Pediatrics at CU School of Medicine is among the best in the nation! World-class pediatric residency program and research facilities. Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado

• Development of clinical skills in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.
• Acquisition of a fundamental knowledge base in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.
• Introduction to basic laboratory and clinical skills pertinent to Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.
• Experience in preparing clinical presentations, discussions of cases, and case reports.
• Initiation of research interests.

• Four months Hematology
• Three months Oncology
• One month Neuro-Oncology
• Three months Bone Marrow Transplantation
• One month laboratory and support services pertinent to the practice of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

3 weeks' vacation plus 1 week for meetings/education

• Oncology: First-year fellows will attend their ½ day per week Oncology Continuity Clinic throughout the year. They will be relieved of any other clinical responsibilities during this time. In addition, during their neuro-oncology month, fellows will spend the majority of their time in the neuro-oncology clinic involved in the care of new and established patients and patients being seen in consultation.
• Hematology: During Hematology rotations the first year, the fellow will divide their time equally between the inpatient/consult service and the hematology outpatient clinic.
• BMT: While on the BMT clinical rotations, the first year fellow will be asked to spend a total of 6 to 10 days in the BMT outpatient clinic. The timing of these clinic days will be arranged with the inpatient BMT attending at the beginning of the month.

At Children's Hospital Colorado, there is an 18-bed Hematology/Oncology Unit and a 6-bed Bone Marrow Transplant unit.

• Oncology: Every fellow will spend three months on the Oncology Inpatient Unit supervising as well as managing Oncology and Neuro-Oncology inpatients.
• Hematology: Every fellow will spend four months on the Hematology Service. At any given time, a small number of patients are likely to be inpatient on the Hematology Service on the Hematology/Oncology Unit. Most patients, however, are typically being followed in an outpatient clinic or in consultation with another service, usually in other parts of the hospital.
• BMT: Every fellow will spend three months on the BMT service, primarily managing patients during their inpatient BMT phase of treatment. The fellows will also gain experience in the other phases of BMT, specifically the pre-BMT consultative and evaluation phase and the post-BMT recovery and management of complications phases.

The first year fellows are on call one to two week nights per week and one weekend approximately every three to four weeks. Estimated weekend call for 1st year fellows is 12-15 weekends.

• Preparation of brief (<15 minute) didactic sessions at tumor board for oncology patients with whom the fellow is directly involved.
• Presentations for Friday morning Professor Rounds a minimum of 3 times during the first year.
• By April 1st, selection of a lab mentor and formulation of a basic research plan to be presented at the Spring Research Symposium.
• Preparation of one case report or participation in clinical research data collection, independent of the fellow’s primary research project.
• Identification of an unmet need within the section and development of a plan for quality improvement to meet that need and assess outcome of the intervention (QI project).
• Participation in clinical oncology/hematology/BMT protocols. Fellows are expected to obtain access to the COG website within 3 months of starting fellowship.
• Fellows are strongly encouraged to submit at least one abstract for a regional or national meeting.
• On-line training programs for instruction in conducting research in humans are to be completed within 3 months of starting fellowship.

Mandatory conferences for first-year fellows include:

• Fellow Teaching Conference – every Tuesday at 7:45 AM in the 3rd Floor Administrative Pavilion Mesquite Conference Room.
• Morphology Conference – every Monday (except the first Monday of the month) at 8:00 AM in the microscope room in the clinic.
• Professor Rounds – every Friday at 8:00 AM in Pyramid Peak Conference Room.
• Tumor Board – every other Tuesday at 12:30 PM in Mt. Harvard Conference Room.
• Leukemia Conference – 1st Wednesday of the month at 8:00 AM in Pyramid Peak Conference Room.
• Neuro-Oncology Conference – 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 AM in Pyramid Peak Conference Room.
• Solid Tumor Relapse Conference – 3rd Wednesday of every odd month at 8:00 AM in Pyramid Peak Conference Room.
• Hematology Consult Conference – 2nd Thursday of every month at noon. Location TBA.
• M&M Conference – 3rd Wednesday of every even month at 8:00 AM in Pyramid Peak Conference Room.
• Fellowship Seminar Series – Covering core curriculum topics. Eight Wednesday evenings in the fall and four Wednesday evenings in the spring, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, specific dates and locations TBA.
• First-Year Fellow Fall Retreat – date and location TBA.
• Spring Research Symposium – Where upper level fellows formally present the progress of their research projects. Date and location TBA.
• Journal Club – Held on an every other month basis. Times and locations TBA.

First-year fellows are strongly encouraged to attend when able:

• BMT Conference* – every Monday at 1:00 PM in Pyramid Peak Conference Room.
• Transfusion Medicine Conference – every Wednesday at 7:30 AM at Bonfils Blood Center Conference Room. Attendance is usually only during the lab month.
• Coagulation Conference** – 1st Thursday at 12:30 PM at University Hospital or Children's Hospital Colorado. Location TBA.
• Immuno-Hematology Conference** – 3rd Thursday at 12:30 PM. Location TBA.
• Grand Rounds – September – May – every Friday at 12:30 PM in Mt. Oxford.
• Physician awareness group – a new group for first-year Hem/Onc, PICU, NICU, and CICU fellows to explore physician/patient/family communication issues – meets monthly on Tuesdays at noon. Specific dates and locations TBA.

* Mandatory while on BMT Service
** Mandatory while on Hematology Service