Regular weekly educational activities bring together members of the Division of Hematology/Oncology and clinicians and basic scientists at all McGaw Medical Center institutions and hospital affiliates. Fellows are expected to participate in the following conferences:

• Housestaff Lecture Series
• Division of Hematology/Oncology and Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Grand Rounds (three weeks/month September - May)
• Experimental Therapeutics Seminar (bi-monthly)
• Hematology and Hematologic Oncology Management Conference (weekly)
• Hematologic Malignancies Research Conference (monthly)
• Bone Marrow Transplantation Management Conference (weekly)
• New Patient Conference (weekly)
• Multidisciplinary Breast Conference (weekly)
• Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Conference (weekly)
• Multidisciplinary Genitourinary Conference (weekly)
• Multidisciplinary Lung Conference (weekly)
• Multidisciplinary Gastrointestinal Conference (weekly)
• Medical Grand Rounds (weekly)
• Department of Medicine Firm Conference (weekly) Lectures in the Life Sciences (bimonthly)

In addition, the Division of Hematology/Oncology and the Lurie Comprehensive Cancer sponsor lectures and symposia open to the professional community featuring speakers from leading cancer centers in the United States and abroad. Major symposia include:

• The Malnati Clinical Sciences Symposium, a two-day conference held annually in October.
• The Northwestern University/Schweppe Basic Sciences Colloquium, a two- or three-day conference held annually in September.