Education
Division of Hematology & Oncology:
EDUCATION
Hematology & Oncology Fellows, 2013-2014
The division provides comprehensive education in oncology, stem cell transplantation, and benign and malignant hematology to medical students and trainees at all levels, including those in the Internal Medicine residency program and in the division’s Hematology and Oncology Fellowship program. The three-year fellowship program, led by Christiana M. Brenin (director) and Hillary Maitland (associate director), emphasizes training that provides young physicians with the skills to succeed in academic medicine. The program is approved for eight positions; one of these is funded by the Farrow Fellowship, which provides support for pursuit of an M.S. degree in clinical research and for protected time to perform clinical investigation.
Fellows gain exposure to, and competency in, a range of disciplines, including stem cell transplantation, radiation therapy, blood banking, hematopathology, specialty diagnostic laboratories (immunology, flow cytometry, cytogenetics, molecular genetics), hemostasis/ thrombosis, gynecologic oncology, palliative care and pain control, and chemotherapy administration. The continuity clinic provides a major portion of the fellows’ education in the natural history and management of hematologic-oncologic disorders; they work one-half day a week for the entire three years of their fellowship, accumulating a panel of patients with a variety of disorders for whom they provide longitudinal care.
For the 2013-2014 academic year, Hematology and Oncology fellows were:
Third year:
- Kyle Brett
- Zaw Myint
Second Year:
- Laahn Foster
- Morgan O’Brien
- Emaculate Tebit
First Year:
- Tri Le
- Andrew Romano
- Adrian Parasca (Dr. Parasca departed the program in April 2014 to return to internal medicine practice)
Second-year fellow Emma Tebit received the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Achievement Award at the Sage Breast Cancer Symposium in August 2013. Publications and poster sessions co-authored or presented by Hematology and Oncology fellows are listed here.