From the Director

Welcome to the Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation (HOT) Division at the University of Minnesota.  The Division has a long and distinguished tradition of excellence in patient care, research and training.

Over 40 faculty members are based on the university campus.  Our clinical faculty supervise several busy inpatient services and outpatient clinics devoted to caring for adults with a variety of cancers and blood disorders.

We emphasize translational research aimed at bringing solutions from the "bench to the bedside."  This approach has allowed HOT Division faculty to develop innovative therapies for a variety of hematologic and oncologic disorders.  We're also pioneering "survivorship" research focusing on the medical, social and psychological problems of the growing number of individuals who survive as a result of successful therapy.  Evidence of this research can be found in over 100 articles published each year by HOT faculty.  Support for this research comes from successful competition for over 140 grants including NIH awards as well as a variety of other awards and contracts providing over $12 million in research funding.  Significant additional funding comes from philanthropic organizations such as the Masons of Minnesota, and generous gifts from individual patients, families and friends interested in making a difference.

The Division is also committed to mentoring and training the next generation of specialists in the fields of hematology, oncology and transplantation, and preparing trainees for clinical or laboratory-based research careers.  The Fellowship Training Program in the Division is comprised of approximately 20 fellows in years one through four of subspecialty training.  Trainees rotate among four training sites including the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Regions Hospital and Hennepin County Medical Center.  Most graduates are board-eligible in the disciplines of hematology and medical oncology, and have a working knowledge of hematopoietic cell transplantation.  Many also earn a Masters Degree in Clinical Research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health while enrolled in the fellowship program.  The fellowship program is partially supported by a long-standing, competitive T32 Training Grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

We invite you to meet the members of our HOT Division faculty and fellowship program through the pictures and brief biographical sketches provided on this web site.  We try to stay up to date, so don’t hesitate to send news or inquiries to us.

Philip McGlave, M.D.
Director, Division of Hematology,
Oncology and Transplantation