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Educational & Clinical Experience - Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship Program
Fellows are scheduled two half-day continuity clinic sessions weekly throughout his/her entire fellowship, one session focusing on solid tumors and one session focused on hematology.
Rotations include: continuity clinic, inpatient medical oncology service, inpatient hematology/bone marrow transplant service, inpatient consult service, radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, palliative care, hematology pathology, blood bank.
Ochsner Hematology & Oncology Fellowship Rotations 2021-2022
Y1
Y2
Y3
IP Onc
3
1
0
IP BMT
2
2
0
IP Consult
0
0
0
Onc Clinic
1
2
2
Heme Clinic
2
3
3
Research
1
2
3
Palliative
1
0
0
Rad Onc
1
0
0
Blood Bank
0
1
0
Pathology
1
0
0
Gyn Onc
0
1
0
Phase 1
0
0
1
Peds
0
0
0
Elective
0
0
3
Total
12
12
12
There are multiple multidisciplinary conferences weekly, including breast conference, colorectal conference, upper gastrointestinal conference, thoracic head & neck conference, hematology/bone marrow conference, genitourinary conference, and a general tumor board.
Core Conferences occur approximately 3 days per week and include didactic lectures, Quality Improvement/M&M conference, Basic Science Conference, Journal Club, and Leukemia/Lymphoma Conference.
Ochsner Hematology & Oncology Fellowship Sample Monthly Didactic Calendar
Fellows are provided with access to ASCO University as well as all ASH educational materials.
Both the ASCO and ASH in-service training exams are utilized as learning tools.
There is a travel stipend for fellows to attend appropriate educational conferences and support for travel if research is presented at national meetings.
Why Choose Ochsner?
Ochsner Health System is Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system with 40 hospitals and more than 100 health centers and urgent care centers. We are one of the largest non-university-based physician-training centers in the US.
U.S. News & World Report named Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans the Best Hospital in Louisiana for the 12th consecutive year.
Ochsner Medical Center is recognized as among the Top Hospitals in the nation by Healthgrades, US News and World Report, and Truven Health Analytics.