Beth Israel Diagnostic Radiology Residency Training Program

Beth Israel Medical Center's Department of Radiology, under the direction of Michael M. Abiri, M.D. offers a four year approved graduate program in diagnostic radiology. The staff consists of thirty four full time radiology attendings, two physicists, twenty diagnostic radiology residents and fellows in cross-sectional body imaging and neuroradiology. Attending staff specialists cover the areas of GI radiology, uroradiology, mammography, bone radiology, cross-sectional imaging (Ultrasound, CT, MRI), interventional radiology/angiography, as well as head & neck and neuroradiology. Staff members hold faculty appointments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

The Radiology Department has 15 x-ray examination rooms including two dedicated mammographic units, two special procedure rooms, two CT rooms, one MRI unit and five ultrasound rooms.

The Nuclear Medicine division has four imaging cameras.

The department performs 153,000 procedures per year.

The diagnostic radiology residency program begins at the PGY II level (requiring a prior year of internship training) and consists of four years of training covering all aspects of diagnostic radiology.

Residents rotate through all the subspecialty areas of radiology generally in four weeks blocks each. The rotations include: GI radiology, uroradiology, chest radiology, pediatric radiology, bone, radiology, mammography, ultrasound, MRI, body CT, angiography/ interventional radiology, neuroradiology, head and neck radiology and nuclear medicine. A special course in nuclear cardiology is taken at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. There is also a cardiovascular radiology rotation in the senior year which is taken at Columbia. 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 in the fourth year of residency. In addition, the teaching program begins with a one month introductory course for the new residents. An emergency room rotation involves the interpretation and performance of all aspects of emergency imaging examinations and procedures and consists of periods of 24 hours on in-house and 24 hours off.

The rotation covers "call" for the training program and is taken in blocks during the second half of the first year through the first half of the third year. The on-call 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 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 once a month, a Radiology Pathology conference and a Journal Club (also once a month), and special courses in radiation-physics. The department in addition sends each resident to a teaching conference of their choice 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 neuroradiolgy and in angiography/ interventional radiology are performed under the instruction and guidance of an attending radiologists are available for individual consultations with residents.

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.

The goal of this 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.

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