Pediatric Radiology Fellowship Program
Overview and mission
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is a 410-bed pediatric hospital, with a large outpatient facility, associated with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The patient population is large and diverse, extending from routine emergency cases seen in our active Emergency Department, to complicated tertiary care cases involving Oncology, Cardiology, Urology, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, Neonatology, Endocrinology, Neurology and the surgical subspecialties of Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Fetal Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Otolaryngology.
The Department of Pediatri Radiology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia offers 8 positions in an AGCME-approved Pediatric Radiology Fellowship Training Program. The program is designed as a one or two-year training experience. Our goal is to develop well-trained pediatric radiologists capable of delivering excellent clinical radiology, research and teaching, with confidence and a desire to serve and improve the discipline.
The Department
Our Diagnostic Radiology Department performs more than 210,000 cases a year in all imaging modalities. At present, there are 28 full-time radiologists and one part-time senior consultant with full-time subspecialty staff in general pediatric radiology (with subspecialty interests in musculoskeletal, thoracic, abdominal and cardiovascular imaging), neuroradiology, nuclear medicine, and interventional radiology. We have an active research team with six PhD scientists.
The equipment (including the King of Prussia (KOP) satellite) throughout the department is state-of-the-art and includes:
- 16 radiographic units
- Five radiographic fluoroscopic units
- 13 mobile (bedside) radiographic units
- 11 (bedside) C-arm fluoroscopic units
- Two 0-Arm units in the OR
- Three diagnostic and interventional angiography units
- Three combined head and and body CT units
- Nine ultrasound units (including B-scan units, separate real time units, compound [B-scan plus real time] units and Doppler units)
- Eight MRI units (one research, seven clinical)
- One 0-arm unit
- Two single/multi probe counting systems
- One PET/CT
- Five Nuclear Medicine cameras
- Computed radiography
- 3D imaging laboratory
- PACS
All of our imaging modalities are reviewed on PACS. We have an imaging center at the Specialty Care Center in King of Prussia, Pa., which includes plain films, fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine and ultrasound. Additional radiography services are provided at our satellites (Bucks County, Exton, Voorhees and Atlantic County)
Unique information about the program
- Four weeks a year for vacation
- One week a year to attend meetings
- $3,000 available for professional expenses such as meetings and travel
- $750 available for books and journal subscriptions (Society dues may be covered under either of the above categories)
- On-site parking (reimbursed by Department)
- Salary support supplement of $1,000 month in first and second years of fellowship
- Aetna/US Health Care or HMO health insurance
- Life insurance
- Dental insurance
- Short term and long term disability after one year
- Malpractice insurance
Appointments
- 215-590-7000
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