Hematology Oncology Fellowship Program

The field of pediatric hematology and oncology encompasses a broad array of disorders in children and adolescents. Lead by world-class physicians such as Dr. Elliott Vichinsky and Dr. James Feusner, the Hematology and Oncology department at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland is at the forefront of treatment and research, developing and evaluating treatments that offer the best opportunities for survival and preservation of quality of life.

The fellowship program at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland aims to train pediatricians in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of blood diseases and cancer in order to provide comprehensive, compassionate, and competent care.

Program Goals

• Provide the clinical experiences and educational opportunities necessary to build a solid foundation of medical knowledge, critical thinking abilities, literature review, diagnostic acumen and technical skills.
  
  
• Provide academic pediatricians the research training and experience to develop careers as physician-scientists.
  
  
• Develop well-rounded, empathetic clinicians with the skills to successfully communicate and give counsel to patients and families.
  
  
• Impart to our fellows the skills necessary to become lifelong learners, teachers and leaders who can work effectively with team members.
  
  
• Teach professionalism by mentorship, validating the critical roles of personal ethics, responsibility, respect, compassion, communication and self-awareness.

Program Highlights

Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland provides a unique blend of expert, specialized care in pediatrics for the region and primary care to a needy community. The size of the hospital and training programs affords tremendous opportunity for exposure to a myriad of disease states and education, yet doesn’t compromise the personal relationships between staff members and patients and their doctors.

The Pediatric Hematology and Oncology fellowship is one of 5 fellowship programs based at Children’s Hospital. The moderate size of the program (6 fellows, 2 per year) allows fellows to develop close team dynamics, leadership skills and interaction with supervisors. The tremendous breadth of hematologic and oncologic diversity also affords the fellows many opportunities to attain a broad educational experience, and to be able to focus on areas of interest in clinical care and medical research.

Children’s Hemoglobin program is one of the largest in the country with comprehensive clinical service for patients with thalassemia and sickle cell disease. The program is affiliated with Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), which is internationally renowned for biomedical research and ranked 6th in the country for pediatric research grants. The program also has a national Hemoglobin Reference Laboratory and a Red Cell Laboratory.

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