Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellowship

About the Program

The Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellowship Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is an independent, one-year program designed to prepare physicians for academic careers in Stem Cell Transplantation, including experience with clinical research.

The Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at MSK was founded in 1973 and is one of the largest in the country. The Program performs over 400 new cases per year and includes transplants using autologous grafts, grafts from matched and mismatched related or volunteer donors, and umbilical cord blood, ablative and non-ablative conditioning regimens, conventional and CD34-selected (T-cell depleted) grafts, and adoptive cell therapy protocols with specific T cells or NK cells.

The fellowship provides training in inpatient and outpatient settings, with a specific focus on the different subspecialties within hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, as well as exposure to the different disciplines that relate to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. These include Radiation Oncology, and clinical laboratory rotations.

Fellows will also have opportunities to participate in ongoing research projects or initiate an independent project. This process will be helped by the assigning of a mentor throughout the fellowship, who will ensure that the objectives of the fellow are met for the training year.

The program includes a wide variety of conferences that complement the clinical aspects. These are based on a disease management concept and will group physicians from different specialties who treat the disease in question. In addition to these patient-based conferences, a weekly research meeting is held.

How to Apply

Please send an updated CV and personal statement to Brian Shaffer, MD, at the address below. Three letters of recommendation should also be sent directly to Dr. Shaffer.

Program Director

Brian Shaffer, MD

Associate Program Director

Moneeza Walji, MD

Contact

Brian Shaffer, MD
Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
530 E 74th St, 21-208
New York, NY 10021
Phone 646-608-3737
Fax 929-321-8164
[email protected]

Multidisciplinary Amyloidosis Fellowship (2026–2027)

The Multidisciplinary Amyloidosis Fellowship at MSK is a one-year program designed for physicians seeking advanced training in amyloidosis, with the option to extend into a second research year. Applicants must have completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in hematology/oncology or the recently developed hematology track of MSK’s hematology/oncology fellowship program. Foreign applicants with equivalent qualifications are also eligible to apply.

The goal of the program is to provide fellows with the requisite knowledge, skills, and experience to effectively evaluate and treat adult patients with systemic amyloidosis. Fellows also receive training in clinical protocol development, translational research, and exposure to the fields of blood and marrow transplantation, cellular therapy, laboratory medicine, pathology, cardio-oncology, cardiac imaging, and onco-nephrology.

The curriculum includes outpatient clinic rotations, clinical laboratory rotations, and clinical/translational research training. Inpatient rotations will be incorporated to provide additional clinical or research exposure if appropriate. Fellows participate in didactic core and multidisciplinary conferences. Trainees will be paired with a primary research mentor, biostatistician, and dedicated research personnel with the expectation that their work will be presented at a national meeting and result in a first-author publication. Fellows will also have opportunities to gain experience from collaborators at other institutions.

MSK has a long history of training advanced fellows in multiple disciplines, including bone marrow transplant, immunotherapy, cardio-oncology, and onco-nephrology. In general, advanced fellows seek academic and leadership positions. The Graduate Medical Education Office oversees fellowship requirements, including formal evaluations, which are mandated every 6 months.

How to Apply 

Please send an updated CV and personal statement to Heather Landau, MD, at the address below. One letter of recommendation should also be sent directly to Dr. Landau.

Program Director

Heather Landau, MD

Contact

Heather Landau, MD
Director, Amyloidosis Program
Adult Bone Marrow Transplant & Cellular Therapy Services
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Phone: 646-608-3740
Fax: 929-321-8167
Email: [email protected]

Additional Information

Learn more about our Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation Program.