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. For
• 00:10me, who's someone on the
• 00:11physician scientist track, the opportunities
• 00:14are really endless. Not only
• 00:15am I able to take
• 00:16advantage of all these learning
• 00:17opportunities, but
• 00:19also that I have the
• 00:20support to pursue what what
• 00:23I really wanna do.
• 00:26I think there's many reasons
• 00:28people would want to come
• 00:29to Yale. There's many things
• 00:30that draw people here and
• 00:31that make our fellows very
• 00:32happy here.
• 00:34You know, we're an academic
• 00:35program,
• 00:36that, really emphasizes
• 00:38individual career development and mentorship.
• 00:41We offer outstanding clinical training,
• 00:44a ton of of research
• 00:45opportunities all across the the
• 00:47university.
• 00:48But most importantly, you know,
• 00:50we're a program that really,
• 00:51really takes care of its
• 00:52fellows, at the individual level
• 00:54in in whatever way that
• 00:55means to each person.
• 00:57One of the unique aspects
• 00:58of the hematology oncology fellowship,
• 01:01here at Yale is our
• 01:02culture. I think it really
• 01:03is something that stands us
• 01:05apart from from other programs
• 01:07and other institutions.
• 01:09Our faculty are absolutely dedicated
• 01:11to the development and the
• 01:13careers of our fellows.
• 01:15We have frequent meetings and
• 01:16conferences that faculties attend, really
• 01:19amazing interactions and collaborations.
• 01:22Many of our faculty act
• 01:23as mentors, research mentors, career
• 01:25mentors, life mentors for our
• 01:26fellows. And I think it
• 01:28just creates this really wonderful,
• 01:30relationship and culture and and
• 01:32just it's just a great
• 01:33place to to be and
• 01:34to train because of those
• 01:36types of interactions and the
• 01:37people that we have here
• 01:38working with our fellows.
• 01:39This is the first time
• 01:41for a lot of people
• 01:42that
• 01:43you're really thinking about your
• 01:44future
• 01:45forever in your career. You
• 01:46know, through all the steps
• 01:47that we go through in
• 01:48training, and there are a
• 01:49lot of them obviously,
• 01:51there's
• 01:52you're you're thinking about the
• 01:53next step. But this is
• 01:54different.
• 01:55After this, this is the
• 01:57last step before you're doing
• 01:58what you're gonna do potentially
• 02:00for the rest of your
• 02:00career. So it's vital that
• 02:02you have all the resources
• 02:04you need because you may
• 02:05not know exactly what you're
• 02:05going to do. Or if
• 02:06you do know what you're
• 02:07gonna do, you have to
• 02:08make sure that those resources
• 02:09are there,
• 02:10and and that's should be
• 02:12whatever you're thinking about as
• 02:13an applicant.
• 02:15And I think Yale has
• 02:16just a ton to offer
• 02:17for almost anything that anyone
• 02:18could want.
• 02:20I came into fellowship not
• 02:21knowing exactly what I wanted
• 02:22to do,
• 02:23and I'd say absolutely every
• 02:25opportunity
• 02:26was open to me,
• 02:28and everybody
• 02:29was invested and interested in
• 02:31helping me find my path,
• 02:34and that was easy to
• 02:35do,
• 02:36because
• 02:37the dedication to teaching is
• 02:39really, really strong. Portion of
• 02:41the molecular testing but not
• 02:42the RNA sequencing.
• 02:43And so we really want
• 02:45to know that answer. Absolutely
• 02:46critical, ideally before treating someone.
• 02:49Here at Yale, our program
• 02:50is really focused on trying
• 02:52to understand who our fellows
• 02:54are,
• 02:55what our interests are,
• 02:57and how
• 02:58we can help to support
• 02:59our fellows in making those
• 03:01things
• 03:05happen.
• 03:06We don't have a lot
• 03:07of thirty person labs. We
• 03:09don't have a lot of
• 03:11gigantic clinical groups. We have
• 03:13mid sized groups. And because
• 03:15of that, they're more collaborative.
• 03:16You you you know, when
• 03:18you're not in a gigantic
• 03:19group, you talk to the
• 03:20people who are next to
• 03:21you. And, people's doors are
• 03:23open,
• 03:24and it's very easy to
• 03:25find other people to talk
• 03:27to. So
• 03:28that I think is really
• 03:30different
• 03:30here. And that's what I
• 03:32think distinguishes it.
• 03:34Our curriculum is is outstanding.
• 03:36There's a lot of different
• 03:37facets to it.
• 03:38So, you know, certainly there's
• 03:40there's a whole portion of
• 03:41the curriculum and and the
• 03:43bulk of of clinical training
• 03:45I would say comes from,
• 03:47you know, what,
• 03:48our fellows are exposed to,
• 03:50clinically. So this is, when
• 03:52they're on the different services
• 03:53in the hospital, this is
• 03:54when they're in their their
• 03:55clinic,
• 03:56learning from from, you know,
• 03:57seasoned faculty who are world
• 03:58experts in their field.
• 04:00But then on top of
• 04:01that, we have a very
• 04:01structured curriculum that happens, you
• 04:03know, quote unquote in the
• 04:04classroom.
• 04:05And this this centers around
• 04:07lots and lots of different
• 04:08conferences that are basically spread
• 04:09over the course of of
• 04:10the entire week.
• 04:12So ASH, is the American
• 04:14Society of Hematology. That's the
• 04:15major professional organization for hematologists
• 04:18worldwide.
• 04:18And so ASH created an
• 04:21entirely new fellowship program called
• 04:22the Hematology Focused Fellowship Training
• 04:25Program, HFFTP.
• 04:27It's a nineteen million dollar
• 04:29pilot program,
• 04:30that they decided to award
• 04:31to nine institutions. And so
• 04:33we're one of the nine,
• 04:34programs that now is awarded
• 04:36this ASH hematology focused fellowship
• 04:38training program, which puts us
• 04:39in a very unique league
• 04:41among other institutions. And it's
• 04:42sort of a recognition of
• 04:44our efforts in classical hematology
• 04:46and the types of resources
• 04:47and the mentorship that we
• 04:48can provide to train the
• 04:49next generation of classical hematologists.
• 04:52Our fellows really benefit from
• 04:54the incredible research opportunities that
• 04:56we have here at Yale.
• 04:58We really have opportunities for
• 05:00people in any area of
• 05:01research,
• 05:03incredible basic science, really, really
• 05:05strong,
• 05:06research labs that are doing
• 05:08anything from immunology
• 05:09to, all aspects of cancer
• 05:11biology. And the really great
• 05:13thing I think that we
• 05:14offer in our fellowship is
• 05:15something that we're calling research
• 05:17tracks. It's a program that
• 05:18started just a few years
• 05:19ago,
• 05:20and we are able to
• 05:21have fellows choose their areas
• 05:23of interest, whether it's clinical
• 05:24research, outcomes, basic science, and
• 05:26others, and and be able
• 05:28to find opportunities and mentors
• 05:31and really build their skills
• 05:33to prepare them for their
• 05:34future careers in research.
• 05:42A key part of our
• 05:43program is how much we
• 05:44value the importance of diversity,
• 05:46equity, and inclusion.
• 05:49Not only do we recognize
• 05:51that it's important to understand
• 05:52the lived experiences
• 05:53of our patients and how
• 05:55that shapes our care, but
• 05:57also we recognize the importance
• 05:58of the lived experience of
• 05:59our providers and how that
• 06:01can help
• 06:03to improve and,
• 06:05lead to change in our
• 06:07care and moving on in
• 06:08the future.
• 06:09In fact, our,
• 06:11fellowship created a curriculum
• 06:13to teach our fellows about
• 06:15the importance of DEI related
• 06:18initiatives in our oncology care.
• 06:20Two of our former chief
• 06:22fellows began this curriculum two
• 06:24years ago, and now we're
• 06:25in our third year of
• 06:26teaching it.
• 06:27And our main cancer
• 06:29organization, the
• 06:30American Society of Clinical Oncology,
• 06:34recognized how important and unique
• 06:37this work was
• 06:38from our fellowship.
• 06:39One of our former chief
• 06:41fellows, Noreen Ansari, actually gave
• 06:43an oral podium presentation
• 06:45at our annual meeting
• 06:48this year
• 06:49to tell our the other
• 06:51fellowship programs and to tell
• 06:53the other oncologists
• 06:54about the curriculum that we
• 06:56have created here. And it
• 06:58was recognized as innovative
• 07:00and transformational
• 07:01in how we should be
• 07:03teaching and approaching the issues
• 07:05of DEI in oncology.
• 07:07I'm a proud graduate of
• 07:08this fellowship program.
• 07:10Over years,
• 07:11we,
• 07:13made it, an important aspect
• 07:15to our recruitment policy,
• 07:17that we hire our own
• 07:19fellows as faculty members after
• 07:22they graduate.
• 07:23And this is what makes,
• 07:24fellowship at Yale different.
• 07:27About a third of,
• 07:28my section, section of hematology
• 07:30faculty,
• 07:31was hired out of our
• 07:33fellowship.
• 07:33The whole point of our
• 07:35program is for you to
• 07:36succeed. And the only way
• 07:36that's gonna happen is if
• 07:37you're happy, and if you're
• 07:39doing something that you love.
• 07:41So that includes things like
• 07:42wellness, that includes things like
• 07:43being supportive,
• 07:45and,
• 07:46making sure that you're actually
• 07:47enjoying what you're doing because
• 07:48that's the way to have
• 07:49a long satisfying career where
• 07:51you produce a lot.
• 08:00I think that one of
• 08:01the best parts of this
• 08:02fellowship
• 08:03is that it's located in
• 08:04Connecticut,
• 08:05specifically in New Haven.
• 08:07New Haven is really an
• 08:08amazing city. It's incredibly diverse,
• 08:10one of the most diverse
• 08:11cities in this country, and
• 08:13it's also just such a
• 08:14vibrant city. It's small. It's
• 08:16not a very large city.
• 08:17It's a small or medium
• 08:18sized city, but there's just
• 08:19so much going on here.
• 08:21There's incredible restaurants. There's a
• 08:23really big theater and art
• 08:25scene. There's just so much
• 08:26happening here. And then one
• 08:27of my favorite parts about
• 08:29New Haven
• 08:30is actually just on the
• 08:31outskirts where there's hiking, there's
• 08:34beaches, there's the Long Island
• 08:36Sound, you know, really beautiful
• 08:38views and and places and
• 08:40things to do on the
• 08:41water. There's areas where you
• 08:42can climb up a mountain,
• 08:44and you can go to
• 08:44farms and taste the great
• 08:46ice cream. I mean, there's
• 08:47really just amazing things just
• 08:49outside of New Haven. It's
• 08:50just a great place to
• 08:52be and to live.
• 08:53Best parts of our fellowship
• 08:55program is really the people.
• 08:57They're some of the smartest
• 08:59and,
• 09:00most fun people that you
• 09:01just want to hang out
• 09:02with.
• 09:03I feel so grateful to
• 09:05be a part of our
• 09:06fellowship program every single day.
• 09:08And in my three years
• 09:10of being a fellow here,
• 09:12I feel genuinely fortunate to
• 09:14be a part of Yale's
• 09:15hematology oncology program.