NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine’s three-year Oncology and Hematology Fellowship accepts three fellows per year and involves comprehensive clinical training in both medical oncology and hematology, along with time to pursue an original research project.

Oncology and Hematology Fellowship program aims include the following:

• provide diverse patient experiences under adequate faculty supervision that allows for the acquisition of the medical knowledge needed for independent practice in the field of hematology–oncology
• facilitate both clinical and didactic encounters, during which the interdisciplinary and interprofessional exchange of information is encouraged
• teach enhanced communication skills and the ability to function within the healthcare system in a professional manner
• provide research opportunities, as well as evidence-based discussions that foster life-long learning and continued excellence in patient care in the midst of a rapidly evolving field of medicine

All fellows are assigned to a faculty mentor, with whom they work to develop an individualized plan to reach their research and clinical subspecialty goals. Our fellows frequently present their work at national meetings, including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), American Society of Hematology (ASH), and San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), and publish in peer-reviewed journals.

Participants obtain valuable clinical experience caring for diverse patient populations at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island and Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Long Island Hematology and Oncology. Fellowship training locations feature a 32-chair state-of-the-art infusion center and a dedicated inpatient unit for ambulatory and inpatient treatments.

Fellows also have access to a wide variety of pathology, including more than 2,000 cancer cases diagnosed annually, and treatments including intensity modulated radiation therapy, monoclonal antibody-based therapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and clinical trials.

The fellowship is overseen by Marc J. Braunstein, MD, PhD, program director, and is administered by the Division of Oncology and Hematology, part of the Department of Medicine.

First-Year Experience

During the first two years, our program emphasizes clinical training in oncology and hematology. Fellows alternate between inpatient consult and oncology service months, as well as subspeciality outpatient electives. Fellows spend seven months rotating on the inpatient service, and attend a weekly subspeciality clinic for six-month periods. First-year fellows also present their research proposals to a faculty committee by the end of the year.

Second-Year Experience

During the second year, fellows go on to outpatient rotations in monthly subspecialty clinics entirely in the ambulatory setting. Fellows also continue to work on their research projects.

Third-Year Experience

During the third year, fellows continue their outpatient experience and participate in sustained scholarly activity. Third-year fellows continue in a leadership role, overseeing junior fellows during continued outpatient experiences and have the opportunity to explore special interests via electives in pediatric oncology, gynecologic oncology, tumor pathology, cytogenetics, and molecular methods. Fellows spend one month at the stem cell transplant unit on NYU Langone’s Manhattan campus, an experience that involves autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplant and CAR T-cell therapies.

Fellows have two months of research time, three months for electives, and complete one-month rotations in bone marrow transplant, breast oncology, gastrointestinal oncology, genitourinary oncology, gynecologic oncology, lung oncology, and malignant hematology. Third-year fellows do not have on-call duties after the summer months.

Training Schedule

See the training schedule for all three years of the fellowship below.

First-Year Training

• 7 months of combined inpatient hematology and oncology consults
• 4 months of subspecialty outpatient
• 2 weeks radiation oncology
• 2 weeks palliative care
• 4 weeks’ vacation

Our schedule is 4+2 meaning that you have 4-week inpatient before getting 2 weeks of elective and outpatient time to increase wellness.

Second-Year Training

• subspecialty outpatient
• teaching practice clinic on Thursdays
• electives
  • blood bank ( 2 weeks)
  • cytogenetics chemo infusion (2 weeks)
  • infusion center (1 week)
  • gynecology and oncology (2 weeks)
  • neuro-oncology (2 weeks)
  • research
• 4 weeks’ vacation

Third-Year Training

• subspecialty outpatient
• electives
  • hematology and pathology ( 2-week rotation done at NYU Langone’s Manhattan campus)
  • BMT ( 4 week Rotation done at NYU Langone’s Manhattan campus)
• 4 weeks’ vacation