City, State, Country: Stanford, CA, United States
Type of Fellowship: Body Imaging
ACGME Accreditation: No
Program director: Aya Kamaya, MD
Contact e-mail address for applicant inquires: libarra@stanford.edu
Average number of fellows per application cycle: 11
Sponsored Visa Status: J1 only
Department Website: https://med.stanford.edu/bodyimaging/education/bodyfellows.html
Rotations
How many weeks are allocated per rotation? [Curricular rotations]: 4 weeks
Number of curricular MRI rotations: 2
Modalities, technologies or rotations offered during fellowship:
[CT] Fellowship Rotation
[CT chest combined with A/P] Fellowship Rotation
[US] Fellowship Rotation
[MRI] Fellowship Rotation
[Radiograph] Fellowship Rotation
[Mammography] Fellowship Elective
[PET/CT] Fellowship Rotation
[PET/MRI] Fellowship Elective
[Contrast-enhanced US] Fellowship Rotation
[Dual-energy CT] Fellowship Rotation
[US-guided procedures] Fellowship Rotation
[CT-guided procedures] Fellowship Elective
[MRI-guided procedures] Fellowship Elective
[Fluoroscopy] Fellowship Elective
[Research] Fellowship Elective
Types of required call shifts: Weekend, Evening
Total number of elective rotations: 3+
Can radiology elective rotations be chosen outside of abdominal radiology? Yes
Can elective rotations be chosen outside of radiology? No
Is Research/Academic time provided apart from a dedicated research rotation? Academic time is assigned depending on staffing coverage up to 1/2 day per week
Is there structured didactic time? 2-4 times a week for the first 3 months then on average 1-2 times a week starting in October
Fellow participation in MDC/Tumor Board: Regular/frequent presentation
Medical student/Resident teaching opportunities: Expected/Required
Travel stipend for SAR Annual Meeting: Yes, if presenting
Dedicated time off for SAR Annual Meeting: Yes, if presenting
Travel support to other conferences: Yes, if presenting
Moonlighting availability: Internal, External
Are home workstations provided? Yes
Typical format of case review Direct read-out of all cases with faculty
Number of curricular procedure rotations Frequent procedures throughout
How much Research/Academic time is provided? 1/2 day/week
How many weeks are allocated per rotation? [Elective rotations] 4 weeks
When do fellows read cases independently? Occasional plain film interpretation. For this, fellows are have “instructor” title in addition to “fellow” title