• Overview
• Fellowship Program
  • Fellowship Applications
  • Curriculum for First Year
  • Curriculum for Upper Years
  • Current Fellows
• Benign Hematology Program
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Program Information

• We review approximately 400 applications a year.
• We interview approximately 50 candidates over five Fridays in March and April.
• We accept 7 fellows per year.
• We use the Electronic Residency Application program (ERAS) and participate in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP).
• We require a Personal Statement as well as 3 Letters of Recommendation, one of which must be from your current Residency Program Director.
• Our program does sponsor applicants on a J1 or H1B Visa. You must have current ECFMG certification.
• Applications are accepted: December 1 - January 15.
• Please see the following links for more information:
  • Mission Statement for the Division of Hematology/Oncology
  • Curriculum for First Year Fellows
  • Curriculum for Upper Year Fellows

Policy Statement for Applicants - Eligibility

To be eligible for a fellowship position in the Hematology/Oncology Division, applicants must meet the requirements in one of the following categories:

• Applicants must be a graduate of a U.S. or Canadian medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), or a college of osteopathic medicine which is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and will have successfully completed an accredited three-year internal medicine residency program or two years of an accredited internal medicine residency training program with the intention to participate in the ABIM Research Pathway ("short track") prior to the date on which his/her fellowship would begin.
• Applicants must be a graduate of a program outside of North America and meet one of the following qualifications:
  • Have received a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
  • Have a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a United States licensing jurisdiction
  • Be a graduate of a medical school outside the U.S. and have completed a Fifth Pathway program provided by an LCME-accredited medical school

Policy Statement for Applicants - Recruitment and Selection

Applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of: race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, non-job-related disability or veteran status.

Contact Us

Alexa Davis
Program Coordinator, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Phone: (215) 662-3681  |  Fax: (215) 615-3704
Email: alexa.davis@uphs.upenn.edu