Pediatric Surgical Oncology Fellowship

The St. Jude pediatric surgical oncology fellowship is a non-ACGME accredited program designed to accommodate candidates with various surgical backgrounds who desire additional training in pediatric surgical oncology. General surgical residents, pediatric surgical fellows or international surgeons are eligible. Most of our trainees are interested in developing a career in academic pediatric surgical oncology either in the United States or in their home country after completion of their fellowships.

Individuals who have completed their pediatric surgical fellowship usually work one year on the clinical service followed by a year of research. These individuals are considered instructors in surgery and function as junior attending physicians during their second year.

Education Program

• Weekly case management conference at St. Jude for pediatric surgical oncology fellows where the previous week’s cases and the surgical management of the following week’s cases are discussed with the St. Jude surgical faculty
• Weekly conferences at St. Jude include; Pediatric Grand Rounds, Solid Tumor Conference and Tumor Board
• Monthly surgical Morbidity and Mortality conferences with St. Jude surgical faculty
• Weekly “Education Day” conference at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital for St. Jude faculty and fellows
• Joint education program by videoconference every third month at St. Jude with Vanderbilt University; includes faculty and fellows from Le Bonheur.
• Quarterly videoconference with St. Jude faculty and fellows with Durban, South Africa.

Pediatric surgical oncology fellows are expected to be involved in clinical research projects and may choose to spend and additional year of research as part of their training.

A potential elective rotation at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is possible to provide St. Jude pediatric surgical oncology fellows with an opportunity to spend three to four months on the adult sarcoma service, under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Lee.

Applicants should submit an application along with their curriculum vitae to:

Andrew M. Davidoff, MD, Chair
Department of Surgery, MS133
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105