**UPDATE:
The application period for the 2009 fellowship in Hematology/Oncology is closed and we are no longer accepting applications . Please check back in June for the 2010 guidelines and important dates.
Applications will be accepted through ERAS after November 2007, for the program beginning July 1, 2009. Fellows are selected for the program on the Uniform Acceptance Date in June 2008, approximately 13 months before the start date of July 1, 2009. Fellows selected are chosen on the strength of prior training, demonstrated clinical competence, and potential for an academic career in basic or clinical research in Hematology/Oncology bench and/or clinical research. The timeline for the application process is as follows Date | Activity | Late June 2007 | ERAS 2008 fellowship applicant manuals will be available for PDF
download by chapters or in its entirety | Late June 2007 | EFDO begins to generate and distribute MyERAS tokens | July 1, 2007 | MyERAS Web site opens to applicants to begin working on their applications | November 15, 2007 | Applicants may apply to December apllication cycle programs | December 1, 2007 | ERAS PostOffice opens to December application cycle programs for downloading | May 31, 2008 | ERAS PostOffice will close to prepare for the 2009 season | June 2008 | Match results become available for December start fellowship specialties that
hold matches | July 1, 2009 | Fellows begin their training |
From the total number of applicants with completed files, approximately 50 will be invited to come in for a day of interviews with faculty members in the Division of Hematology/Oncology before the final selection of fellows is made. We will start to download completed applications from ERAS in December 2007. Applicants may be contacted as early as January 2008.
For Hematology/Oncology tract information: William J. Gradishar, MD
Director, Hematology/Oncology Training Program
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
w-gradishar@northwestern.edu Or Iliana Rodriguez
Fellowship Coordinator,
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation
676 N. St. Clair, Suite 850
Chicago, IL 60611
312.695.4125
312.695.6189 (Fax)
irodrigu@nmff.org For Palliative Medicine tract information: Jamie H. Von Roenn, MD
Director, Palliative Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
j-vonroenn@northwestern.edu
rboston@nmff.org For a sample contract and our policies on visa status and eligibility for appointment to a fellowship position, please
visit our Graduate Medical Education Office. | 
