City, State, Country: Boston, MA, United States

Type of Fellowship: Abdominal Imaging
ACGME Accreditation: Yes

Program director: Jesse L Wei, MD
Contact e-mail address for applicant inquires: radfellowship@bidmc.harvard.edu

Average number of fellows per application cycle: 6
Sponsored Visa Status: J1 and H1B

Department Website: https://www.bidmc.org/medical-education/medical-education-by-department/radiology/fellowships-in-radiology/abdominal-imaging

Rotations
How many weeks are allocated per rotation? [Curricular rotations]: 1 week

Number of curricular MRI rotations: 9 weeks

Modalities, technologies or rotations offered during fellowship:

[CT] Fellowship Rotation
[CT chest combined with A/P] Not Available
[US] Fellowship Rotation
[MRI] Fellowship Rotation
[Radiograph] Fellowship Rotation
[Mammography] Fellowship Elective
[PET/CT] Fellowship Elective
[PET/MRI] Not Available
[Contrast-enhanced US] Not Available
[Dual-energy CT] Fellowship Rotation
[US-guided procedures] Fellowship Rotation
[CT-guided procedures]  Fellowship Rotation
[MRI-guided procedures] Fellowship Rotation
[Fluoroscopy] Fellowship Rotation
[Research] Fellowship Rotation

Types of required call shifts: Weekend, Evening, Beeper

Total number of elective rotations: 5 weeks
Can radiology elective rotations be chosen outside of abdominal radiology? Yes
Can elective rotations be chosen outside of radiology? Yes

Is Research/Academic time provided apart from a dedicated research rotation? Yes and can be chosen as Elective rotation
Is there structured didactic time? Weekly
Fellow participation in MDC/Tumor Board: We have a dedicated Conference rotation of 7 weeks for the same
Medical student/Resident teaching opportunities: Expected/Required

Travel stipend for SAR Annual Meeting: Yes
Dedicated time off for SAR Annual Meeting: Yes
Travel support to other conferences: Yes, if presenting

Moonlighting availability: Internal

Are home workstations provided? No

Please enter any additional information to be included on the website listing.
1. Our Fellowship will provide you excellent training in Cross Sectional Body Interventions and Body MRI- 2 of our strengths. 2. Our dedicated Conference weeks are very popular with fellows as they are high yield learning weeks without clinical demands. 3. Collegiality of staff and a fun learning environment is a big part of our training – that we are so very proud of. 4. Do visit our fellowship website for more details on our curriculum.

Typical format of case review Direct read-out of all cases with faculty
Number of curricular procedure rotations Us procedures =8 weeks and CT procedures =8 weeks
How much Research/Academic time is provided? 1 day / week during Body MRI rotation, 1 day/ week during Conference weeks
How many weeks are allocated per rotation? [Elective rotations] 4 weeks
When do fellows read cases independently? None