Pediatric Hematology Oncology Fellowship Program
Overview
The Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program has an extensive history of training excellent clinician-scientists, researchers, and educators who are positioned to become future leaders in the field.
Excellence in Teaching and Clinical Care
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Hasbro Children’s Hospital provide a comprehensive and immersive training experience for subspecialty fellows in pediatric hematology oncology. The fellowship program has an extensive history of training excellent clinician-scientists, researchers, and educators who are positioned to become future leaders in the field. The program is certified by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), allowing for American Board of Pediatrics subspecialty certification in pediatric hematology oncology. The fellowship first began in 1972, has been continuously accredited since 1985 and trains one fellow per year, allowing for close mentorship and teaching with broad clinical experiences.
Our team is broadly divided into four subspecialty teams. Between the Hematologic Malignancies Program and the Solid and Central Nervous System Tumor Program, we care for 60-70 new oncologic diagnoses per year. Our Cancer Survivorship Program cares for over 400 children and young adults in the region who are survivors of childhood cancer. Our robust Hematology Program serves 150 patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia, over 100 families with hemophilia and other bleeding disorders and a large number of new hematology consultations yearly. In addition, trainees can work with experts in established Cancer Predisposition and Fertility Preservation Programs. Training in Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy is provided via partnership with Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital.
The fellowship experience at Brown University is designed to provide supervised autonomy. The size of the program facilitates close, one-on-one clinical training and mentorship experiences with each faculty member in the division.
Fellows are mentored through individualized scholarly activity projects which can be basic, translational, clinical or population health focused in the second and third year of training. Laboratory experiences are available to fellows through a close collaboration with the Cancer Biology Program at Brown University. All fellows have formal education in Quality Improvement and Core Knowledge in Scholarly Activity. The latter includes opportunities for coursework in Research Design, Biostatistics, a certificate program through the Brown University School of Public Health or participation in the Hassenfeld Scholars Program.
We aim to train the next generation of clinical and research leaders in pediatric hematology and oncology by providing the skills needed to care for children compassionately and effectively with cancer and blood diseases, while also contributing to the overall advancement of the field.