DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE LAS VEGAS:

ONCOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

Updated on Sept 15, 2011

The program offers advanced training and mentoring in oncology, with added focus in:

• Inpatient Experience – University Medical Center

The inpatient component is a combination of inpatient management service and consultation service. In conjunction with an attending physician, the fellow will actively participate in the care of inpatients, ranging from disease diagnosis to clinical management, including the administration of antineoplastic treatments.

• Outpatient Experience – University Medical Center, Veterans Administration Southern Nevada Healthcare System Southwest Clinic, and Nevada Cancer Institute

Fellows will gain clinical experience in the University Medical Center (UMC) and Nevada Cancer Institute outpatient oncology clinic.

• Continuity Clinic – University Medical Center and Nevada Cancer Institute

• Research – Nevada Cancer Institute

• Faculty Roles and Responsibilities – We foster close faculty and program director mentoring of fellows.

Meet The Faculty of NVCI

Faculty members are subspecialty certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Medical Oncology. In addition, faculty members who have obtained hematology training are available to participate in the education of fellows in oncology. The program also has the support of other clinical specialties including psychiatry, gynecology, nuclear medicine, pathology, neurology, neurosurgery, radiation therapy and surgery.

• Training sites include the Nevada Cancer Institute, University Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Southern Nevada Healthcare System Southwest Clinic.

For additional details please refer to website of Nevada Cancer Institute.