The Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at the University of Connecticut is a multi-hospital, three-year program. Outpatient clinics are held at the University of Connecticut Health Center, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, and Hartford Hospital.  The remainder of the program is quite flexible and is developed according to the individual's specific career goals.  For a detailed description of the program, please see below.

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The Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at the University of Connecticut is a multi-hospital, three-year program that seeks to prepare physicians for academic positions or for the practice of clinical hematology and medical oncology.   Training for eighteen to twenty four months of the program emphasizes clinical hematology and oncology with patient rotations at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC), St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center (SFHMC), and Hartford Hospital (HH).

Outpatient clinics are held at the UCHC, SFHMC, and HH.  During this time, fellows are responsible for a large number of patients with a variety of hematologic and oncologic disorders and they have a major role in the instruction of residents and medical students who are taking hematology/oncology electives.   The program operates a federally funded Comprehensive Hemophilia Treatment Center where the fellow will gain expertise in the management and diagnosis of coagulation and thrombotic disorders.  Other multi-disciplinary clinics include a Head and Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer and Melanoma Clinic. During the required eighteen months of clinical time, the fellow will spend blocks of three months rotating at either UCHC, SFHMC, or HH (see below for descriptions at each site).  The fellow will also have at least one longitudinal clinic for the duration of their training.

The remainder of the program is quite flexible and is developed according to the individual's specific career goals.  A variety of electives are offered including study in hematopathology, radiation oncology, gynecological oncology,  transfusion medicine, hospice care, neuro-oncology and cancer genetics.  The fellows are required to participate in clinical or laboratory research. Individuals who wish research experience in anticipation of an academic career can work with a number of different faculty at the health center.  There are multiple faculty members performing research in cancer.  Areas of special interest include immunotherapy of cancer, angiogenesis, molecular biology and genetics of cancer, gene microarray analysis and proteonomics.

The multi-hospital basis for this program is strengthened by the close working affiliation of the hematology-oncology faculty of the 150-bed University Hospital, which is an integral part of the University of Connecticut's School of Medicine and Health Center with St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a 500-bed voluntary hospital, and Hartford Hospital's 600-bed facility.  The faculty at these hospitals are all active participants in the training program.  In addition to the regular schedule of clinics, in-patient rounds and consultations, all of the fellows participate in a series of "core"conferences  held at the University of Connecticut Health Center.  The core conferences consist of weekly intracity case presentations, weekly disease –specific conferences and bimonthly journal clubs. There are  regularly scheduled tumor boards at each affiliated hospital.

Most participants in this program will have completed three years of house-staff training in Internal Medicine and all are required to have passed parts I, II, and III of the USMLE.