Introduction
 Dr. Monica Bertagnolli is the Fellowship Director. The fellowship program includes a minimum of 18 months of clinical oncology training, during which time the Fellow will work directly with academic oncologists from all treatment specialties. The program employs a case-centered approach to ensure that the graduating Fellow will be highly qualified in the management of gastrointestinal, breast, thoracic, endocrine, head and neck, skin (melanoma) and soft tissue cancers. Dedicated time is also given to the study of surgical pathology, rehabilitation medicine, hospice care and clinical research design.
The research portion of the fellowship program includes from 6-18 months of training in a basic cancer research laboratory, under the direction of a senior research scientist at Harvard Medical School. The amount of time spent in this part of the fellowship will vary depending upon whether the trainee has already had formal research training.
Please visit Division of Surgical Oncology or Department of Surgery Research for more information.
Objectives
The aim of the Fineberg Surgical Oncology Fellowship is to train oncologic surgeons who are national leaders in cancer treatment and research. These surgeons must be familiar with all tools currently available to combat this disease, as well as all relevant investigational therapies. They must know how to design and conduct new treatment studies. They must understand the critically important role of patient and family support during all phases of the treatment process. In addition, they must know how cancer research is conducted, and how to facilitate the transfer of new discoveries in the laboratories into clinical practice. Finally, and perhaps most important, the academic cancer surgeon must develop an understanding of the social and economic aspects of cancer treatment in an environment that emphasizes the highest levels of compassion and ethics.
Contact
Requests for more information concerning the BWH-DFCI Surgical Oncology Fellowship should be directed to Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, Fellowship Director at 617-732-8910; mbertagnolli@partners.org.
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