City of Hope’s Clinical Fellowship Programs offer excellent opportunities for physicians interested in expanding their knowledge base and clinical expertise in specialty and subspecialty areas. Our clinical fellowships offer intensive didactic as well as hands-on training by instructors who have made significant contributions to cancer research and clinical practice.
Cancer Genetics Fellowship Program (Research)
Growing awareness of the genetic etiology of many types of cancer has driven City of Hope’s National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center to offer this innovative program, which provides rigorous interdisciplinary training focused on cancer genetics as well as cancer prevention research.
Department of Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplantation – HCT Clerkship (Clinical)
This course exposes students to different aspects of malignant hematology including fundamentals of the diagnosis of leukemia and lymphoma.
Department of Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplantation – HCT Fellowship (Clinical)
Physicians seeking training in bone marrow transplantation should consider our Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) Fellowship, which provides extensive training in all aspects of transplantation research and practice. City of Hope is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive transplant centers.
Endocrine Fellowship Program with Harbor-UCLA (Clinical)
This fellowship, expanded to City of Hope, offers comprehensive clinical training in diabetes and other endocrine disorders. Fellows are trained in advanced treatment modalities, including City of Hope’s innovative islet cell transplantation program.
Fellowship in Molecular Epidemiology (Research)
The fellowship in molecular epidemiology concentrates on what is a fairly new, but rapidly burgeoning, field. The ability to correlate biomarkers with carcinogenesis at the molecular level has created a valuable knowledge base for diseases within families and populations.
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program (Clinical and Research)
This fellowship offers broad-based clinical and research training in hematology and oncology with mentors who are leaders in their field.
Radiation Oncology Residency Program
City of Hope provides academic instruction for physicians in our Radiation Oncology Residency Program—a four-year Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accredited. The overall goal of the program is to train physicians to be outstanding radiation oncologists and to provide graduates with a solid foundation in translational and clinical research.
Surgical Oncology Fellowship (Clinical and Research)
Even in this age of monoclonal antibodies and gene therapy, surgical excision is still the standard of care for many solid tumors, while debulking is often helpful in palliative treatment. City of Hope’s Surgical Oncology Fellowship provides two years of thorough surgical oncology training in both clinical and research settings; the fellowship is designed to be tailored to the fellow’s individual interests.
Urology Oncology Fellowship (Clinical)
The Urology Oncology Fellowship is unique, as it focuses on clinical training in laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgical interventions. These methods are achieving routine status; therefore, it behooves forward-thinking physicians to be well-versed in their practice.