Fellowships
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Hematology and Medical Oncology are likely to be among the most dynamic subspecialties of internal medicine in the coming decades as a result of continuing advances in basic and clinical biomedical research. The Hematology/Oncology Division in the Department of Internal Medicine at Michigan is preparing its fellows to be creative and productive contributors as researchers and clinicians. Our program combines well-rounded clinical training with opportunities to work with world-class investigators in a collegial environment.
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Our clinical training program features diversified patient care experience on busy hematology and oncology inpatient services, consultation services, and in our outpatient clinics at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the nearby Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Our fellows become experienced in the management of patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Fellows are very much at the center of our clinical investigation activities, which include single and multi-institution protocols sponsored by the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Southwest Oncology Group, and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Program, among others.
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Fellows participate in an extremely wide range of research activities within the Division. Fellows may select either the physician-scientist track in basic research or the clinical investigator track in clinical research. Those electing the physician-scientist track may participate in a focused 12-week medical scientist training course offered in their second fellowship year. This course offers them an intensive exposure to the concepts and methods of modern biomedical investigation and allows them to become productive in the laboratory as quickly as possible. Fellows selecting the clinical investigator track can take focused coursework in epidemiology and biostatistics as they work closely with one or more clinical investigators within the Division. Whichever track a fellow selects, he is teamed up with a mentor who can guide him through his fellowship experience so that he can become productive and self-sufficient researchers in his chosen area.
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At the completion of formal fellowship training, many fellows need an individualized opportunity to make the transition to junior faculty status. Traditionally, we have been able to create such opportunities for our fellows, providing the protected time needed to launch a successful research career in academic hematology or oncology.
