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Education

UC Irvine- John Wayne Foundation Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship

The Division of Surgical Oncology Service offers medical students, residents and fellows a rich educational experience with many common malignancies. In addition to our high volume melanoma program, our experienced surgical oncologists specialize in thyroid and parathyroid cancer, breast cancer and sarcoma.

Along with the clinical and technical experience, residents and students are exposed to the latest clinical trials and basic science research in each disease. Our comprehensive clerkship program offers the opportunity to evaluate patients at the UC Irvine Breast Center. Residents and medical students rotating on the Surgical Oncology service receive a syllabus at the start of the rotation and additional educational material chosen by the faculty.

Interested applicants should contact our fellowship coordinator, Adrienne Cosentino at acosenti@hs.uci.edu .

Applying to our Program:

Fellow applications are accepted entirely through ERAS and determined via the NRMP process. No phone calls please.
Matching applicants will begin their fellowship the following August.

Requirements for application:

  • ERAS Application
  • CV
  • Personal Statement
  • 3 Letters of recommendation
  • USMLE/COMLEX transcript
  • ABSITE transcript
  • Applicants from international medical schools must have a valid California post-graduate training authorization letter (PTAL) and be ECFMG certified at time of application. 
  • DO applicants must have completed USMLE steps 1 and 2 
  • Meet all UCI GME requirements for appointment. Found here

Applications for the 2023 interview season will be reviewed in January with invitations sent in February for the following interview dates:
March 28, 2023
April 11, 2023

All interviews will be held virtually.
For more information, please visit our Graduate Medical Education page. 

About Us:

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The UC Irvine, School of Medicine mission: Discover. Teach. Heal 

Learn more about how the  UC Irvine Medical Center is living its mission through the  UCI Irvine Health Magazine and Helping You Live Well .

 

Training Philosophy:

We strive to recruit and train the next generation of outstanding, diverse leaders in the ever-changing field of surgical oncology, aligning with each of UC Irvine Health’s core values:

• Discover: Invest in environment of inquiry through scientific research and participation in academic meetings and symposia.
• Teach: “Give back” knowledge of critical illness pathophysiology and management to students and residents at all levels of training.
• Heal: Provide the expert, compassionate, and committed care we’d want for our family - from the trauma bay and emergency department, to the operating room, and through the intensive care unit.

 

Education and Core Conferences:

Fellows have protected time to attend core conferences each Tuesday and Thursday.
Weekly conferences consist of:

Lecture Series/Surgical Oncology Case Conference: Tuesday , 7:00 am - 8:30 am
Morbidity & Mortality Conference (M&M): Thursday, 7:30 am - 8:30 am
Department Grand Rounds: Thursday, 8:30 am to 9:30 am

Orange County: Recreational, Cultural, and Social:

With a climate that ranges from 50 to 75 degrees in the winter and 60 to 90 degrees in the summer, and close proximity to the mountains and the ocean, Orange County, California offers a wide variety of activities from skiing and snowboarding to surfing, sailing and other water sports. In fact, swimming, boating, surfing, skin diving and fishing are year-round sports. Orange County boasts expansive parks, scenic hiking, biking and jogging trails as well as public golf courses and tennis courts.

Hardcore sports fans will enjoy frequent professional sporting events, including Angels’ baseball, the Anaheim Ducks for hockey and horseracing at the Santa Anita and Del Mar tracks.

Orange County is home to the nationally renowned South Coast Repertory, the Discovery Science Center, the Orange County Performing Arts Center, art museums, Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure, as well as numerous performance and sports venues.

Visitors to nearby Los Angeles will find some of the best entertainment facilities in the country including:  the Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, the Geffen Playhouse, Grauman’s Chinese Theater, the Kodak Theater and the Hollywood Bowl. A variety of smaller stage productions are also available in Hollywood and the nearby Melrose Avenue district. Extensive art collections are on view at the Los Angeles County, Norton Simon and Getty art museums, as well as at the Huntington Library, which is home to a world-class arboretum. There are also numerous smaller art galleries throughout the region.

The region’s extensive freeway system makes all of these activities readily accessible. San Diego, with Sea World, the prestigious San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, and the U.S./Mexican border are only a two-hour drive away.

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Contact Us:

UC Irvine, Department of Surgery
3800 Chapman Ave Ste 6200 | Orange, CA 92868

UC Irvine Health: ucirvinehealth.org   
University of California, Irvine: uci.edu

Adrienne Cosentino
Fellowship Coordinator
acosenti@hs.uci.edu 

Education Manager:
Tania Saba Pettitt
tsaba@hs.uci.edu 

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