Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship

About the program

We are a combined Hematology/Oncology 3-year fellowship. We accept two fellows each year, totaling six fellows for the program.

We have 10 faculty that serve as attending in your training with a mixture of some purely hematology, solid tumors, both and researchers. Our faculty all have a specialty of interest which would give you the opportunity to confer and learn from experts in their field.

Our academic affiliation is with The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. The Scott & White Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship Program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Our cancer treatment teams consist of other oncological fields that are integral to major cancer centers such as radiation oncology, gynecology oncology, surgical oncology, and palliative care.

We have a well-established blood bank and transfusion medicine program that provides resources for the treatment of complex hematological emergencies.

Our comprehensive program includes a range of clinical and subspecialty training as well as research opportunities.

Program sponsored educational resources

• ASCO University Education Essentials for Oncology Fellows
• ASH Fundamentals of Hematology Fellows Program
• TAMU Medical Library – Board Vitals, Heme/Onc Question Bank, UpToDate
• Regional Education meeting – Year 1
• ASCO or ASH attendance – Year 2
• MD Anderson Heme/Onc Board review – Year 3

Rotations

The three-year training program is composed of the following rotations:

• Two months inpatient primary service first and second year (one-week rotations)
• Two months of inpatient consult service first and second year (two-week rotations, no weekends)
• Two weeks inpatient primary service third year (outpatient focus)
• Six weeks inpatient consult service third year
• Six weeks VA oncology clinic each year
• Four months of outpatient consultation service, including hematology, solid tumor medical oncology, gynecologic oncology and radiation oncology each year
• Two months of clinical electives
• Two months of protected research time (over three years as electives)
• One half-day continuity care clinic throughout the entire three years
• Once weekly non-neoplastic hematology ambulatory clinic
• One month of palliative care medicine
• One month of allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation at Baylor Dallas

Conferences

Conferences are designed to provide teaching in all areas of clinical hematology and oncology and include:

• Didactic Fellows Conference — Weekly
• Journal Club — Monthly at faculty homes
• Bone Marrow Simulation
• Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Meetings — Weekly (10 tumor sites)
• Hem/Onc board review — Weekly
• Internal Medicine Grand Rounds — Weekly
• Fellows also participate in Internal Medicine Morning Report and IM Resident Education Conferences
• Oncology Research Conference — Monthly

Research

• Phase I, II and III trials
  • Industry supported
  • SWOG, NSABP, GOG, RTOG and ECOG
  • Investigator developed protocols
• Fellows are encouraged to participate and even develop their own research activities.
• The Research and Education Division and Department of Biostatistics
• Tumor Registry