Overview
Disease-site focused clinical and research fellowship (breast, lung, melanoma, neuroendocrine, GI and GU cancers) at Sunnybrook's Odette Cancer Centre.
The programme
- Training type
- Clinical Fellowship
- Duration
- 1-2 years
- Start
- Revolving; at least 9 months from start date for foreign trainees
- Positions
- 3-6 per year
- Accreditation
- University of Toronto Department of Medicine clinical fellowship registered with PGME; does not lead to RCPSC certification (UofT PGME page)
- Department
- Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology - Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Completed formal medical oncology training in home country
- International applicants
- Non-Canadian applicants who meet CPSO clinical-fellow licensure requirements contact the Fellowship Program Director; citizens of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE must apply through their sponsoring agency to the PGME Office (UofT PGME page)
- Visa support
- PGME Office provides successful sponsored applicants with documentation to apply for a work permit (UofT PGME page); otherwise not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Must be eligible for a CPSO certificate authorizing postgraduate education (educational licence); applicant must be recognized as a specialist in the jurisdiction where they practised (UofT PGME page)
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Contact Ayesha Iqbal, Fellowship Administrator (ayesha.iqbal@sunnybrook.ca)
Funding
- Funding
- Opportunities to apply for peer-reviewed research funding encouraged