The Department of Medicine
Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program
The Hematology/Oncology Fellowship program is a fully ACGME-approved program for the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine. We are currently accepting applications for the start of the 2025-2026 academic year with two open positions. This is a combined three-year training program preparing fellows for ABIM board eligibility in both hematology and medical oncology. We recruit two new fellows each year for a maximum of six fellows. Please find out more details on how to apply via ERAS.
Our Hematology/Oncology Fellowship program trains internal medicine graduates to become dual-board eligible in hematology and medical oncology. They receive education and field-training in the following course rotations:
- Normal and disease state fundamentals
- Molecular basis of cancer and hematologic diseases
- Principles of prevention and early detection of disease
- Treatments based on disease pathophysiology in unity with the patient’s goals
- Communication skills to deliver bad news empathetically
Participation by fellows in teaching residents and medical students is an integral part of the training.
Fellows have ample opportunities to enhance their research skills (both basic science and translational science) with multiple avenues to conduct research in their areas of interest. For example, they participate in cancer-related clinical trials through the Office of Clinical Trials and will explore the Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program at University of Tennessee Medical Center. This program serves a huge need in the East TN region and provides both autologous and allogeneic transplantation as well as innovative therapies such as chimeric antigen receptor cells (CAR-T) therapy. They have developed relationships with most commercial CAR-T companies to allow patients access to all available FDA-approved CAR-T products. Fellows may work with Dr. Jonathan Wall and the Amyloidosis and Cancer Theranostics Program (ACTP) for their clinical studies. Their work aims to improve the prognosis and quality of life for patients with amyloidosis through the development of additional imaging agents, and most importantly, new treatments designed to clear amyloid aggregates from the body.
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Center of Excellence
The Cancer Institute is one of the medical center's six Centers of Excellence. Each center is dedicated to providing comprehensive care to patients and expert commitment plays a critical role in the hospital's ongoing success. The Cancer Institute brings together expertise in clinical care, teaching and research. Patients receive exceptional healthcare combined with patient-centered care, premier technology and extensive patient/community education in one convenient outpatient facility.
Program Strengths
- The Hematology Oncology fellowship program is an essential need for UTGSM as it brings a wealth of advanced cancer therapies to those in need throughout the East Tennessee Region. The University of Tennessee Medical Center is the region’s only academic medical center, and each of the multispecialty services can be accessed at this one location. The Cancer Institute, is the largest provider of cancer care in the region and offers the broadest spectrum of cancer specialists and services to care for the adult population.
- UTGSM provides fellows with an excellent support system, including nursing, pharmacy, library, laboratory, nutritional support, social workers, consultative support from subspecialists, and an excellent Resident Assistance Program. The University of Tennessee Medical Center has state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic facilities.
- UTGSM is minutes away from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, main campus and has the resources of this large institution at its disposal. UTGSM has a close working relationship with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. College of Medicine, located in Memphis. Teachers and researchers at UTGSM collaborate and share facilities with colleagues at the prestigious University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories.
- UTGSM draws patients from a large geographic area in East Tennessee, southeast Kentucky, northwest North Carolina, and western Virginia. University of Tennessee Medical Center is a Level 1 Trauma Center. Due to the tertiary referral nature of the university program, a large number of patients with a broad spectrum of clinical pathologies are available for both clinical experience and research studies.
- The Cancer Institute facility brings all outpatient cancer services under one roof with convenient parking. This facility provides hope for our community of patients and families that we serve. These efforts also help support the University of Tennessee’s Medical Center’s three-pronged mission of healing, education, and discovery.
- The fellowship faculty physicians have trained at some of the best training programs in the country. All faculty members are board-certified in medical oncology. In addition, there are faculty members board-certified in hematology, geriatric medicine, as well as hospice & palliative care.
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Cancer Institute
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Fellowship Director
Timothy J. Panella, MD is the Director of the Hematology Oncology fellowship program. Dr. Panella received his MD from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in Memphis, TN. He completed his residency at University of Massachusetts in Worchester, MA as well as his fellowship in hematology oncology at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, NC. Dr. Panella also completed a master’s degree in medical management at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.
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