Residents are accepted at a PG-2 level after having successfully completed a clinical year of training. We encourage a well rounded clinical year with broad based training in general medicine and surgery to establish a well rounded medical background.

Training is very much a hands-on approach with a one-on-one working relationship with each attending clinician. Residents rotate to a different attending team every three months. First-hand experience is given in diagnosis, consultation, simulation, treatment and follow-up within the clinical setting. Daily didactic and interactive conferences are held to formalize what is learned in the clinic. Weekly departmental grand rounds highlight current patients under treatment. Residents attend and participate in tumor boards and multidisciplinary clinics and are involved in national and institutional clinical studies (protocols) with faculty members. Residents are given research opportunities and are encouraged to publish original articles during their training.

Physics is taught in weekly classes beginning the first year of training. These classes consist of formal didactic as well as interactive lectures given by the physics faculty.

Radiobiology classes are taught in weekly classes also beginning the first year of training. Not only is classical radiobiology taught, but also molecular biology as it applies to oncology, to keep residents abreast of the latest advances in cancer research.

With a well equipped laboratory available, residents are encouraged to participate in bench research studies. One advantage of having a working radiobiology staff is that residents can interact on a daily basis with the staff on pertinent clinical problems. As manifested by the cancer vaccine program, laboratory studies can be translated into clinical studies.

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