survivorship.
Currently, there are no similar post graduate fellowship programs in survivorship, which makes this a truly unique educational experience for interested physicians.
Given the huge breadth of subspecialty expertise in the Texas Medical Center, we offer an exceptional learning environment for the fellows chosen to train with us. The survivor fellows have the opportunity to focus on a variety of areas, including: patient care, education and research. We offer exposure to a number of subspecialties that are of particular interest to maintaining the well-being of cancer survivors.
Goals and Objectives
The overall objective is to develop clinical expertise, leadership skills and research expertise in the field of long-term survivorship.
Specific clinical training goals include:
- To gain knowledge of the appropriate surveillance necessary for early detection and treatment of complications in long-term survivors
- To provide advanced training in the evaluation and management of long-term survivors of childhood cancer
- To improve the trainees’ knowledge of organ systems at risk following all aspects of cancer therapy through focused experiences with the appropriate sub-specialists
- To further enhance the teaching and leadership skills of trainees in pediatric cancer survivorship
Program Eligibility
Candidates should be American Board of Pediatrics eligible for pediatric hematology-oncology or should have received equivalent training as judged by the program director(s). Only individuals who have successfully completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology or equivalent training are eligible for this advanced training opportunity.
Foreign medical graduates and visa holders
At this time, we are only able to accept J-1 training visas, but not those with H1B visas.
Program Duration
One Year
Program Dates
July - June
Program Accreditation and Training Sites
Texas Medical Board: 503-48-05-36
Texas Children’s Hospital
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Curriculum
The curriculum will primarily include clinical outpatient care in the Survivor Clinic together with rotations in disciplines that common late effects are related to including: neuropsychology/psychology, radiation oncology, endocrinology, oncofertility, cancer genetics, cancer predisposition, and cardiology. Fellow will initiate a research project at the beginning of the fellowship year under the guidance of a mentor. While the fellow work on the research project throughout the 12 months of fellowship there will be 2 months dedicated solely for research. Particular attention will be paid for the feasibility to complete the project in one year. The fellow will attend (non-credit) undergraduate course titled “Cancer Survivorship” taught at BCM by our faculty. Fellow will attend one survivorship focused meeting during the fellowship. Fellow will also present 2 tumor board patient vignettes and two journal club presentations during the 12 months.
| Month | Rotation | Notes |
| July | Survivor Clinic 1 |
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| August | Psychology/Neuropsychology |
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| September | Survivor Clinic 2 |
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| October | Radiation Oncology |
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| November | Cardiology/Pulmonary |
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| December | Survivor Clinic 3 |
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| January | Endocrinology |
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| February | Oncofertility/Research |
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| March | Research |
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| April | Research/Elective |
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| May | Cancer Genetics/Predisposition Clinic |
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| June | Survivor Clinic 4 |
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Didactic
The trainee will actively participate in several recurrent educational conferences:
- Tumor Board: Tuesday afternoons (1 hr.)
- Texas Children's Cancer Center Departmental Research Seminar: Thursday mornings (1 hr.)
- Clinical and Research Mentor Meeting: weekly (1 hr.)
- Cancer Center Journal Club (1 hr., based on topic relevance)
- ‘Cancer Survivorship’ course (non-credited)
- Survivorship focused national meeting (at least one)
Contact Us
Address: 1102 Bates Ave., Ste. 1570, Houston, TX 77030
Program E-mail: txcheducation@texaschildrens.org
Long-Term Survivor Fellowship Clinical Director: ZoAnn Dreyer, MD
Long-Term Survivor Fellowship Program Director
YoungNa Lee-Kim, MD
Apply
Fellows interested in this fellowship training program must complete and submit an application along with three letters of reference, a curriculum vitae and a statement of interest.