City, State, Country: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Type of Fellowship: Body Imaging
ACGME Accreditation: No

Program director: Krupa Patel-Lippmann
Contact e-mail address for applicant inquires: schat039@umn.edu

Average number of fellows per application cycle: 4
Sponsored Visa Status: Not applicable

Department Website:   https://med.umn.edu/radiology/education/fellowships/thoracoabdominal#:~:text=Fellowship%20Overview,subspecialty%20clinical%20and%20academic%20training.

Rotations
How many weeks are allocated per rotation? [Curricular rotations]: Daily assignments

Number of curricular MRI rotations: 3+

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 Elective
[PET/MRI] Not Available
[Contrast-enhanced US] Fellowship Rotation
[Dual-energy CT] Fellowship Rotation
[US-guided procedures] Fellowship Rotation
[CT-guided procedures]  Fellowship Rotation
[MRI-guided procedures] Not Available
[Fluoroscopy] Fellowship Rotation
[Research] Fellowship Elective

Types of required call shifts: Weekend, Procedures

Total number of elective rotations:
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? 22 days of CME to be used at fellows discretion
Is there structured didactic time? Didactic lectures every other week.
Fellow participation in MDC/Tumor Board: Regular/frequent presentation
Medical student/Resident teaching opportunities: Available on request

Travel stipend for SAR Annual Meeting: No
Dedicated time off for SAR Annual Meeting: No, must use vacation days
Travel support to other conferences: No

Moonlighting availability: Internal

Are home workstations provided? No

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In-house evening moonlighting opportunities are also available alongside our Emergency Radiology Section Faculty and on-call residents in the ED.

Typical format of case review Read-out as needed
Number of curricular procedure rotations Frequent procedures throughout
How much Research/Academic time is provided? 22 days of CME to be used at fellows discretion
How many weeks are allocated per rotation? [Elective rotations] 4 weeks
When do fellows read cases independently? Call shifts, Graduated independent reading of CT 1/2 way through fellowship year.