NEURORADIOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
- Number of Enrollees
- Requirements
- Selection Process
- Faculty
- Clinical Curriculum and Rotations
- Conferences
*Click here to download an Application For Fellowship*
We participate in the national neuroradiology match and will use the APDR's universal fellowship application form which can be down loaded from the www.asnr.org We usually interview between early November and the end of February. The NRMP (National Resident Matching Program) can be contacted at: www.nrmp.org or by e-mail: nrmp@aamc.org
Late applications that arrive after matching time are considered separately and are considered outside the matching program as a specific Georgetown University Fellowship application.
I. Number of Enrollees
Two fellows per year
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II. Requirements
A candidate for the Georgetown University Fellowship Program must show:
- Completion of a radiology residency in accredited U.S. or Canadian Training program
- Board eligibility or certification by the American Board of Radiology
- Foreign graduates need to have completed a radiology residency and are required to hold a ECFMG certification (step1 and 2, plus language test).
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III. Selection Process
- Complete application
- Three letters of recommendation
- Interview
- Review by faculty, selection/match list/match
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IV. Faculty
Neuroradiologists:
- Vance E. Watson, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Neuroradiology
- Parham Farid, MD., Assistant Professor
- Dieter Schellinger, MD, Professor, Division of Neuroradiology
- Erini Makariou, MD, Assistant Professor
- Craig Platenburg, MD, Assistant Professor
- Frank Berkowitz, MD Assistant Professor and Chief, Neuroradiology Fellowship Program
Neuroradiologists at affilated institutions:
- Nicholas Patronas, Md, Professor, NIH
- John Butman, MD, NIH
- Gilbert Vezina, MD, Professor, National Children's Hospital
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V. Clinical Curriculum and Rotations
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Two year program |
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Georgetown University Hospital(GUMC) |
18 months |
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NIH Clinical Center (NIHCC) |
6 months |
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Foreign trainees will not rotate through NIH (US medical license required) |
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL CENTER ROTATIONS
1) Invasive procedures (diagnostic angiography, endovascular therapies, myelography, CT directed biopsies, spinal nerve disk blocks, discograms, vertebroplasties, etc.)
2) Cross sectional imaging of head, head & neck, spine, including MRI (fMRI, spectroscopy, diffusion and other advanced applications) and CT
3)Carotid Doppler ultrasound, transcranial ultrasound
4)Nuclear brain scans, SPECT, PET
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Case load at Georgetown University Hospital: |
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Endovascular procedures (interventional): |
250/year |
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Diagnostic angiograms/year: |
310/year |
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MRI |
5,325/year |
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CT |
5,365/year |
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Myelograms: |
150/year |
Rotations Outside Georgetown University Hospital
- NIH Clinical Center (NIH), one month/year
Fellows are given NIH staff privileges
Type of work: mainly MRI and CT
Fellows are expected to get involved in research projects
- Children's Hospital,one month/year
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VI. Conferences
- Neuroradiology conference [weekly]
- Neuroscience Grand Rounds [weekly]
- Neurosurgical conference [weekly]
- ENT conference [weekly]
- Neuropathology conference [twice per month]
- Endocrinology conference [monthly]
- Spine tumor conference [monthly]
- Neurovascular conference [monthly]
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