Neuroradiology Fellowship
Overview
- Four ACGME-approved, one-year fellowship positions
- Eight Full-time diagnostic neuroradiologists and three interventional neuroradiologists
- Oldest public medical school covering radiology services at the University of Maryland main campus, Shock Trauma Center, and six major regional hospitals
- One month of dedicated pediatric neuroradiology at Children's National Medical Center
- Advanced trauma experience at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
- Access to state of the art research facilities and mentorship
- All training at UMMC, the flagship academic campus of the medical system, located in downtown Baltimore a short walk from the Inner Harbor
Training Environment
- One-on-one attending support in a dynamic reading room environment, with busy consultation and teaching responsibilities
- Interventional neuroradiology: minimum four weeks (includes cerebrovascular, spine, pain management and image guided procedures)
- Academic time: one day per week
- Experience outside the reading room including neurosurgery/ENT clinics and operating room observation
- Weekly dedicated fellowship lectures and conferences
- Weekly interdisciplinary conferences including stroke, neuro-oncology, head and neck tumor board, epilepsy and pediatrics
- All training at UMMC (with the exception of one-month rotation at the Children's National Medical Center), no commuting to satellite centers, no night shift in house coverage and no reading responsibilities outside of neuroradiology
- Weekday pager call responsibilities performed from home
- Three weeks of vacation plus extra week during holiday season
Clinical Resources
- Intensive PET/CT and integrated PET/MR imaging
- MR guided high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
- Functional and DTI imaging
- Two state-of-the-art biplane neuroangiography suites
- Major regional stroke center with highly active stroke neurointerventional program
- Regional leader in head and neck oncology
- State of the art new Carestream PACS
Research Resources
- Leaders in informatics, 3D printing, artificial intelligence and deep learning with the opportunity to collaborate with fellows and faculty from our informatics fellowship
- Access to facilities and resources at the University of Maryland School of Medicine including the Health Sciences Library and makerspace, courses in grantsmanship and manuscript writing
- Center for Molecular Imaging Technology (hyperpolarized MRI, MR guided high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU))
- Maryland Center for Advanced Imaging Research (MCAIR) (state of the art 3T, PET/MR and small animal MRI)
Applying
- How to Apply
- NRMP match - central ERAS application
- Program Director: Prashant Raghavan, MBBS
- Assistant Program Director: Sandrine Yazbek, MD
- Program Coordinator: Amanda Quamina (amandaquamina@umm.edu)
For additional information on becoming a neuroradiology fellow, visit the ASNR Web site.