In our comprehensive three-year fellowship program, you will receive a broad range of hands-on clinical experience and individualized instruction from nationally known physicians and investigators in a collegial environment.

Fellowship Experience

Our program provides exceptional hematology and medical oncology training in a collaborative environment. We have specialty clinics across our medical campus, which is anchored by our 1,200 bed inpatient center UAB Hospital—the eighth largest public hospital in the nation. The hospital is in close proximity to the Birmingham VA Medical Center, UAB Hospital Highlands campus, The Kirklin Clinic, and Children's Hospital of Alabama where fellows also train.

Patients come from all over the state to take advantage of our life-changing care, offering a diverse population and breadth of clinical learning opportunities. We approach medicine in a multi-disciplinary modality across a broad variety of related conditions through mandatory and elective rotations. We accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service.

Clinical Rotations

Our hematology and oncology inpatient consult service allows fellows to rotate through our specialized clinics that provide comprehensive care for various conditions.

Our ambulatory clinics are supported by a multidisciplinary team. Fellows are assigned two half-days per week in these clinics, working with a faculty member and their patients for extended periods and rotating with other clinics. Trainees also complete rotations in Coagulations and Hematopathology.

Our expectation is for fellows to take advantage of our advanced clinical, teaching, and research opportunities by dedicating significant time to either clinical or basic research starting their second year.

Teaching Conferences

Our Hematology and Oncology Fellowship program offers extensive opportunities to ensure well-rounded development to have a successful career in the fields of hematology and/or oncology. Fellows participate in the Monday Morning Case Presentation conference, Core Curriculum Conference, Hematology and Oncology Grand Rounds, Tumor Board, the “Heme Path” review, and the Clinical Journal Club.

Additionally, fellows attend the Didactic Introductory Summer Lecture Course, present at two Morbidity and Mortality conferences, and conduct a Quality Improvement Project.

Research Opportunities

By the second year of the fellowship, trainees are expected to devote the majority of their time to either clinical or basic research. For those who have an interest in pursuing a career in academic medicine, and/or wish to become board certified in both hematology and oncology, the program offers an additional year of training. The majority of the third year will be devoted to basic clinical research and advanced clinical training. Third-year fellows also partake in gynecologic oncologist training.

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