Training Overview
The basic training program consists of an average 18 months of clinical training and an average 18 months of research training. This 36-month program provides the trainee with state-of-the-art knowledge and skills required for an academic career, which includes clinical service, teaching and research.
Second- and third-years will be heavily focused on research and participation in the fellows’ continuity clinic and teaching. The fellows participate in the teaching of medical students, residents and present at clinical case conferences. The program’s director of research helps the fellow to identify a clinical or basic science research project, which appeals to the specific interest of that individual and helps identify an appropriate mentor to guide the development, approval and execution of the scholarly activity.
Didactic Curriculum, Seminars and Lectures
Daily sign-out meeting with attending and fellows’ participation, and didactics are weekly for fellows’ conference, multi-disciplinary tumor board, Grand Rounds, and monthly for Journal Club, Janus Rounds and Pathology Rounds. In addition, the fellows participate actively in discussion of case reports, a lecture series by the faculty, lectures given by the fellows and a number of conferences throughout the three years of training.
Mentorship
The fellows will be assigned to a primary (career) mentor, as well as a research mentor.
Fellows College
Our fellows participate in the Pediatric Subspecialty Fellows College.
Training Sites
CHRISTUS Children’s
Location
333 Santa Rosa
San Antonio, TX 78207
Website
The fellows will complete the majority of their training at CHRISTUS Children’s. They will be supervised primarily by Baylor College of Medicine faculty. They will complete inpatient and outpatient rotations, as well as didactic sessions and conferences at CHRISTUS Children’s. The inpatient pediatric hematology and oncology (PHO) and bone marrow transplant (BMT) unit, as well as the outpatient pathology, and radiology, where the fellows will develop experiences in clinical practices, procedures, and methodological that are important in the field of PHO, will also be completed at CHRISTUS Children’s. The Voelcker Clinical Research Center is also on the CHRISTUS Children’s campus and will provide opportunities, resources, and laboratory space for fellows to initiate and conduct scholarly projects
Mays Cancer Center (UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Location
7979 Wurzbach
San Antonio, TX 78229
Website
The Christus Children’s Pediatric Hematology and Oncology fellows will spend a minimum of two weeks attending radiation therapy clinics at the Mays Cancer Center (CHRISTUS Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, formerly Cancer Therapy and Research Center at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, under the supervision of Dr. Eva Galvan. The fellow will have an opportunity to observe the process of treatment design, planning, and implementation of the radiation treatment for various pediatric malignancies referred to Mays Cancer Center. Pediatric tumors potentially requiring radiation therapy include, but are not limited to, the following: Wilms' tumor, malignant brain tumors, soft tissue sarcoma, neuroblastoma, and leukemia and lymphoma. The fellow will have continuity of care as the patients treated at CHRISTUS Children’s are referred to Mays Cancer Center for radiation therapy. The fellow will have an opportunity to understand radiation dose and scheduling, the risks and benefits or radiation therapy, potential acute and late effects or toxicities, and various methods of delivery of therapy.