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The Department of Radiology offers a varity of one year post residency fellowships. The following fellowships accept application for commencement on July 1 of each year.

Abdominal Fellowship

Program Director: Kedar Chintapalli, MD

The program is designed to develop subspecialty radiologists with expertise in all imaging methods applied to abdomen including performance of percutaneous bx. The fellowship includes training in Ultrasound, Body CT, and Body MRI. Fellows will be exposed to a wide range of patients and the disease and/or injury of all organ systems in both hospital and outpatient environments. In addition, fellows are exposed to vascular scanning and participate in image-guided biopsies and other procedures. The fellow will be responsible for the full-scope of examinations performed. Responsibilities include teaching residents and involvement in multidisciplinary conferences.

Kedar Chintapalli, MD Abd. Imaging Program Director

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fellowship

Program Director: Fadi El-Merhi, MD

This program is designed to allow the fellow to receive exposure to all aspects of interventional radiology in both vascular and non-vascular procedures. The majority of the training comes from active clinical practice. The remainder is provided by didactic lectures and conferences.

Fellows are encouraged to participate in research in a clinical or basic science level. Dr. Julio Palmaz is available to assist with basic science research. The Vascular Interventional faculty are involved in national research protocols and are primary investigators on multiple studies. Fellows are encouraged to publish a scientific paper or present a paper at a national meeting during the one-year fellowship.

Vascular Interventional Clinical Fellowship Program

Program Director: Darren Postoak, MD

Fellows will be exposed to a wide range of patients and disease/injury of organ systems in both inpatient and outpatient environments. The fellows will be responsible for planning (protocols) monitoring and interpreting these examinations. The emphasis is on the chest, breast, abdomen, pelvis, and the cardiovascular system. Emphasis on understanding of instrumentation and basic physical principles of MR as applied to imaging.

 

Fadi El-Merhi, MD- MR Imaging Program Director

Mammography Clinical Fellowship

Program Director: Pamela Otto, MD

Pamela Otto, MD- Mammography Program Director

The Mammography Fellowship offers training in all aspects of Breast Imaging. Fellows will be exposed to breast ultrasound and interventional procedures (including lesion localizations, guided core biopsies and fine needle and cyst aspirations).

Musculoskeletal Clinical Fellowship

Program Director: Rebecca Loredo, MD

Darren Postoak, MD- Cardiovascular Program Director

Rebecca Loredo, MD- Musculoskeletal Program Director

The Musculoskeletal radiology section protocols, and interprets a spectrum of imaging tests for the bone, joint, and soft tissues disorders in the extremities.

This fellowship is directed towards clinical activities to enhance the fellows knowledge of the musculoskeletal system. The fellowship includes pediatric musculoskeletal imaging, arthrography, CT scanning, and MR as related to the musculoskeletal system.