Nuclear Radiology Fellowship

Fellows and residents participate in several didactic conferences, which cover topics ranging from single photon exams to advanced hybrid imaging to theranostic patient selection. Didactic training includes the following topics that meet the hours needed to serve as an NRC Authorized User: Principles and Clinical Applications of Nuclear Radiology, Medical Nuclear and Diagnostic Radiological Physics, Radiobiology Health Physics and Protection, Nuclear Medicine Instrumentation, Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Instrumentation, and Clinical Nuclear Pharmacy.

Division staff and fellows are active in numerous collaborative multidisciplinary conferences, which provide extensive exposure to complex oncologic, cardiac, and neurologic pathology.

MGH is a SNMMI Therapy Center of Excellence and a major referral center for all cancer types. Our fully developed Theranostic service line provides Radium 223, Lu-177 dotatate (Lutathera) and Lu-177 PSMA (Pluvicto) consultations and therapy. Iodine-131 therapy is performed in conjunction with the MGH Thyroid Unit.

The Department of Radiology at Mass General Brigham has a single enterprise PACS, allowing image review and analysis at multiple locations, regardless of point of origin across the network. Despite the distributed network across New England, all fellow rotations occur at the MGH main campus. We have state-of-the-art PET and SPECT equipment at the main campus, our satellite facilities (Chelsea and Danvers), and our affiliates Newton-Wellesley, Salem, Wentworth Douglas and Cooley Dickinson Hospitals. The Martinos Research Facility operates a Siemens 3T PET/MR, with an additional clinical 3T PET/MR under construction at MGH. Outside second interpretation consultations obtained at non-Mass General sites provide further exposure to interesting and complex pathology worldwide.

The MGH Cardiac Imaging service, based in Yawkey 5 at the MGH main campus, collaborates with Cardiology. All SPECT and PET images are interpreted jointly with Cardiology daily. Fellows receive extensive training in Tc-99m SPECT, N-13 ammonia, and rubidium-82 PET/CT interpretation.

There is no in-house after-hours call. On-call responsibilities consist of beeper call from home and involve roughly 5 weeknights per month. Weekend call coverage is the responsibility of radiology residents and nuclear radiology staff physicians. When on call, the fellow serves as the first call responder to requests for emergency nuclear medicine procedures. These requests are handled jointly with an on-call nuclear medicine staff physician who provides advice, supervision and review of all aspects of the procedures in real time.