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Cancer Survivorship Fellowship

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Primary Care Cancer Survivorship Fellowship/ Onco-Primary Care Fellowship

Onco-primary care is an emerging model of care that may help overcome survivorship care delivery challenges and provides comprehensive primary care-based survivorship care. This fellowship will provide comprehensive education and training in oncology and primary care, preparing fellows to become leaders in academic or community primary care settings. This advanced training bridges critical gaps by equipping fellows with specialized expertise to address the late and long-term effects of cancer treatments, effectively manage chronic conditions, and promote risk reduction strategies for cancer survivors. This specialized training would also enable the fellow to provide coordinated, comprehensive care that cancer survivors require, ultimately improving their quality of life and long-term health outcomes. Additionally, it empowers fellows to educate and mentor other primary care physicians, sharing essential knowledge and skills in cancer survivorship care.

  • Clinical Care

    Onco-Primary Care Clinics

    The fellow will provide direct patient care, delivering both primary and survivorship services to cancer survivors within their own patient panel at our two Onco-Primary Care clinic sites (Dallas main campus and Moncrief Cancer Institute, Fort Worth). Visit templates will include 60 minutes for new and annual survivorship appointments and 30 minutes for problem-based visits. The fellow will care for adult survivors of both childhood and adult cancers and will also precept in general family medicine.

    Precepting in Family Medicine

    The fellow will precept in the general Family Medicine residency clinics at either the UTSW Walnut Hill location or Parkland Health, providing direct teaching to resident and medical students.

    • Onco-primary care clinic (MCI and Dallas):12 half day sessions per month
    • Precepting within the Family Medicine Residency Clinics: 8 half day sessions per month (2 per week)
    • Total sessions within a month: 20 half day sessions (50% clinical patient care)
  • Education

    The fellow will complete two required clinical rotations: one in pediatric oncology and one in adult oncology. They will also have two required research months dedicated to research, focused on developing and implementing a project to be completed prior to graduation. Additionally, the fellow may choose from ten selective oncology rotations to tailor their training.

    Selectives

    • Oncology Pain Management
    • Head and Neck Cancer
    • Radiation Oncology
    • Oncology Genetics
    • Oncology Dermatology
    • Breast Oncology
    • Blood Cancers/BMT
    • Colon/Rectal Oncology
    • Cardio-Oncology
    • Cancer Screening Program
    • High Risk Cancer Clinic
    • Oncology Culinary Medicine
    • Exercise Oncology
    • Physical Rehab Medicine-Oncology

    Rotations

    Rotation TypeDuration
    Research 2 months
    Clinical Rotation: Pediatric Oncology 1 month
    Clinical Rotation: Adult Oncology 1 month
    Clinical Rotation: Selective 8 months
    Total 12 months

    Didactics

    TopicDateTime
    UTSW/Parkland Oncology Fellows Weekly Didactic Lecture Thursdays 8:00-11:00 a.m.
    Children's Health Fellow Lecture Wednesdays TBA
    Cardio-Oncology Lunch Seminar Series Fridays 12:00-1:00 p.m.
    Onco-Primary Care Seminar Series 2nd Thursday 12:00-1:00 p.m.
  • Research and Quality Improvement

    The fellow will have two dedicated blocks to research as well as support and mentorship. Scholarly activity is a requirement of the fellow which will include the completion of their own research project, which is disseminating via a national conference at minimum, preferably manuscript publication. The fellow will also participate in ongoing clinical quality improvement initiatives in survivorship care and within the primary care cancer survivorship program.

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