We have a dedicated pediatric neuro-oncology service for chemotherapy administration and other inpatient hospitalizations on a dedicated clinical Neurosciences floor at Children?s with specialized staff and nurses.

• Our outpatient clinic sees over 2000 visits per year.
• We care for an average of 125 new patients each year.
• We follow over 900 pediatric brain tumor survivors in our Outcomes Program.

We are skilled at improving current therapeutic approaches and outcomes of hard-to-treat pediatric brain tumors, such as atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT), low-grade astrocytoma (LGA), high-grade astrocytomas (HGA), diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma and medulloblastoma.

Graduates from the Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship program, which was established in 2001, have secured faculty positions at Dana-Farber/Children?s Hospital Cancer Care (Boston, MA), Royal Children?s Hospital (Melbourne, Australia), Children?s Hospital of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), Hasbro Children?s Hospital (Providence, RI), and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY), among others.

• work under the supervision of the pediatric neuro-oncology staff to diagnose, treat, and provide long-term follow-up for children with diverse CNS tumors on both the inpatient and outpatient services.
• be expected to develop a clinical research interest and complete a clinical research project during the course of the training program.
• obtain training in several areas related to neuro-oncology, such as neurosurgery, neuropathology, neuroradiology, nuclear medicine, radiation oncology, and neuropsychology.
• be responsible for supervising first-year General Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellows.
• gain experience in Phase I and II clinical trials.

During the fellowship year, the fellow will be appointed as Instructor at Harvard Medical School and receive attending physician status and privileges.

• have completed a ACGME-accredited General Pediatrics residency and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship,
• have Board-certification in General Pediatrics, and
• be Board-certified/eligible in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology.

Applications for fellowship are accepted on a rolling basis. All candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Mark Kieran, MD, PhD
  Director, Pediatric Medical Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children?s Hospital Boston
  Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

• Susan Chi, MD
  Director, Pediatric Brain Tumor Clinical Trials Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children?s Hospital Boston
  Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

• Peter Manley, MD
  Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Outcomes Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children?s Hospital Boston
  Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Susan Chi, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Children?s Hospital Boston
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program
44 Binney Street, Rm SW331
Boston, MA 02115

Phone: 617- 632-4386
Fax: 617-632-4897
Email: susan_chi@dfci.harvard.edu

Alternate Program Contact: eloise_adamson@dfci.harvard.edu