BMT/CAR-T fellowship planning as a heme/onc fellow

[aneurysmal]

As a second-year fellow, I am working on applying to a BMT/CAR-T fellowship but have been told most apply during the middle of the second year. Is this true? Is there a list of BMT programs that you could share? Any guidance regarding the pros and cons of an additional BMT year would really be appreciated. Thank you!

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[HemOncCheng]

I don't know much about it, but it appears that the fellowhship a kind of requirement if you want to do transplant/cart. I know that a few places (of course mid to low tier) will accept you for BMT/CART job without fellowship. But you will work under some type of collaboration before you are fully independent.

 

[CatFactorial]

It’s pretty unstructured as it’s not a real fellowship

My program was somewhat flummoxed when I said I wanted to stick around for another year but were basically like “k fine”

If you don’t have an adequate program in your current hospital, consider a year at the big centers (Hutch,MDA,MSK,Moffitt, etc)

 

[HemOncCheng]

It’s pretty unstructured as it’s not a real fellowship

My program was somewhat flummoxed when I said I wanted to stick around for another year but were basically like “k fine”

If you don’t have an adequate program in your current hospital, consider a year at the big centers (Hutch,MDA,MSK,Moffitt, etc)

yes, if you do the transplant fellowship, only do it in big center.

 

[CatFactorial]

yes, if you do the transplant fellowship, only do it in big center.

Generally the big places will have established fellowship curricula and education and should be considered

The big places also have a bunch of putzes who transplant in questionable ways (which I suppose is an education in itself, but not while you’re still a fellow)

I felt I was well served by staying at my home program (not one of the above). The training was much more of the choose-your-own-adventure than a structured process, but that was fine given I did heme/onc fellowship there. Not sure what kind of headaches would await by packing up the family and schlepping off to city of hope or something.

 

[gutonc]

The big places also have a bunch of putzes who transplant in questionable ways (which I suppose is an education in itself, but not while you’re still a fellow)

I thought that was mandatory if you were a transplanter. The phrase "he'd transplant a turnip if it was insured" came up often in my fellowship regarding the section head.