Required clinical time in the second year includes one month each of benign hematology consults and medical oncology consults, and bone marrow transplant unit at UCH. Clinical research and laboratory-based research opportunities are plentiful and fellows are required to participate.  Additionally, the second year of fellowship is comprised of training tailored to different tracks, selected by fellows based upon clinical and research interests. 

Clinical Investigator Research Track
Recommended for those fellows anticipating a career in academic clinical research, and will allow fellows to team with a mentor to grow their clinical research skills.  

Clinical Excellence and Quality Improvement Track
Designed for fellows interested in a career in clinical practice, and will focus on their clinical training. 

Laboratory Based Research Track
Tailored to fellows desiring a laboratory based career and will focus on developing the skills needed for an independent lab career.  

BMT Track
Designed for fellows interested in specializing in blood cancers. 

Your third and final year of fellowship will be devoted to completion of the research training for those in the research tracks and to broadening the clinical experience for those in the clinical track.

Outpatient clinic experience during the first year involves a weekly general oncology and hematology clinic at the VA or Denver Health that allows the fellow continuity and autonomy with a panel of patients. 

A second weekly clinic during the first year varies according to rotation site, with an additional general oncology and hematology clinic during the VA block, a breast cancer clinic during the Denver Health block, and sub-specialty clinic time selected according to interests and education goals during the two blocks at UCH.

Clinic experience during the remaining fellowship training years involves at least one weekly continuity clinic and additional sub-specialty clinics coordinated according to the fellow’s training track and area of interest.

In addition to bedside teaching on inpatient services and in clinics, three hours per week are dedicated to educational conferences for fellows. Conferences include didactic presentations from experts on various hematology and oncology topics, as well as journal club, grand rounds, and morbidity and mortality discussions presented by the fellows. Discussions of interesting patient cases during this conference time provide an open format to explore challenging clinical issues with faculty and other fellows. 

Since 2016 the Fellowship has offered one second year fellow the opportunity to earn a fully-funded Masters of Science in Clinical Sciences to enhance their research career, learn more here.​

Fellows also take an annual retreat to Shrine Mountain Huts​ near Vail Pass.  While on the retreat fellows will learn about palliative care medicine and end of life care/discussions as it pertains to oncology. ​ 

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and American Society of Hematology (ASH) have updated their guidelines to support fellowship programs interviewing applicants during the COVID-19 pandemic. These updated recommendations are meant to promote consistency among hematology and oncology fellowship programs. In accordance with recommendations made by ASCO and ASH, our program will be conducting virtual interviews for the 2022 academic year.