The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health

Fellowship Program in Gynecologic Oncology

Program Leadership

Program Director

Ken Lin, MD, PhD
Tel: 718.405.8082
kelin@montefiore.org

Associate Program Director

Matthew W. Cowan, DO
Tel: 718.405.8082
mcowan@montefiore.org

Fellowship Administrator

Lekesha Charles
Tel: 718.430.3152
lecharles@montefiore.org

Established in 1991
Length of training: 3 years
Number of Fellows: 4-5
The division meets ACGME requirements for fellowship training.
Division educational sessions include: journal club, morbidity & mortality, quality improvement, statistics, genetics, evidence based medicine and clinical and translational research.
Participation in national and international sponsored research protocols, including NCI-sponsored NRG Oncology, provides access to cutting edge and innovative therapies for women with gynecologic cancers.

Training includes the entire spectrum of gynecologic oncology care:
- Consultations
- Screenings
- Follow-up care
- Minimally invasive and robotic surgery
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation
- Palliative care and cancer survivor support

Accreditation

Fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Last site visit: 2018
Next scheduled site visit:

Prerequisites

Completion of a residency in obstetrics and gynecology

Current Fellows

Elizabeth Buckley, MD (PGY5)

Cyrus Jalai, MD (PGY5)

Nada Hussein, MD (PGY6)

Rupal Bhana, MD (PGY7)

Udele Tagoe, MD (PGY7)

Application Process

Application deadline: Monday, April 7, 2025

Invitations to Interview Sent to Applications: Monday, May 5, 2025

Interview Month: Late July

Selection Process

NRMP

Contact Us

Lekesha Charles
718.430-3152

lecharles@montefiore.org

Sample Block Schedule
	July-August	Sept-Oct	Nov-Dec	Jan-Feb	March-April	May-June
Year One	Research
Year Two	Weiler	Moses	Jacobi	Weiler	Moses	Jacobi
Year Three	Moses	Jacobi	Weiler	Moses	Jacobi	Weiler

Educational Sessions
Tuesday	Friday
7:00 a.m.: Division Conference Departmental Statistics Conference	7:15 a.m.: Division Conference
8:00 a.m.: Departmental Grand Rounds	8:00 a.m.: Tumor Board Conference
	9:30 a.m.: Fellow Didactics

Educational Sessions

Required research:
- Fellows work with a primary lab investigator who understands the requirement to publish a manuscript as a primary author and assists the fellow in this objective.
Supplemental research:
- Investigator-initiated and Pharmaceutical company sponsored trials
- Fellows can write the protocol for new institutional trials
- Other clinical projects overseen by faculty members.
- Faculty members reach out to fellows and residents interested in the field
- All fellows and some residents are involved in clinical projects supervised by faculty members.
Research Presentations:
- Locally at the Department Research Day or Grand Rounds
- Regionally at the New York Obstetric Society
- Nationally at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), Society of Gynecologic Investigation (SGI), American Radium Society (ARS), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) or American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meetings.