International and National Radiology Observer Fellowships

International  and National Observer Fellowships

Visiting fellows will participate in the functions of the various specialized sections of the department, working in a clinical and educational environment emphasizing current clinical practices, newer radiological techniques and the operation of state-of-the-art imaging modalities.

Specific educational opportunities include:

• Observation of general and specialized procedures
• Participation in review of daily case material
• Review sessions with the faculty
• Possible involvement in clinical research and publications
• Attending departmental and interdepartmental conferences
• Access to recorded departmental educational lecture series
• Departmental Radiology Teaching Collection

Comprehensive experience in chest diseases including CT, MRI, intensive care radiology, PET and needle biopsy techniques. Exposure to daily film sessions and teaching conferences.

The cardiovascular imaging (noninvasive) service is a state-of-the-art clinical cardiac imaging service. Trainees are exposed to vascular imaging but will concentrate on cross-sectional cardiac imaging with emphasis on MRI and CT. Trainees develop an in-depth knowledge of cardiac imaging techniques, the role of imaging in the cardiac workup, disease entities and their imaging findings. We communicate and work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. Visitors will be exposed to all aspects of our service including pre-imaging work-up and planning, scan acquisition and readouts.  Space is limited to one observer per week on each of the separate cardiac MRI and CT services.

Comprehensive experience in imaging acute traumatic and non-traumatic conditions in the emergency radiology division. This fellowship emphasizes newer imaging modalities in the diagnosis and evaluation of trauma, especially computed tomography, and three-dimensional computed tomography utilizing an advantage Windows workstation. Emergency Radiology visiting fellows will receive instruction during didactic teaching sessions, daily film review, teaching collection conferences, trauma rounds and observation of procedures and teaching collection.

Covers conventional contrast examination, body imaging with ultrasound, CT and MR including 3D techniques. Gynecologic imaging emphasizes pelvic MR, transvaginal ultrasound and hysterosalpingography. Multidisciplinary morning conferences cover hepatobiliary imaging, transplant evaluation and oncology treatment planning and response assessment. Daily teaching conferences for trainees emphasize classic teaching, problem-solving techniques and correlation with surgical and pathologic findings.

Visiting fellow rotation includes participation in work / teaching conferences, clinical rounds, observation of image-guided procedures and ability for one-to-one teaching tailored to the specific needs of each visiting fellow. Interventional procedures and topics include angioplasty and stent placement, dialysis access procedures, thrombolysis, superselective catheterization techniques, transcatheter embolization, inferior vena cava filter placement, TIPS, venous access, chemo and radio embolization, tumor ablation, gastrostomy tube placement, nephrostomy tube placement, bilary drainage, US- and CT-guided biopsies, chest tube placement, thoracentesis and paracentesis.

Extensive exposure to all of the imaging modalities as applied to sports medicine, rheumatology, musculoskeletal neoplasms and general orthopedic surgery. Observation of a significant number of procedures including arthrograms, percutaneous needle biopsies of bone and soft tissue lesions, selective and non-selective epidural steroid injections, facet blocks and therapeutic procedures like rhizotomy, heat ablation of osteoid osteoma, cryoablation of painful metastatic lesions and therapeutic injections of joints, painful sites and certain benign tumors.

Complete and intensive exposure to basic and advanced clinical neuroimaging at Mass General, where the neurological and neurosurgical case load is outstanding in complexity and volume. Available are all modern imaging modalities for the study of the brain, head and neck and spine including structural and functional MRI & MRA, CT, cerebral and spinal angiography, myelography, clinical PET, neuroembolization and cerebrovascular disease evaluated by ultrasound. Learning opportunities include multiple daily film review sessions, protocol development, observation of procedures and daily teaching conferences. Highlights include a) regular consultative conferences involving world renowned faculty from neuroradiology, neurology, neurosurgery and neuropathology; b) clinical applications of functional MRI in acute stroke, brain tumors and dementia; c) weekly brain cutting neuropathology correlative conference; d) weekly Grand Rounds.

Observation of daily activities on a busy clinical service and attendance at daily conference, nuclear cardiology and PET read-out conferences as well as weekly didactic conferences. Visiting fellows participate in the interpretation of studies throughout the day. Continuous interaction with staff nuclear medicine physicians provides insights into current practice and interpretive approaches although no teaching collection materials are available.

A comprehensive, educational experience emphasizing clinical correlations with all aspects of pediatric imaging, intensive care, CT, MRI and all aspects of pediatric ultrasound.

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