Residency/Fellowship

Beth Israel Diagnostic Radiology Residency Training Program General Information About The Program Equipment & Facilities Resident Rotations Teaching Goals Applying to the Program     GENERAL INFORMATION Beth Israel Medical Center's Department of Radiology, under the direction 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. 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 Imfirmary, 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, cardiovascular, pediatrics, ENT, head & neck, 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 radiology Attendings, two physicists, and 21 diagnostic radiology residents. There are fellows in cross-sectional body imaging (2), breast imaging (2), interventional radiology (1) and neuroradiology (2). ABOUT THE PROGRAM 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. EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES The Radiology Department at the Petrie Campus has 15 x-ray examination rooms including one dedicated mammographic unit, two special procedure rooms, two CT rooms, one MRI unit and three ultrasound rooms. The nuclear medicine division has four imaging cameras. The Phillips Ambulatory Care Center (PACC) located a short walk from the main hospital, performs mammography, general diagnostic radiology, CT, ultrasound, MRI, and nuclear medicine. The Department performs approximately 258,000 procedures per year. RESIDENT ROTATIONS Residents rotate through all subspecialty areas of radiology generally in four-week blocks each. The rotations include: AFIP (Washington, DC) Body CT Cardiovascular radiology (Petrie) Chest radiology (Petrie) Emergency radiology (Petrie) ENT radiology (New York Eye & Ear) GI/GU radiology (Petrie) Interventional radiology (Petrie) Mammography (PACC) MRI (Petrie) Musculoskeletal radiology (PACC) Neuroradiology (Petrie) Nuclear Medicine Pediatric Radiology (Petrie & Westchester County Medical Center) Ultrasound (Petrie) Obstetrical ultrasound (Petrie) Each resident attends a six-week course at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. during their training. There are also elective months which typically are taken during the fourth year of residency. The night float rotation is taken in 1 week blocks during the second half of the first year through the first half of the third year. There are 12 hour shifts on the weekends. The night float resident has a senior resident as back up at all times. In addition, there is always an Attending on-call in all the subspecialties. TEACHING 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. There are special courses in radiation-physics and radiation biology, and MRI physics. In addition, the Department sends each resident to a review course or the RSNA for one week during their four years. Informal instruction occurs on a daily basis where there are one-on-one film reviews with the Attending staff on each rotation. Procedures in neuroradiology and interventional radiology are performed under the instruction and guidance of Attending radiologists. Residents are encouraged to 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. GOALS The goal of the residency-training program is to train well-rounded, highly competent diagnostic radiologists. Almost all residents from the program continue their training in 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 encourage all residents to take the written physics and diagnostic portions of the ABR examination prior to the PGY 5 or senior year. APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM 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 2004. All positions for 2003 have been filled . We are currently recruiting residents to begin at the PGY II level and have five positions available. In addition, fellowship positions are available for the year 2004 in the following subspecialties: Cross sectional imaging - 2 positions Interventional radiology - 1 position Mammography - 2 positions 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@bethisraelny.org

For further information about the program, inquires can be directed to: gjorge@bethisraelny.org