Teaching is active and constant. Interventional procedure training includes biopsies and drainages as performed under CT and sonographic control. Also, the section performs tumor ablation procedures, recanalization of fallopian tubes, and placement of various catheters and tubes in the gastrointestinal and urinary tract under fluoroscopic control. The Abdominal Imaging Section has numerous ongoing advanced research programs, and participation in these research programs is encouraged. There is a strong tradition of research by fellows in the Abdominal Imaging Section.
Financial support is provided for one medical education meeting per year.
Additionally, fellows receive support for travel to any major meeting at which they present a scientific paper. The Abdominal Imaging Section includes eight faculty radiologists with interest in CT scanning, ultrasonography, and MR imaging of the abdomen, gastrointestinal fluoroscopy, genitourinary procedures, and plain-film radiology of the abdomen. Associated interventional procedures are also performed in large numbers. We are currently accepting applications for two fellowship positions to begin July 1, 2003. Radiology residents who desire to begin a fellowship immediately following the completion of their residency should apply in the fall of their third year of radiology residency.