Hematology & Medical Oncology Fellowship Education

There are two (2) outpatient (OP) locations and one (1) inpatient (IP) location.

OP Locations

• Memorial Hospital West (MHW) West OP Cancer Center
• Memorial Regional Hospital (MRH) East OP Cancer Center

IP Location

MHW Floor 3 West (Malignant Hematology and Cellular Therapy) - also referred to as Malignant Hematology and Cellular Therapy (MHCT).

The following physicians are employees of Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, but they are full-time physicians at Memorial Healthcare System Memorial Cancer Institute:

• Yehuda Deutsch, MD
• Hugo Fernandez, MD
• Jennifer Logue MD
• Nina Nguyen, MD
• Claudia Paba-Prada MD
• Jose Sandoval-Sus, MD
• Carlos Silva, MD
• Fernando Madueno Vargas, MD

There are three (3) outpatient (OP) and two (2) inpatient (IP) locations.

OP Locations

• Memorial Regional Hospital (MRH) East Oncology: Drs. Atif Hussein, Michel Vulfovich, Matthew Salzberg, Brian Hunis, Frederick Wittlin, and Jennifer Zikria.
• MRH East Breast Cancer Center: Drs. Marcel Blaya and Delia Guaqueta.
• New Freestanding Cancer Center
• MHW West General Hematology/Oncology: Drs. Luis Raez, Gelenis Domino, Pablo Ferraro, Anna Abraham, Daren Grosman, Robert Hirsch, and Manuel Martinez-Rio.
• MHW West Breast Cancer Center: Drs. Aurelio Castrellon, Alejandra Fuentes, and Adriana Milillo Naraine.

In addition, many of our doctors specialize in specific cancers whom they see in their OP offices. When on call, IP doctors see all types of cancers but specialize in certain cancer(s) in their offices.

These are the OP Clinics (also referred to as disease-specific clinics):

• MHW Lung/Head and Neck Cancers: Drs. Luis Raez and Gelenis Domingo
• MHW Gastrointestinal Cancers: Dr. Pablo Ferraro
• MRH Melanoma/Sarcoma/Brain Cancers: Dr. Atif Hussein

In the morning, the fellows will be either in IP rotations (3 of them, IP MHCT West, IP O East, and IP O West) or in a disease specific clinic (OP East BCC, OP West BCC, OP Lung/Head and Neck cancers, OP West Gastrointestinal Cancers, or OP East Melanoma/Sarcoma/Brain Cancers Clinic) working with different oncologists who specialize in those diseases.

There are two breast cancer disease specific outpatient clinics:

• MRH East Breast Cancer Center: Drs. Marcel Blaya and Delia Guaqueta
• MHW West Breast Cancer Center: Drs. Aurelio Castrellon, Alejandra Fuentes, and Adriana Milillo Naraine

There will be a Malignant Hematology and Cellular Therapy office in the new freestanding cancer center (tentatively scheduled to open in winter 2024).

IP Locations

• MRH Floor 8 Central
• MHW Floor 7 West

Therefore, as you can see from above, fellows will have three (3) IP rotations:

• MHW Floor 3 West (referred to as MHW IP MHCT in the block schedule)
• MRH Floor 8 Central (referred to as MRH IP H/O)
• MHW Floor 7 West (Referred to as MHW IP H/O)
• "H/O" refers to Hematology/Oncology
• MHCT physicians only see malignant hematology and not benign hematology. As a result, benign hematology patients will be seen by the fellows covering 8 Central at East and 7 West at West.

Continuity Clinic

In the afternoon, fellows will be in their own Continuity Clinic (CC) one afternoon a week. In their CC, they will see their own patients throughout the 3-year training with a physician supervision. Those are their patients and not the supervising physician’s patients.

Continuity Clinic

In the afternoon, fellows will be in their own Continuity Clinic (CC) one afternoon a week. In their CC, they will see their own patients throughout the 3-year training with a physician supervision. Those are their patients and not the supervising physician’s patients.

Current Sites

• Site 1: Memorial Hospital West
• Site 2: Memorial Regional Hospital
• Site 3: Memorial Hospital Miramar (coming July 2024)

Inpatient Rotations (IP)

• Malignant Hematology and Cellular Therapy (MHCT) [Site 1 only]
• Benign Hematology/Oncology (H/O) [Site 1 or 2]

Outpatient Electives (E)

• Breast Cancer Clinic
• Malignant Hematology and Cellular Therapy Clinic
• Benign Hematology Clinic
• Infusion Suite Rotation
• Palliative Care
• Radiation Oncology
• Scholarly Activity
• General Hematology/Oncology Clinic (i.e., lung, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, head and neck, neuro-oncology)
• Hematopathology
• Transfusion Medicine/Coagulation/Apheresis

Educational Conferences

Fellows present every Friday.

Board Review Questions moderated by our chief fellows.

Core Curriculum Lecture Series

Faculty presents weekly grand rounds Fridays from 12 pm - 1 pm, followed by fellows presentation from 1 pm - 2 pm.

Journal Club

Once a month on Tuesdays at noon.

Morbidity/Mortality Conference

Once a quarter on Fridays.

Three fellows will be on call during weekends, weeknight, and holidays.

• Weekends: Fridays from 5 pm to Monday at 8 am (3 fellows).
• Weeknights: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays from 5 pm to 7 am the next day (1 fellow).
• Holidays: 3 fellows

Three (3) fellows will be on call during weekends, weeknight, and holidays covering:

• East Team: Including the nine (9) East breast cancer doctors
• West Team: Including the 10 West breast cancer doctors
• Malignant Hematology & Cellular Therapy Team: Including the eight (8) doctors

There are 24 multidisciplinary tumor boards held every four weeks.

• Monday [7:30 am - 8:30 am] Lung cancer
• Tuesday [8 am - 9 am] Hematology
• Tuesday [12 pm - 1 pm] Molecular cancer (Moffitt)
• Tuesday [4 pm - 5 pm] Neuro-oncology and GU  
• Wednesday [7:30 am - 8:30 am] Gastrointestinal 
• Thursday [8 am - 9 am] Breast cancer
• Friday [7:30 am - 8:30 am] Head and Neck, Hepatobiliary/General, and Gynecology cancers