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Beth
Israel
Diagnostic
GENERAL INFORMATION Beth Israel Medical Center's Department of Radiology, under the chairmanship of Michael M. Abiri, M.D., offers a four year accredited residency program in diagnostic radiology. The program is a university affiliated program on the Manhattan Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Principal training sites are comprised of the Petrie Division (main campus), the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC) located in Union Square, and the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, 2 blocks from Petrie. Attending staff specialists cover the areas of general diagnostic radiology, mammography, musculoskeletal radiology, cross-sectional imaging (ultrasound, CT, MRI), interventional radiology, pediatrics, head & neck radiology, neuroradiology, nuclear medicine and PET scanning. Staff members hold faculty appointments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The staff consists of 40 full time faculty, 24 diagnostic radiology residents, and two physicists. Currently there are fellows in neuroradiology (2). The diagnostic radiology residency program is a comprehensive curriculum with equal emphasis on formal teaching, informal teaching and practical experience, with considerable exposure to special projects, subspecialty training and research. The diagnostic radiology residency program, under the direction of Dr. Marlene Rackson, begins at the PGY II level and consists of four years of training covering all aspects of diagnostic radiology. A PGY 1 internship is required, and you must pass Steps 2 and 3 of the USMLE exam. The Radiology Department has been a completely film-less and paperless department since PACs was first installed in 1996. In 2004 the department upgraded to a second generation PACs system. Reports are generated real time using voice recognition technology. The imaging facilities at the main Petrie Campus include three special procedure rooms, three CT scanners, two MRI units and four ultrasound rooms, and four nuclear medicine imaging cameras. One of the 16 detector CT scanners is located in the E.D. The Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC) in Union Square, about a 6-7 minute walk from the main hospital, performs breast imaging, general diagnostic radiology, CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine. PET-CT is also performed at private office in Union Square. The Kings Highway Division in Brooklyn is a 200 bed acute care general hospital, from which our residents read cases from the Emergency Department. The Department performs approximately 230,000 procedures per year throughout the integrated locations. Residents rotate through all subspecialty areas of radiology generally in approximately four-week blocks. The rotations include: AFIP (Washington, DC) - 4 weeks in the PGY 4 year Body CT - Petrie Cardiothoracic (Petrie) Emergency radiology (Day time and swing shift rotations) ENT radiology (New York Eye & Ear - PGY 5 year) GI/GU radiology (Petrie) Interventional radiology (Petrie) Breast Imaging (PACC/Westside) MRI Body (Petrie) Musculoskeletal radiology (PACC) Neuroradiology (Petrie/PACC; PGY5 at Roosevelt Hospital) Night Float - Petrie Nuclear Medicine (Petrie) Pediatric Radiology (Petrie; PGY5 at Westchester County Medical Center) PET-CT (Roosevelt Hospital) Ultrasound (Petrie) Obstetrical ultrasound (Petrie - PGY 4 year) Night float at Petrie is covered 1 week at a time beginning after the first 12 months of training and is distributed among the rest of the residents. A more senior resident remains on premises weeknights until midnight and there is a teleradiology attending beginning at midnight. The night float resident has a back up resident at all times. There is always an Attending on-call in all the subspecialties. On the weekends, there are 12 hour shifts, with additional back up/ swing shift coverage on site. Teaching is provided on both a formal and informal basis. The formal component of the training program includes two radiology conferences a day, Radiology Grand Rounds with invited speakers, a Radiology-Pathology conference, Journal Club, and resident prepared didactic conference once a month. Residents are expected to attend ALL conferences unless they are involved in direct patient care. There are special courses in diagnostic physics, radiation biology, and MRI physics. Each resident also attends a formal ED radiology course prior to the night float rotations. Residents also attend separate physics and diagnostic radiology review courses before the ABR written examination. In addition, the Department sends each resident to the RSNA or a 1 week senior review course before the ABR oral examination. Informal instruction occurs on a daily basis where there are one-on-one case reviews with the Attending staff on each rotation. Procedures in neuroradiology and interventional radiology are performed under the instruction and guidance of Attending radiologists. Each resident must complete one Scholarly Activity project prior to graduating. Residents work with members of the Department's teaching staff on research projects. Residents presenting papers at national conferences are supported and sponsored by the Department. The goal of the residency-training program is to train well-rounded, highly competent diagnostic radiologists. Almost all residents from the program continue training in very competitive fellowships around the country. The Beth Israel radiology residency program combines the comprehensive curriculum of instruction and practical experience needed to achieve a quality educational experience in all subspecialty areas of radiology. We strongly encourage all residents to take the physics portion of the ABR examination in September of the PGY 3 year and the diagnostic portion of the ABR examination in September of the PGY 4 year, rather than taking the examinations in the PGY 5 or senior year. The Diagnostic Radiology program at Beth Israel Medical Center will be participating in the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) for applicants applying to the program for the year 2010. All positions for 2009 have been filled. We are currently recruiting residents to begin at the PGY II level and have six positions available. In addition, fellowship positions are available in the following subspecialties: Cross sectional imaging - 2 positions Interventional radiology - 1 position Mammography - 1 position Neuroradiology - 2 positions For further information about our program, please direct your inquiries to: Marlene Rackson, M.D.Residency Program Director - OR - Gloria Jorge Residency Coordinator Department of Radiology Beth Israel Medical Center First Avenue at 16th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 420-5665 gjorge@chpnet.org
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