Medical Oncology-Hematology Fellowship Program

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• 00:06The research here was where
• 00:07I wanted to be. There
• 00:08were great mentors here
• 00:10for me who's someone on the
• 00:12physician scientist track.
• 00:13The opportunities are really endless.
• 00:15Not only am I able to take advantage
• 00:17of all these learning opportunities,
• 00:18but also that I have the
• 00:20support to pursue what what
• 00:23I really want to do.
• 00:27I think there's many reasons
• 00:28people would want to come to Yale.
• 00:29There's many things that draw people here
• 00:31and that make our fellows very happy here.
• 00:34You know, we're an academic program
• 00:37that really emphasizes individual
• 00:39career development and mentorship.
• 00:41We offer outstanding clinical training,
• 00:44a ton of of research opportunities
• 00:46all across the the university.
• 00:49But most importantly, you know,
• 00:50we're a program that really,
• 00:51really takes care of its fellows
• 00:53at the individual level in in
• 00:54whatever way that means that.
• 00:55Each person.
• 00:57This is the first time for
• 00:59a lot of people that. That.
• 01:01You're really thinking about your
• 01:04future forever in your career.
• 01:06You know, through all the steps
• 01:07that we go through in training,
• 01:09and there are a lot of them.
• 01:09Obviously there's you're
• 01:11thinking about the next step,
• 01:13but this is different after this.
• 01:16This is the last step before you're
• 01:18doing what you're going to do
• 01:19potentially for the rest of your career.
• 01:21So it's vital that you have all
• 01:22the resources you need because
• 01:23you may not know exactly what
• 01:25you're going to do or if you do
• 01:26know what you're going to do,
• 01:27you have to make sure that those
• 01:29resources are there and and that's should
• 01:31be whatever you're thinking about.
• 01:33An applicant,
• 01:33and I think Yale has just a ton
• 01:36to offer for almost anything
• 01:37that anyone could want.
• 01:40I came into fellowship not knowing
• 01:41exactly what I wanted to do.
• 01:43And I'd say absolutely every
• 01:45opportunity was open to me,
• 01:47and everybody was invested and
• 01:50interested in helping me find my path.
• 01:54And that was easy to do because the
• 01:57dedication to teaching is really,
• 01:59really strong here
• 02:01at Yale. Our program is really focused on
• 02:03trying to understand who our fellows are,
• 02:06what our interests are, and how.
• 02:10We can help to support our fellows
• 02:12in making those things happen.
• 02:13Diversity, equity and inclusion
• 02:15are core principles of our
• 02:17fellowship and at our institution.
• 02:19In today's era of complex medicine,
• 02:21it's more important than ever that we
• 02:24have diversity amongst physicians,
• 02:26faculty and staff that represent
• 02:28the diversity of our patients.
• 02:30This past year,
• 02:31we became one of the first and
• 02:33only fellowship programs in the
• 02:35country to develop a dedicated
• 02:36curriculum on diversity,
• 02:38equity and inclusion,
• 02:39which was created with significant
• 02:41input by our Chief Fellows,
• 02:44along with the Vice Chair of Diversity,
• 02:46Equity and Inclusion at the
• 02:47Yale Cancer Center.
• 02:49We don't have a lot of 30 person labs.
• 02:52We don't have a lot of
• 02:54gigantic clinical groups.
• 02:55We have mid sized groups and the because
• 02:58of that they're more collaborative.
• 03:00You know when you're not in a
• 03:02gigantic group you talk to the people
• 03:04who are next to you and people's
• 03:06doors are open and it's very easy
• 03:08to find other people to talk to.
• 03:10So that I think is really different
• 03:12here and that's what I think
• 03:14distinguishes it and maybe it's
• 03:16also part of the fact that we
• 03:18are from in a smaller town.
• 03:19And so, and I think that's
• 03:21really a huge advantage.
• 03:24Our curriculum is outstanding.
• 03:25There's a lot of different facets to it.
• 03:28So you know certainly there's there's
• 03:31a whole portion of the curriculum and
• 03:33and the bulk of of of clinical training
• 03:35I would say comes from you know what
• 03:38our fellows are exposed to clinically.
• 03:41So this is when they're on the
• 03:42different services in the hospital,
• 03:44this is when they're in their
• 03:46their clinic learning from from,
• 03:47you know, seasoned faculty who
• 03:48are world experts in their field.
• 03:50But then on top of that, we have a very
• 03:52structured curriculum that happens,
• 03:53you know, quote UN quote,
• 03:54in the classroom.
• 03:55And this centers around lots and
• 03:57lots of different conferences that
• 03:59are basically spread over the
• 04:01course of the entire week.
• 04:02So Ash is the American Society of Hematology.
• 04:05That's the major professional
• 04:07organization for hematologists worldwide.
• 04:09And so Ash created an entirely new
• 04:11fellowship program called the Hematology
• 04:13Focused Fellowship training program,
• 04:16HFTP.
• 04:16It's a $19 million pilot program.
• 04:20That they decided to award to 9 institutions.
• 04:23And so we were one of the nine programs
• 04:25that now was awarded this ASH Hematology
• 04:27focused fellowship training program,
• 04:29which puts us in a very unique
• 04:31league among other institutions.
• 04:32And it's sort of a recognition of our
• 04:34efforts in classical hematology and the
• 04:36types of resources and the mentorship
• 04:38that we can provide to train the next
• 04:39generation of classical hematologists.
• 04:41There's just a diversity
• 04:43in the training itself.
• 04:45So we are trained at Yale New Haven Hospital,
• 04:48which is a tertiary care center.
• 04:50And then we also go to the VA hospital.
• 04:53So when I'm at the main hospital,
• 04:56I see all of these people who have
• 04:59really complex diseases with the
• 05:01experts and really those fields.
• 05:03And at the VA hospital,
• 05:06I get to see really bread and
• 05:07butter oncology and I get to see
• 05:09a mix of inpatient and outpatient
• 05:11and benign hematology,
• 05:12malignant solid oncology.
• 05:13So the education here is just
• 05:17really phenomenal and I think
• 05:19other facets of the program.
• 05:21For example,
• 05:21protecting our Fridays for education
• 05:24and administrative time really
• 05:26allows us to make the most of
• 05:28not only our clinical training,
• 05:30but our other interests as well.
• 05:32I'm a proud graduate of
• 05:34this fellowship program.
• 05:35Over years, we made it an important
• 05:39aspect to our recruitment policy
• 05:41that we hire our own fellows as
• 05:45faculty members after they graduate.
• 05:48And this is what makes a
• 05:50fellowship at Yale different.
• 05:52About 1/3 of my section section
• 05:54of hematology faculty was
• 05:56hired out of our fellowship.
• 05:59The whole
• 05:59point of our program is for you to succeed,
• 06:01and the only way that's going to
• 06:03happen is if you're happy and if
• 06:04you're doing something that you love.
• 06:05So that includes things like Wellness
• 06:07and it includes things like being
• 06:10supportive and making sure that you're
• 06:12actually enjoying what you're doing
• 06:13because that's the way to have a long,
• 06:15satisfying career where you produce a lot.
• 06:17I have been blown away by how
• 06:19support of the leadership is of us
• 06:22and how approachable everyone is.
• 06:24There's no one that I can't go
• 06:26to with any kind of question or
• 06:29for guidance issue, big or small.
• 06:31One of the best parts of our fellowship
• 06:34program is really the people.
• 06:36You know, I I really can't say
• 06:38enough about my Co fellows.
• 06:40There's some of the smartest
• 06:42and most fun people that you
• 06:44just want to hang out with.
• 06:46I just feel so incredibly grateful
• 06:48to be here every single day.
• 06:51I genuinely feel happy here in my training,
• 06:54which I never expected to be able
• 06:56to say as a first year fellow,
• 06:57and I just feel really fortunate
• 06:59to be able to train here.