Fellowship type
Clinical Research Fellow - breast, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, lung and coming soon Survivorship or Adolescent and Young Adult.
Research Fellowships
The following fellowships usually require both a clinical and research supervisor (e.g. lab scientist, clinician-scientist, clinician-educator) and are disease site specific. Clinical duties are typically 20-40% of your workload (2-3 half-day clinics per week)
- Translational Research
- Clinical Research
- Education Research
- Cardiac Oncology
Clinical Fellowships
This is for those wanting to obtain a higher level of clinical exposure in general oncology or specific disease site. The clinical duties are typically 60-80% of your workload (5-7 half day clinics per week). Also involves teaching, academic and research activities of their primary discipline as assigned by their primary supervisor.
Please note: research or clinical fellowships do not lead to eligibility for certification for medical oncology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Degree programs (MSc/PhD)
Fellows may wish to pursue a higher degree during their time in Ottawa and accommodations can be made to facilitate. Fellows will be expected to follow the requirements of the specific University program for lectures, research, thesis production and the number of clinics attended each week. For more information, please consult: Graduate Studies Programs
Position
New position. We accept new fellows each year.
Available vacancies
4
Job Description
The Ottawa Hospital Medical Oncology team is accepting applications for a July 1, 2022 start date. The structure of the program is individualized and is designed to build on the Fellow's background and interests. Fellowship programs can vary from 1-3 years. Specific research and clinical duties (including inpatient and on call requirements) will be pre-specified at time of offer, as determined by the fellow's supervisor(s), the program director and the division head. Affiliated with the University of Ottawa you will experience excellence in cancer management through a multidisciplinary approach at an academic tertiary care cancer centre and will further refine your oncologic training. You will understand the role of clinical and lab-based research in patient care and perform oncology research in an academic environment that will offer you additional time to consider future career options.
Our program is also unique in that Fellows have their own, longitudinal "Fellows Clinic" where for the time of their Fellowship they actually run their own practice and learn many of the skills required for subsequent independent practice as a specialist physician.
Training Experience Required
The program is aimed for trainees who have completed residency training in medical/radiation oncology, general surgery, diagnostic imaging, or pathology.
Application deadline
Applications are accepted year-round.
