FELLOWSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

• ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) accredited
• Dedicated training in clinical Abdominal Radiology and Intervention and with elective month
• High volume and excellent variety of clinical cases – geared towards either academic or private practice careers
• 800+ bed County hospital with Level-1 Trauma Center, 900+ bed University hospital system with large Transplant Center and NCI-designated Cancer Center; multiple outpatient imaging centers
• Advanced abdominal imaging techniques including Spectral CT, Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound, Ultrasound Elastography, Ultrasound Fat Quantification, CT Colonography, and more!
• Hepatobiliary MRI (incl. MR Elastography, iron/fat quantification); RCC imaging; Pancreas MRI/MRCP; Prostate MRI; Rectal Cancer MRI; Benign/Malignant Female Pelvis MRI; Pelvic Floor MRI/MR Defecography; MR Enterography; Oncologic MRI; Emergency MRI; MR angiography/venography
• CT/US guided procedures as well as unique procedure training opportunities including in-bore MRI-guided prostate biopsies and ablations
• PET/CT and PET/MRI
• Artificial Intelligence programs in clinical use
• Ability to tailor the fellowship. Choose from abdominal or non-abdominal clinical electives
• 26 Abdominal Radiology and Intervention faculty, 17 fellowship-trained Body MRI faculty, including multiple prior fellows who have stayed on as faculty
• Dedicated academic time and academic enrichment fund for each fellow
• Dedicated fellow lecture curriculum, multidisciplinary conferences
• Opportunities to collaborate on research and quality improvement with faculty members
• >20 CT and >50 US machines from different vendors, including 6 Spectral CT scanners
• >20 clinical MRI magnets & a PET/MR Scanner
• Multiple manufacturers – 9 state-of-the-art 3T MRIs
• Dedicated home workstation for each fellow
• Tele-conference and virtual readout capabilities available at each workstation
• Support for attendance and participation at national radiology society meetings
• Department offers American Board of Radiology Alternate Pathway

Contacts:

Program Coordinator: Nicole Napier, Nicole.Napier@utsouthwestern.edu

Program Director: Dr. Julie Champine, Julie.Champine@UTSouthwestern.edu

Associate Program Director: Dr. Jovan Begovic, jovan.begovic@utsouthwestern.edu

Fellowship Website: https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/departments/radiology/education-training/fellowships/abdominal-imaging.html

Application Instructions: https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/radiology/education-training/fellowships/

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

Preresiqusites: All required clinical education for entry into ACGME-accredited fellowship programs must be completed in an ACGME-accredited residency program, an AOA-approved residency program, a program with ACGME International (ACGME) Advanced Specialty Accreditation, or a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)-accredited or College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency program located in Canada. Prerequisite experience for entry into the fellowship program should include the satisfactory completion of a diagnostic radiology or interventional radiology residency program that satisfies these requirements.