L. Das Narla, M.D.
Program Director, Residency Education
Main Hospital, Room 3-408
Phone: (804) 828-3525
E-mail: ldnarla@vcu.edu
Residency and Fellowship Programs
VCU Medical Center is one of the country’s largest and most sophisticated medical university complexes. The center is on the cutting edge of modern medicine with an extremely active emergency room, a Level I Trauma Center, a Children's Medical Center with intensive care units, large transplantation programs and numerous active clinical research programs.
The Department of Radiology is dedicated to developing advanced education initiatives. Our radiology and nuclear medicine residency programs, directed by Drs. Das Narla, Malcolm Sydnor and Paul Jolles, ensure that our 35 residents receive the most outstanding training available. We continue to attract residents who graduate at the top of their medical school classes and are recruited to some of the most competitive fellowships and medical practices upon completion of their residency. In addition to VCU Medical Center, the program is also associated with the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, one of the VA’s flagship hospitals.
Our Department sponsors eight to ten fellowships each year in a number of subspecialties, including MRI, abdominal imaging, breast imaging, chest and noninvasive cardiovascular imaging, interventional radiology, and musculoskeletal radiology. We also offer a medical student elective – supervised by Dr. Mark Parker – that is one of the most sought after by our fourth-year medical students.
Paul R. Jolles, M.D.
Residency Program Director, Nuclear Medicine
Associate Professor
Gateway Building, Second Floor
Phone: (804) 828-7975
E-mail: prjolles@vcu.edu
Malcolm K. Sydnor Jr., M.D.
Associate Director, Residency Education
Main Hospital, Third Floor
Phone: (804) 828-3151
E-mail: mksydnor@vcu.edu
Specialties: Vericose Vein Ablation, Kyphoplasty and Trauma Intervention
About VCU
A public, research university located in Richmond, Va., VCU is comprised of two campuses: the MCV Campus, located near the financial, governmental and retail district in downtown Richmond, and the Monroe Park Campus, situated two miles west in the city’s historic Fan district.
The School of Medicine and VCU Medical Center enjoy a long history of both community service and academic excellence. The region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, the medical center houses nearly 100 specialty clinics and patient care centers, many recognized on both the national and international level. The various schools and departments on the MCV Campus receive a very high rate of funding from the National Institutes of Health plus a number of other federal, state and private funding sources.
The MCV Campus is also home to the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia’s first National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center. The Department of Radiology serves as an active participant in the multidisciplinary team of surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and pathologists who support the center’s clinical and research activities.
In addition, the School of Medicine and VCU Medical Center have been cited for excellence in a number of other specialties, including nuclear cardiology.
About Richmond
Richmond is a thriving Southern city located two hours from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Washington, D.C., and Virginia’s Atlantic coast. It provides an array of recreational and cultural activities, a large student community at VCU, ample affordable housing in many different settings, and a variety of interesting restaurants and shops. From Shockoe Bottom, Oregon Hill and the Fan to the South Side and the West End, the city’s diversity is reflected in its distinctly characteristic neighborhoods.
Richmond is also a vibrant center of commerce and the arts. The city is home to a number of Fortune 500 companies and is a leader in manufacturing, distribution, finance and university education. In addition, Richmond boasts a symphony, an opera and a ballet; and both the University of Richmond and VCU have a constant series of jazz, dance and theater performances geared to student interests and budgets.
Cooperative efforts between the public and private sectors have resulted in an engineering school at VCU, the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, the Richmond Riverfront Development Corp. and the area’s Workforce One initiative. Partnerships between business leaders and educators at all levels are creating new programs to provide area students with the skills required for the 21st-century workplace.