Fellowship Director: Nancy Fefferman, MD
The NYU Pediatric Radiology Fellowship Program is a one year program. The fellow spends 8 months in diagnostic pediatric radiology. Seven months are spent in general pediatric radiology rotations (4 in Tisch Hospital and 3 months in Bellevue Hospital), 2 months in MRI (includes training in body, bone and neuro MR), 1 month of research and 1 month vacation. One month is reserved for elective to afford the fellow an opportunity to explore a specific interest in more detail.
The specific rotation schedules are flexible and adjusted to meet the particular needs of the fellow except for the fixed initial and final rotation periods. The initial fellowship experience starts in Tisch Hospital and the final 6 weeks of training are spent in Bellevue Hospital where the fellow functions as a junior attending. During this later period, the trainee is encouraged to be the primary reader and decision-maker, but remains under direct attending supervision.
MRI is the only technology specific rotation offered during the year. Clinical experience in US, CT, fluoroscopy and nuclear medicine is integrated into the fabric of the fellowship as daily clinical workload is presented and practiced. A wide range of experience is gleaned from the large varieties of pathology seen in the inpatient and outpatient services at both institutions. Further experience is gained by reviewing interesting cases brought to the pediatric radiology attending staff for review by private pediatricians and selected cases seen by the faculty in our private office.
The fellow is required to present cases at the pediatric combined hematology-pathology conference (every 2 weeks, combined surgical conference (weekly), and departmental (fellowship level) conference (weekly). The fellow receives didactic one-on-one instruction from the faculty on a daily basis. The nature of the didactic sessions parallels reading assignments. These sessions are supplemented with weekly teaching sessions based on our extensive teaching file. Further independent study is available from Internet availability at both institutions and ACR multimedia teaching files.
The fellow is expected to fully participate in teaching the radiology residents, pediatric residents, and medical students. The fellow is given a higher level of responsibility than the resident, and may serve as a consultant for the resident. The wealth of clinical material at both institutions provides more than enough case material for the residents and fellows to gain experience and comfort in handling pediatric cases.
Pediatric nuclear medicine, pediatric angiography and interventional radiology and pediatric ultrasonography experience is integrated into the daily routine of pediatric imaging practice. The fellow is responsible for reviewing the nuclear medicine and angiography studies with the radiology faculty and presenting the cases to the pediatric staff. It is the policy of the Radiology Department that faculty dictates these examinations. The fellow performs all pediatric ultrasounds and dictates the cases while on service. All of these examinations are appropriately supervised.
The fellow spends a complete month on MRI and pediatric neuroradiology. He/she is responsible for all protocoling and reviewing all pediatric cases, and reporting the finding to the pediatric staff.
Trainees are encouraged to participate in research projects through an optional research month. Interested trainees can also arrange for research time on a weekly basis as is appropriate. The submission of abstracts to the Radiological Society of North America and Society for Pediatric Radiology is encouraged. Trainees post a Pediatric Case of the Month on the NYU web site.
The fellow is responsible for teaching
both residents and medical students. The fellow supplements
the resident and medical student teaching done by the faculty and when
appropriate, gives sectional conferences under the supervision of the
faculty. The faculty supervised daily work rounds conducted
by the fellow comprises an important component of this
teaching.
Faculty
There are seven pediatric radiologists on staff:
Nancy R. Fefferman,
M.D., Lynne Pinkney, M.D., Rafael Rivera, M.D.
Nancy B. Genieser, M.D., Michael M. Ambrosino, M.D., Naomi
Strubel, M.D., and John Amodio, M.D.
The clinical staff includes 50 pediatricians, 11 pediatric surgeons (3 general pediatric surgeons, 2 pediatric urologists, 2 pediatric neurosurgeons, 2 pediatric cardiac surgeons, and one ENT surgeon and one ophthalmologist), 7 pediatric cardiologists, and one pediatric pathologist. The pediatric program includes 59 residents, 2 endocrinology fellows, 3 ambulatory care fellows, 4 pediatric cardiology fellows, 3 neonatology fellows, 3 pediatric hem/onc fellows, 1 pediatric developmental fellow and 1 pediatric ID fellow.
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