Paediatric oncology
Dr. Elsje van Rijswijk
3 - 6 months
Visiting Residency and Visiting Observership
Fluent in English
Programme description
Children and young People’s unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital is a modern unit , in the setting of a specialist cancer hospital, comprising of a 18 bed paediatric in-patient ward, 13 bed teenage and young adults (TYA) ward. In addition there is a day unit and out patients department, serving the south east of England including South London. The unit is one of the 2 joint Primary Treatment Centres (PTC) in London and patients are referred from 5 cancer networks. The department works in close partnership with St. George’s hospital and has strong academic links with the Institute of Cancer Research.
Approximately 250 new patients are referred every year and the department has an active haematopoietic stem cell transplant and neurooncology programme. The department has a strong drug development focus and is the lead for several early and late phase trials within UK and Europe.
A 3-6 month clinical fellowship is an exciting opportunity to gain clinical experience in the management of paediatric and adolescent oncology in a world-leading centre. The candidate will have opportunities to learn from the busy clinical practice and strong research focus.
Fellows will be based across the Royal Marsden hospital at Sutton (Surrey) site.
Head of Department: Dr. Sucheta Vaidya
