Advanced Abdominal Imaging Fellowship

To apply, please submit the following materials to Holly Lewin at halewin@ucdavis.edu:

• A completed application form (PDF)
• Current CV
• Three letters of recommendation (including one from the director of your radiology residency program)
• USMLE transcripts
• Personal statement

Rotations

Body MR:

• State-of-the-art equipment, 1.5 T and 3 T magnets.
• Variety of high-end Body MRIs including enterography, defecography, urography, fetal imaging, placenta imaging, prostate, rectal cancer staging, cervical/endometrial cancer staging, elastography, liver fat and iron quantification, hepatobiliary imaging, pancreatic imaging, renal and adrenal imaging, renal transplant evaluation with ferraheme, pelvic and perianal fistula imaging, MR angiogram, female and male pelvic imaging.
• The fellow has graduated responsibility and acts under the direct supervision of faculty members.
• There are high volume and high complexity exams.

Body CT:

• State of the art, reduced radiation dose protocols and 64 slice or greater multidetector-row CT equipment to image a plethora of abdominal and pelvic pathologies.
• In addition to routine abdominal pelvic CT’s, we perform specialized CT’s including CT enterography for small bowel pathology, CT urography for evaluation of the urinary tract, CT colonography for non-invasive and sedation free colon cancer screening and CT angiograms including run-offs . All CT exams are interpreted by subspecialty fellowship trained abdominal radiologists, with contemporaneous training of fellows.

US:

• In addition to performing routine abdominal-pelvic, head and neck, scrotal and early pregnancy ultrasounds, some members of the abdominal section partner with a stellar maternal and fetal medicine division at UC Davis to interpret second and third-trimester obstetrical ultrasounds. Advanced ultrasound techniques, including elastography for liver fibrosis evaluations, sono-hysterograms, and contrast-enhanced ultrasound, are also a routine part of our practice.

Cross-Sectional IR (CSIR):

• Fellows learn under the supervision of highly skilled Body faculty.
• US/CT guided biopsies, aspirations and drain placements.
• Fellows are well supported by Nurse practitioners and physician assistants who share additional service responsibilities so fellows can focus on learning procedure skills.

Electives:

• Flexible electives, fellows can tailor according to future job requirements. Can choose MSK, Chest and Cardiac, Breast, Neuro, NM, Mammo, etc.
• Alternatively, elective time can be used for pursuing a research project with one of several faculty actively engaged in clinical research.

Call

Eight weekends in Abdominal Imaging paired with an attending.

Conferences

Fellows participate in multi-disciplinary conferences including GI tumor board, rectal cancer tumor board, adrenal tumor board and hepatobiliary conference.

We follow the SCARD fellowship embargo guidelines.