Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Curriculum

The musculoskeletal oncology fellow receives focused didactic education on the principles and practice of orthopaedic oncologic surgery. The core education consists of weekly conferences including preoperative and postoperative conferences and the fellows teaching conference. The department has a weekly multidisciplinary sarcoma tumor board. Morbidity and mortality conference and a multidisciplinary sarcoma journal club occurs monthly, both led by the fellow.

Fellows spend time with our sarcoma pathologists reviewing frozen sections, their sarcoma digital library and reviewing tumor board cases.  One-on-one review of imaging with one of our four MSK- radiologists, in addition to tumor board, pre-op conference and clinic provide an immersive experience in musculoskeletal oncology imaging. Fellows interact with radiation oncologists in the OR with brachytherapy cases, in tumor board, lectures and with individual patient cases to gain exposure to radiation principles. Medical oncology exposure occurs in both tumor board and in clinic.

We host an annual invited professorship.  Invited professors are national and international leaders in orthopaedic oncology. The fellow has the opportunity to meet and interact with the visiting professor and is expected to present challenging cases during the didactic session.

Our fellow attends the annual Stryker fellows’ oncology course in Mahwah, NJ, where Dr. Doug Letson is the course director.