The Department of Radiology on VCU’s MCV Campus offers a variety CAQ and Non-CAQ fellowship positions for radiology students.
The deadline for July 2015 applications is Oct. 18, 2013. Application materials for any of the non-CAQ fellowships can be downloaded from this page, see Application Process.
Katarina Easley
Executive Assistant to the Vice Chair of Administration and Operations
Fellowship Coordinator
Sanger Hall, Room 4-052
Phone: (804) 628-5535
Fax: (804) 828-6129
E-mail: radfellows@vcu.edu (please be sure to include your name and a return email address in the body of the email).
The Section of Abdominal Imaging in the Department of Radiology offers a one-year fellowship in abdominal imaging, accredited by the American College of Radiology at VCU Health System. The abdominal imaging fellowship includes clinical experience and thorough instruction in body CT, body MRI, GI, GU and ultrasound.
The purpose of the fellowship is to provide advanced training in all aspects of abdominal imaging. The fellowship is designed to prepare individuals with an interest in abdominal imaging for an academic career or practice with a large subspecialty private group.
Training includes experience with all facets of abdominal CT scanning, ultrasound, abdominal MRI and gastrointestinal and genitourinary radiology. Intraoperative, endosonography and color-flow vascular applications, as well as routine adult and pediatric sonography, are also taught. Interventional techniques such as biopsy and drainage using CT and ultrasound guidance are included in the fellow’s training. Significant experience with abdominal MRI, including MRCP and MRA is offered. Teaching, conference participation and involvement in ongoing research activities are required. Extensive teaching files in CT, MR, GI, GU and ultrasound are available for the fellow’s use.
The Department of Radiology offers one or two one-year MRI fellowships. This fellowship may include rotations in abdominal MRI, noninvasive cardiovascular MRI, and neuro MRI in variable combinations. One month of the fellowship is dedicated to learning the techniques of MRI. The minimum length of any one rotation will be three months.
The VCU/MCV Fellowship in Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention (MSK) emphasizes all aspects and modalities related musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging and imaging guided intervention. We have a diverse spectrum of pathology here, and many strong clinical departments. Within Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Oncology, Joint Replacement, Orthopedic Spine, And Hand/Wrist/Elbow Sections are particularly active. Rheumatology, Medical Oncology, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Neurosurgery, and Transplant Surgery are also particularly active, clinically and academically.
As a major academic referral center for central Virginia, and a busy Level 1 Trauma Center, VCU Medical Center (add link) performs approximately 330,000 radiological exams per year. In 2010, approximately 36,000 MSK exams (excluding ER cases) were performed and interpreted by the MSK section. The medical center’s equipment includes: 4 1.5T magnets, 6 MDCT’s, PET/CT, plus the full compliment of IR/fluoro equipment, US, CR, and DR. The entire enterprise is fully connected and integrated to the HIS. In addition to an array of diagnostic studies, the MSK section performs approximately 6-12 procedures each day between its outpatient facility at Stony Point and inpatient services at the VCU Medical Center, ranging from simple injections and arthrograms to complex biopsies and RF ablations. The MSK section also performs spine procedures, including epidural steroid injections, selective nerve root blocks and facet injections.
In the medical center and MSK section, there are numerous educational and academic opportunities for fellows and residents. Scheduled conferences include a monthly Sports Medicine conference with arthroscopy follow up and Rheumatology Conference. Fellows are encouraged to participate in Resident and Medical Student conferences. A single formal research project is strongly encouraged. Fellows who engage in formal research are provided academic time and meeting time.
The Section of Breast Imaging in the Department of Radiology offers a one-year fellowship.
The breast imaging program at VCU is an exciting, thriving and progressive program. We offer screening and diagnostic mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, imaging-guided breast biopsies and fine-needle aspirations of breast lesions, as well as axillary and internal mammary lymph nodes, ductography, preoperative wire localizations and second opinion consultations. We provide services at two sites: the Nelson Clinic at our main campus downtown and Stony Point at our outpatient center.
We are a clinically oriented service focused on providing our patients with accurate and efficient care delivered in a compassionate manner. We are set up to complete diagnostic work ups, including biopsies, on the same day of service. Pathology provides us results within 24 hours of any imaging-guided biopsy and our surgeons will see patients within 48 hours of a breast cancer diagnosis.
Working side by side with staff, the breast imaging fellows are an integral part of the service responsible for all aspects of patient care. The fellows are also responsible for helping cover two multidisciplinary conferences per week, as well as teaching residents and medical students.
The Thoracic Imaging Fellowship program provides advanced training in all aspects of cardio-pulmonary imaging enabling the fellow to develop specialized skills necessary for a successful career in academic radiology or in a large subspecialty private practice.
Our fellows are actively involved in all aspects of clinical thoracic imaging under the supervision of the program director and the thoracic imaging faculty and are exposed to a wide spectrum of pathologic processes, diseases and disorders affecting the cardiopulmonary system and mediastinum. They receive specific mentoring in the diagnostic interpretation of thoracic CT, high-resolution chest CT, CT aortography, MR, and conventional chest radiography as well as in the performance of lung biopsies and pleural drainages.
Interested fellows may also receive instruction in the performance of radiofrequency ablation for both primary and metastatic disease to the chest through our Interventional Radiology specialty.
Three months of dedicated time in non-invasive cardiovascular imaging is allotted for those fellows desiring additional expert training and clinical experience in state-of-the-art cardiac CT and cardiac MRI.
Additional information regarding this facet of the fellowship experience can be acquired by contacting John D. Grizzard, M.D., Director, Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging.
The VCU Medical Center is a tertiary care hospital, with multiple intensive care units, including a burn ICU, cardiac ICU, cardiac surgical ICU, medical respiratory ICU, neurosurgery ICU, surgical ICU, and surgical-trauma ICU. Additionally, the VCU Medical Center is a level-one trauma center, burn center and cardiac transplant center, performing both orthotopic and artificial heart transplantation. It’s a major oncology referral center with a busy thoracic oncology and general thoracic surgical service.
Every day the Thoracic Imaging specialty receives numerous consults on a multitude of interesting cardiac, pulmonary and mediastinal diseases. We have a strong working relationship with the Division of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine and actively participate in daily radiologic-clinical rounds with these services.
Applicants for any of the above fellowships should have completed an accredited residency in diagnostic radiology and be board eligible or board certified at the time of the fellowship year.
To apply, please provide the following materials:
Please forward these materials to:
USPS
Department of Radiology
Attn: Carolyn Lee
VCUHS
P.O. Box 980470
Richmond, Va. 23298-0470
Fed Ex/UPS
Carolyn Lee
VCU Health System
Department of Radiology
1101 East Marshall Street
Sanger Hall, Room 4-050
Richmond, Virginia 23298
Upon completion of the program, the fellow-instructor will receive a certificate attesting to the special training in the area of your additional experience.
Our 2013 fellowship positions have been filled. We will begin accepting applications for 2014 in December, 2012. To obtain application materials for any CAQ fellowship, contact:
Betty Arkwright
Coordinator for the VIR Fellowship Program
Main Hospital, Room 3-417
Phone: (804) 828-0534
Fax: (804) 628-1132
E-mail: barkwright2@mcvh-vcu.edu
The Interventional Radiology specialty offers a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in vascular and interventional radiology. The fellowship includes clinical experience and thorough instruction in all forms of percutaneous image-guided procedures and therapies.
The purpose of the fellowship is to provide advanced training in all aspects of interventional radiology. The fellowship is designed to prepare individuals with an interest in interventional radiology for an academic career or practice with a large subspecialty private group.
Training includes experience with all forms of image-guided procedures, including diagnostic angiography, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, vascular stents, IVC filters, thrombolysis, venous access, embolotherapy, TIPS, venous ablation, radiofrequency ablation, percutaneous genitourinary and biliary procedures, as well as abdominal and thoracic aortic stent grafts. Training will also include CTA and MRA interpretation as well as involvement with the vascular lab.
Applicants for any of the above fellowships should have completed an accredited residency in diagnostic radiology and be board eligible or board certified at the time of the fellowship year. To apply, please provide the following materials:
Please forward these materials to:
Betty Arkwright
Fellowship Coordinator, VIR
P.O. Box 980615
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0615
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