Address
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Center for Laboratory Medicine
327 E 64th St, Ste 526
New York, NY 10065
T (646) 608-1109
Director
Kazunori Murata, PhD
E-mail: labchemfellowship@mskcc.org
Faculty and Research Interests
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | |
| Kazunori Murata, PhD | protein immunology, special chemistry |
| Lakshmi Ramanathan, PhD | clinical chemistry, automated chemistry |
| Dean Carlow, MD, PhD | mass spectrometry, therapeutic drug monitoring |
| Samuel McCash, MD | clinical chemistry, hematology, protein immunology |
| Esther Babady PhD | clinical microbiology, molecular microbiology |
| Amanda Blouin MD PhD | clinical chemistry, hematology, protein immunology |
Program Listing
Level(s) of training: Postdoctoral
Number of positions available per year: 1 every 2 years
Duration of program: 2 years
Approximate annual salary or stipend: PGY1
Source of funding: Hospital
Current number of trainees: 1
Number of past graduates: 4
Application Procedures
Prerequisites
Applicants must have earned a PhD, MD, or DO (or equivalent) from an accredited university. Applicants should have successfully completed 30 semester hours (or equivalent) in undergraduate and/or graduate level chemistry or biochemistry at an accredited institution. Applicants are strongly encouraged to have gained exposure to a clinical laboratory and to have taken courses in human anatomy, physiology, and/or pathophysiology prior to application.
Procedures
Applicants should submit a personal statement describing their interest in clinical chemistry, qualifications, and future goals, along with a current CV. Applications without a personal statement will not be accepted. All applications should be sent via e-mail to labchemfellowship@mskcc.org. Applicants are requested NOT to send any transcripts or letters of recommendation.
Applications are only accepted in alternating years. Fellowships at MSKCC have a start date of July.
Deadline
Applications will be accepted until filled for the position starting in July 1, 2023. Early application is encouraged.
Program Description
The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) is a worldwide leader in cancer treatment and diagnosis. The Department of Laboratory Medicine provides diagnostic testing for all patients seen at MSKCC, and includes clinical chemistry, hematology, microbiology, point-of-care, cell therapy, flow cytometry, cellular immunology, and transfusion medicine. MSKCC maintains laboratories in the main campus, as well as multiple regional sites located in New Jersey, Westchester County, Long Island and several outpatient sites in Manhattan that collect specimens and perform a limited number of tests on site. The Clinical Chemistry service performs testing in all areas including routine chemistry, critical care testing, cardiac markers, tumor markers, toxicology screening, protein immunology, immunochemistry, mass spectrometry, and point of care testing.
The goal of the two year MSKCC Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Program is to prepare fellows to function as a laboratory director of a high complexity laboratory in a clinical, academic, or industrial environment. Fellows are expected to take the qualifying examinations administered by the ABCC upon completion of their fellowship.
The curriculum consists of two phases. Phase 1 consists of a 12 month series of rotations through clinical chemistry laboratories in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at MSKCC and Columbia University Medical Center. The duration of the rotations are between 1-4 weeks. Fellows may also be assigned short term development or quality projects during this time. Formal instruction in certain topics will be provided via lectures and didactic sessions. In Phase 2, fellows complete a translational research project. Fellows assume increasing responsibility in the laboratories where emphasis will be on projects as well as answering calls from the medical staff. Fellows will also serve as acting laboratory directors during their second year and assume responsibility for laboratory and patient issues under the supervision of an attending director.