Applications for 2025 have closed. 
Deadline
05/21/2025
Location
UCSF Mission Bay
Course Length
3 years
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The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Kaiser Permanente San Francisco (KPSF) joint fellowship program in Gynecologic Oncology is a 3-year program accredited by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). 

Through the provision of ambulatory care, surgical management, systemic cytotoxic treatments including chemotherapy and other targeted agents, as well as palliative care, to women with gynecologic malignancies, our fellows will acquire clinical skills, knowledge and attitudes essential to the practice of gynecologic oncology. Our graduates will be able to apply sound clinical judgment and skill, interpret and apply relevant evidence, actively solicit patient preference and participation in decision-making, and serve as subspecialty consultants to our medical colleagues.

 

Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Details

Director: Stephanie Ueda, MD

Associate Director: Lee-may Chen, MD

KPSF Site Director: Ramey Littell, MD

UCSF/KPSF Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine and Kaiser Permanente San Francisco (KPSF) offer a three year joint Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program. Our fellowship Program is accredited program by accredited by Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Our program is approved for 3 fellowship positions. One fellow is recruited each year. Fellows are trained at Bakar Cancer Hospital and Ron Conway Gateway Medical Building at the UCSF Mission Bay Campus, and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco (KPSF).

Our fellows will spend the first 6 month of their fellowship in a clinical rotation at UCSF follow by a 12 months protected time for research in gynecologic malignancies at a location based on the candidate’s research interests. After the research year, fellows will continue with their clinical at either KPSF or UCSF. Senior fellows will have an opportunity to do a one month rotation at the UCSF Intensive Care Unit as well as an elective month of their choice in clinical oncology, surgical oncology, or dysplasia.

The residency program at UCSF is also an ACGME-accredited program and has nine residents per year, for a total of 36 residents. Residents rotate through Gynecologic Oncology for a period of 5-7 weeks each year. Residents also participate in the daily activities of the inpatient service and surgery with the fellows.

Goals and Objectives

Our fellowship program's educational objectives are structured according to the core competencies of the ACGME Outcomes Project.

  • Interpersonal skill and professional communication objectives are critical to acquiring knowledge and conveying results and recommendations to patients and providers alike.
  • Medical knowledge objectives emphasize learning for diagnosis and management of each of the major gynecologic tumor sites, but also modalities of treatment including radiation, chemotherapy, and palliative care.
  • Patient care objectives including complete assessment using history, physical examination findings, and laboratory test results, and selection and performance of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, including radical pelvic and minimally invasive surgery.
  • Practice-based learning includes evidence based medicine, critically considered research, self-reflection as part of the evaluation process, while system-based learning includes quality improvement and multidisciplinary team collaboration. Throughout all educational activities, professionalism is essential for good performance and lifelong learning.

Curriculum

  • Surgical and Clinical Management
  • Radiation Therapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Pathology
  • Critical Care

Research

  • IRB Training
  • Grant Writing
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Quantitative Techniques /Epidemiology/Study Design
  • Manuscript Preparation
  • Thesis presentation and defense

Elective Options

  • Radiation Oncology
  • Phase I
  • Surgical Oncology
  • Urologic Oncology
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Dysplasia

Application Submission Process

  1. Please submit your application on the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) at www.aamc.org/eras. Additionally, fellowship candidates must apply to the (National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) to participate in the Match by registering online at http://www.nrmp.org/.
  2. Apply and participate in the National Resident Match Program (NRMP)- http://www.nrmp.org/
  3. Submit 3 letters of recommendation via ERAS
    1. SLOE from Director of Gynecologic Oncology at your residency program
    2. SLOE from Residency Director at your current institution
    3. from a selected professional preference
  4. Upload your personal essay
  5. Upload your current CV

Important Dates

  • Application Deadline: April 7, 2025
  • Interview Notifications: May, 2025
  • Interview Date: Interviews will be held in July of 2025 and are by invitation only. 

Recruitment and Selection Process

The Fellowship program selects and appoints trainees in accordance with the University of California and GME policy, and in compliance with all Federal and State laws. We select eligible applicants on the basis of aptitude, preparedness, academic credentials and career goals.

It is the policy of UCSF and its affiliated hospitals that programs do not discriminate against qualified applicants based upon gender, ethnicity, race, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, marital status, or veteran status.

UCSF does not use race, gender, sex or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.

UCSF Fellowship Director
Nicola Sequeira

GME/CME Education Coordinator
Patrick Canio

Gynecologic Oncology Division Analyst
TBD