Radiologists employ imaging technologies to diagnose patients and train as residents in medical colleges or teaching hospitals.
Radiologists employ imaging technologies such as computed tomography, commonly called CAT scans, to diagnose patients and train as residents in medical colleges or teaching hospitals. Resident programs not only train students in the newest advances in electronic patient information systems but also in relate their medical knowledge to patients with professionalism. Mentors direct resident training who tailor the program to their students' needs.
Northwestern Radiology
Northwestern's Radiology Department offers a four-year residency program that covers the fundamentals of diagnostic and interventional radiology and focuses on medical imaging. Students attend lectures and work at both Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, which has a two-week night float rotation. The diversity of cases that residents encounter in an urban hospital prepares students well for the American Board of Radiology examination after completing the program. Students can apply for fellowships in Breast and Women's Imaging, Cardiovascular Imaging, Clinical and Research MRI, Imaging Formatics, MR-Predominant Body Imaging, Neuroradiology, Research in Computed Tomography, and Vascular and Interventional Radiology. The school offers a Medical Student Summer Research Program for students to learn the basics of biomedical and clinical research, which students typically take after their first year. Students can graduate with distinction when they participate in the Research Thesis Program (RTP) for which they will organize an original research study, write a scientific thesis and publicly present their conclusions at a research forum at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine.
Northwestern Radiology
676 N. St. Clair St., Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60611
312-695-5753
radiology.northwestern.edu
Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology
Since 1904, the Department of Radiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine has been contributing to radiological imaging. In 2009, the radiology news and education website AuntMinnie.com rated the Stanford department the "Best Radiologist Training Program." The department offers a continuing medical education program and a four-year residency program. During the first three years, students rotate through all 12 of the department's subspecialties, including abdominal CT, neuroradiology and pediatrics. During the fourth year, students can choose how many subspecialty-training blocks they want. They can focus on one for the entire year, do two for six months apiece, or three for four months at a time. Students mainly work out of the Stanford Hospital but also do rotations at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center, the Lucille Packard Children's Hospital and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center so that they will be exposed to a variety of cases. Students can also take a four-week elective rotation at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., in their third year. Stanford also offers NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowships through its Advanced Techniques for Cancer Imaging and Detection Program and the Standard Molecular Imaging Scholars Program.
Department of Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
650-723-7863
radiology.stanford.edu
Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology
Johns Hopkins' Department of Radiology offers two four-year residency tracks, one in diagnostic radiology and another that focuses on academic research. Students who want in-depth training in a particular subspecialty can add a fifth year of intensive research. The mentor-based program features interdisciplinary conferences with the Department of Pathology about microscopic pathology and imaging-finding correlation. All students must complete a one-month Basic Medical Student Clinical Elective that introduces imaging techniques. Students can opt to take a more advanced Radiology Subspecialty Observership in its place. Fellowships are available in all nine of the program's subspecialties, including MRI Body Imaging, Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. The department pays the full cost of residents' Maryland medical license and ABR board examinations at the end of the program. Most residents stay on at Johns Hopkins after they finish the program.
Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
601 N. Caroline St., Room 4214
Baltimore, MD 21287
410-955-8517
hopkinsradiology.org
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