Neuroradiology Fellowship
Overview
- 4 ACGME-approved 1 year fellowship positions
- 8 Full-time diagnostic neuroradiologists and 3 interventional neuroradiologists
- Oldest public medical school covering radiology services at the University of Maryland main campus, Shock Trauma Center, and 6 major regional hospitals
- 1 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 4 weeks (includes cerebrovascular, spine, pain management, and image guided procedures)
- Academic time: 1 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, 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, no reading responsibilities outside of neuroradiology
- Weekday pager call responsibilities performed from home
- 3 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
- 2 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
- Fellowship program director: Prashant Raghavan, MBBS-Program Director
- Fellowship assistant program director: Sandrine Yazbek, MD-Assistant Program Director
- Fellowship coordinator: Theresa Winston (theresawinston@umm.edu; P 410-328-5112)
For additional information on becoming a neuroradiology fellow, visit the ASNR Web site.