UAB Radiology Residency Program

Our residents are involved in the performance, supervision and interpretation of a large volume of clinical material, totaling 500,000 examinations per year. These include approximately 90,000 CT studies, 34,000 sonograms, 17,000 MRI studies, 13,000 radionuclide examinations, and 20,000 arteriograms and other major interventional procedures. All of the radiological studies done in the department are processed, distributed and archived digitally and can be viewed on electronic workstations. A computerized voice-recognition system is used throughout the radiology department. We have a radiology information system and have web-based viewing capabilities.

University Hospital (In-Patient Radiology)

The North Pavilion opened December 2004. This facility is a 900 bed, 900,000 square feet state-of-the-art hospital.

The main radiology department is found on the sixth floor of the North Pavilion, where there are two Philips Brilliance Power 64-channel CT scanners with a complete cardiac analysis package, one Phillips Brilliance Power 64-channel CT scanner, and one 16-channel CT scanner with CT fluoroscopy. There are four 3D reconstruction workstations. Two 40-slice Philips Brilliance Power CT scanners are located in the UAB emergency department.

An average of 10,000 CT scans are performed monthly between University Hospital and The Kirklin Clinic with an overall volume growth of over 10% between 2005 and 2006.

Adjacent to the CT scanners and reading rooms is our state of the art ultrasound equipment.

31,000 sonograms are performed per year between the University Hospital, The Kirklin Clinic, and UAB Highlands. There are six Sequoia's and 5 IU22's at the three locations. The three IU22s at University Hospital (one 2009, one 2008) have contrast and 3-D packages. We have the latest off-line Philips Q-lab and View Forum 3-D packages on separate dedicated workstations and a dedicated Bioengineer with focus on ultrasound contrast physic and elasticity. At University Hospital, the ultrasound department has participated in 13 ultrasound contrast national and international trials since 1994. Among the faculty, there are 5 Fellows of the Society of Radiologist in Ultrasound (second highest number of any institution in the world), 2 full time clinical coordinators to help recruit and facilitate research, along with additional grant personnel. There are 12 sonographers and two radiologist sonographer assistants with substantial ultrasound experience.

A wide variety of ultrasounds are performed, including general abdominal, renal, pelvis, small parts, first trimester OB, lower and upper extremity venous, pre and post hemodialysis mapping as well as pre and post liver and renal transplants. About 60% of the examinations are vascular. Ultrasound is used as the primary modality for biopsy and procedure guidance. A large volume of liver, renal, thyroid, and lymph node biopsies or aspirations performed, as well as many thoracentesis and paracentesis procedures. All three institutions are filmless and use Siemen's KinetDx system to review and archive images. A large teaching file is actively maintained and updated by the sonologists and staff.

Inpatient MRI services are performed in the West Pavilion of the main UAB hospital. Two fully equipped GE 1.5 tesla Echospeed MRI units are utilized to obtain a large variety of neurological, vascular, and musculoskeletal exams. Body MRI applications ranging from endorectal coil prostate imaging to MRCP are also performed in this area.

I love working in a hightech environment where I can make use of the latest advances in radiology. This translates into higher quality care for the patient and a better education for me.

Also on the sixth floor are the new Musculoskeletal and Chest reading rooms as well as the GI/GU area. The inpatient barium hallway is comprised of two digital fluoroscopic rooms.

After years of planning, the Southeast's largest and most technologically advanced center for the diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of heart and vascular diseases was opened. The 55,000 square foot, $40 million UAB Heart and Vascular Center will serve up to 80 patients a day.

The Center brings together in one location internationally recognized experts in adult and pediatric diagnostic and interventional cardiology, cardiovascular electrophysiology, interventional radiology, neuroradiology, and neurosurgery.

It includes:

• 13 state-of-the-art Phillips Allura Xper FD 20 and Biplane Room FD 10/20 flat panel angiography suites

• Electronic hemodynamic patient monitoring and documentation systems

• Patient tracking visible on large plasma screens at 4 nurse's stations and in procedure areas

• 22 private rooms for outpatients

• 26 stretcher bays for inpatients

• Space for outpatient consultations and minor procedures

And to come . . .

• New patient magnetic resonance imaging area, adjacent to CT and ultrasound areas

• Patient education area

A nearby hallway houses two dedicated digital neurovascular / neurointerventional rooms. The body and neuro interventional services at University Hospital perform approximately 1,600 exams each month.

Located on the second floor of Jefferson Tower, the Division of Nuclear Medicine boasts seven gamma cameras, six are SPECT units (including four dual head and one triple head systems). There are also areas for dedicated lung, cardiac, and renal imaging. A state-of-the art fusion CT-PET scanner is located in the Kirklin Clinic.

The UAB Emergency Department is on the first floor of the North Pavilion, and contains a large public lobby and front door. The UED consists of 38,000 square feet with 45 individual treatment rooms. This facility is equivalent to the size of one football field, and houses two 40-slice Philips Brilliance Power CT scanners in addition to radiography rooms. All radiographs taken in the ED are transmitted to the PACS system, which allows quick retrieval of previous exams and the ability to remotely review cases. Residents read 7,000 studies from the ED each month.

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Our radiology department has obviously made a commitment to provide the most cutting edge technology.

UAB radiology residents enjoy their own library, computer education room that contains three PCs. A private radiology resident lounge has recently been completed. Our conference room has an overhead and closed circuit projection system linked to a computer and display podium that is capable of projecting radiographs, slides, video, and computer-based presentations. We have just implemented an audience response system, making resident lectures more intractive, and have purchased licenses for a new teaching file system in order to expand our existing on-line teaching file. There are two dedicated private call rooms, each contain a full PACS unit with voice recognition software, a PC, and phone.

The Kirklin Clinic (Out-Patient Radiology)

The Kirklin Clinic possesses its own radiology facilities that are networked with the main hospital. Approximately 1,600 abdominal CTs are performed each month.

The Kirklin Clinic has one Philips Brilliance Power 40-channel CT scanner, one GE LightSpeed 16-slice CT scanner with cardiac gating and one GE HD750 64-slice CT scanner.

Betweem University Hospital, Kirklin Clinic, and UAB Highlands there are 6 Sequoias and 4 IU22's. The 3 locations do a wide variety of ultrasound exams; about 60% of the examinations are vascular. In addition, Kirklin Clinic has 2 physicians and 1 sonographer workstations.

Three GE digital fluoroscopic rooms and two IVP rooms handle one of the busiest GI services in the nation. There is also a GE Discovery LS: fusion PET scanner.

There are separate reading rooms for GI/GU, Musculoskeletal, Body CT, Ultrasound, and Chest.

There is also a breast imaging section with seven dedicated mammography units, four analog and three full field digital (GE), a stereotactic biopsy table, and three dedicated ultrasound machines. Breast MRI is performed on site, with MR guided biopsy capability. Approximately 2,000 studies are performed in breast imaging each month.

The basement of Kirklin Clinic houses the MRI Suite for outpatient imaging. Four magnets including fully equipped GE 1.5 tesla Echospeed, GE 1.5 tesla Twinspeed Excite, Philips 1.5 tesla Achieva and Philips 3.0 tesla Achieva units provide state of the art neurological, musculoskeletal, vascular and body MR imaging for patients cared for by physicians in and beyond the UAB system.

Veterans Hospital

The Department of Radiology is a completely film-less department. New PACS software and hardware and ergonomic reading room redesign throughout the department in 2006 have dramatically improved the work environment and increased radiologist productivity. Imaging equipment includes a GE Lightspeed 16 slice CT scanner, a GE LX 1.5T and Siemens 1.5T Espree MRI Scanners, a Philips IU22, Siemens Sequoia, and Zonare convertable Ultrasound machines, Siemens all digital R&F room, GE legacy digital R & F Room and a Siemens digital chest room. A new Siemens digital Angio suite was installed in 2005, TeraRecon distributed 3D server installed in 2007 and PET-CT purchased in 2007 for install in late 2008. A dual source CT scanner is purchased and will be installed in early 2009.

Children’s Hospital

Two or three UAB residents rotate at Children's Hospital each month. The pediatric radiology rotation is very resident friendly and maintains the important balance between workload and a broad variety of pathology with exposure to the fifth highest number of pediatric radiologic examinations per year in the country. Residents work one-on-one with attending radiologists in a congenial environment. Learning is enhanced by experienced radiologic technologists and physician extenders who perform and assist with ultrasound and fluoroscopic procedures.

The Department of Diagnostic Imaging consists of ten fellowship-trained pediatric radiologists all of whom place a high priority on resident education. Drs. Stuart Royal, Daniel Young and Yoginder Vaid also hold the title of Clinical Professor of Pediatrics. Members of the group are consistently recognized among the best teachers at our institution and have been listed among the best doctors both locally and nationally. Dr. Charles Torgerson has received Teacher of the Year for Radiology honors from UAB twice. Drs. Royal and Vaid have each received the award once. In addition, the radiologist-in-chief at Children's Hospital, Dr. Stuart Royal, has served as president of the Society for Pediatric Radiology, the Southern Society of Pediatric Radiology, and the Society of Chairmen of Radiology Departments in Children's Hospitals (SCORCH). Dr. Royals has also been appointed to the Board of Trustees of Children's Hospital.

State of the art clinical equipment facilitates the learning experience at Children's Hospital. A Siemens Sensation 64 slice CT scanner and a GE Medical Systems 1.5 T High Definition MR scanner generate brilliant images. In addition, up-to-date ultrasound, fluoroscopy, nuclear medicine, and digital radiography equipment provide outstanding images in all other modalities. Residents are also provided opportunities to utilize current technology to create online learning resources.

Children's Hospital is a 275 bed facility that cares for medical and surgical cases for newborn through 19 years of age. The 13 on-site outpatient clinics handle follow-up visits for these patients as well as referrals from health departments across the state. The new WIF facility at UAB will also contribute greatly to the care of infant newborns in the state of Alabama.

Last year CHS saw 12,000 inpatients, 608,000 outpatient visits, and nearly 50,000 visits to the level-one Emergency Department.

UAB Highlands Hospital

UAB Highlands Hospital is a 219 bed facility acquired by the UAB Health System April 1, 2006. Located in the Medical Center District of Birmingham, UAB Highlands is an excellent location for those living and working in Southside or downtown and offers easy parking and access to an outstanding medical staff. The facility offers Orthopaedic, plastic, ophthalmology, ENT, GYN Oncology, urology, oral and general surgery as well as internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary and GI services. Many of the services are provided on both an inpatient and outpatient basis by community-based and university physicians.

The Hospital Radiology Department serves inpatient, outpatient and emergency department patients. The hospital department currently has GE R&F rooms, one GE Lightspeed CT scanner, Cardiac Cath/Special Procedures combination suite, GE Logic 700 Ultrasound, ADAC Forte Nuclear Medicine and Siemens Sonata 1.5T MRI.

The Hospital also offers radiography services within the UAB Orthopaedic clinic. In the Clinic there are two GE Definium 8000 digital radiography systems and two general radiology rooms with Fuji CR.

Both departments are connected to the UAB PACS system thus allowing interpretation from all designated locations within the UAB Health System. Images are distributed throughout the Health System through the use of Amicas.

UAB Highlands is also the site for the state's only Gamma Knife treatment center.

With the recent transition of UAB Orthopaedics to UAB Highlands, radiology and hospital volume is anticipated to drastically increase over the upcoming months. Current total volumes are averaging approximately 2,100 procedures per month.

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Womens and Infants Facility

Construction of UAB's $180 million, 639,000-square foot freestanding Women and Infants Facility is progressing and expected to open in early 2010. The facility is one of the first hospitals in the Southeast to offer single room neonatal ICU care. The unit, which is one of the largest in the country, includes 55 bassinets in the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) and 52 bassinets in the Continuing Care Nursery (CCN).

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UAB MEDICAL CENTER

Located on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus, UAB Medical Center is the largest medical facility in Alabama . It employs more than 4,000 people and occupies over 1.4 million square feet. With over 900 beds, an annual operating budget of over one billion dollars, and over 200 million dollars in medical research funding, the hospital is a major center of clinical research and home to some of the top medical programs in the nation. As of October 1, 2006 UAB School of Medicine had 1,990 funded research grants and contracts, which represent approximately $237 million in peer-review research. In FY 2004, UASOM was ranked 18th in the nation in research awards received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and third in the Southeast in NIH funding in 2000.

UAB is the pre-eminent referral center for Alabama, as well as portions of Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, and northern Florida. Because of UAB's outstanding reputation in many different fields, the institution also attracts patients from across the nation and abroad. Approximately 50% of all patients treated at UAB Hospital live more than 50 miles from Birmingham. UAB totals about 43,000 hospital admissions, over 47,000 ED visits, and more than 450,000 outpatient visits annually.

I like working with the different patient populations from outpatient to inpatient to veterans to children. I think it keeps the day fresh and prepares us for what we will experience after residency.

Medicare ranks UAB Hospital second among teaching hospitals and twelfth overall in complexity of care.

The school of medicine first opened as the Alabama Medical College in 1859. Closed during the civil war in 1861, it reopened in 1868 and was renamed the School of Medicine in 1907. When it moved from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham in 1945 to become a four-year medical school, UAB's Academic Health Center consisted of the neighboring Jefferson and Hillman Hospitals. Since that time, UAB has grown to become the state’s largest employer and one of the top academic medical centers in the United States.

Throughout its history, the institution has been a focus of growth, innovation, and quality. These achievements have been driven by prominent physicians who have distinguished themselves in national and international arenas. Among them are:

J. Marion Sims - A pioneer in gynecologic surgery, particularly the repair of vesicovaginal fistula.

William Gorgas - Conqueror of yellow fever in the building of the Panama Canal and Surgeon General of the U.S. Army.

Tinsley Harrison - Author of Principles of Internal Medicine and one of the nation's leading heart specialists.

L. L. Hill - Montgomery surgeon who performed the first successful suture of a human heart in the United States.

Champ Lyons - A recognized leader in combating surgical infection and instigator of the National Library of Medicine with his cousin Senator Lister Hill.

John Kirklin - World famous pioneer in the use of heart-lung machine in open heart surgery.

UAB Medical Center complex includes the 111 bed Veterans Affairs Hospital, the 225 bed Children's Hospital, the 219 bed UAB Highlands Hospital and the Kirklin Clinic. The Kirklin Clinic, a 5-story 454,000 square foot outpatient facility designed by well known architect I. M. Pei, provides examination and treatment rooms for 660 physicians in almost every specialty in adult medicine. Over 1,400 patients are seen each day in the clinic's 257 exam rooms. This facility has become one of the busiest outpatient clinics in America.

The University Hospital Emergency Department is a major trauma center where we do over 50,000 radiologic examinations each year. The Birmingham VA Medical Center serves a large primary care population with emphasis on common diseases, often at an advanced stage. The Pediatric Imaging Department at Children's Hospital is the 5th largest pediatric radiology department in the United States. Children's Hospital serves primary and referred patients with a surprising number of rare pediatric conditions.

The disease spectrum varies considerably at the four institutions, affording a broad mix of clinical experiences. The University Hospital serves a large population of referral patients, many with complex and unusual disease problems. Cardiac, orthopedic, neurosurgical and oncologic problems are particularly well represented.

UAB is also a world-renowned organ transplant center, where outstanding teams of surgeons perform transplants of the heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, and bone marrow. UAB is one of 16 Medicare-approved heart transplant centers in the country. The 5,000th kidney transplant at UAB occurred in 2001, UAB's 500th heart transplant occurred in early 1998 and approximately 350 kidney, 80 liver, 30 heart, 20 lung, and 15 pancreas transplants are performed each year, showing survival rates above the national average. UAB leads the nation in total number of renal transplants over the past five years. Approximately 500 patients are evaluated each year for liver transplantation, and about 1,000 liver transplants have been performed to date.

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Other accolades for UAB include:

UAB is ranked No. 5 nationally in the “Best Places to Work in Academia".

October 1, 2008 - UAB Hospital again won the National Research Corporation (NRC) Consumer Choice Award for the Birmingham Metropolitan Statistical Area, making it the only hospital in Birmingham among the nation's 250 top hospitals in terms of consumer perceptions of quality and image.

Nine UAB Hospital specialty programs are among the nation's top 50 - five are in the top 25 - of the 16 categories evaluated at America's 5,462 hospitals this year by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings appear in the magazine's 18th annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue, released July 2008.

July 2008 - The UAB Health System (UABHS) is again one of the 100 most wired hospitals in the nation, marking its seventh year on the prestigious list, a tenure longer than other top medical centers, including Duke University Health System (two years), Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (two years) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (two years). UABHS has been included on the list seven of the eight years HHN has been conducting the annual survey, making it the only hospital in Alabama to merit such a distinction. Hospitals are surveyed on their use of Internet technologies for safety and quality, customer service, disaster readiness, business processes and workforce issues. They are cited for pairing information technology with strategic plans in their efforts to improve quality, streamline processes and drive financial returns.

In August 2008, UAB Hospital was chosen first runner-up in the Hospital of the Year Award, according to the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers. The selection was made by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers, which ranks accredited hospitals based on their consumer friendliness, medical performance and other professional standards.

The UAB School of Medicine has again been ranked among America's best by U.S. News & World Report in its graduate school rankings released March 28, 2008: The UAB School of Medicine is ranked 27th for research and 43rd for primary care education. The school's AIDS program is ranked 5th in the nation. The master's degree program in health administration in the School of Health Professions is ranked 7th. The School of Nursing is ranked 26th. The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics received a 58th ranking for its computer science, mathematics and physics programs.

270 UAB Physicians, including twenty radiologists were honored in the latest "Best Doctors in America", February 4, 2008.

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital has been selected as one of America's most customer-friendly hospitals by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers for the first quarter of 2008.UAB received this honor for its unparalleled commitment to good citizenship and community service. The selection process involved reviewing public information such as websites, news releases, announcements, as well as phone surveys of hospital staff and applications submitted for review. UAB Hospital was invited to apply for the award by the alliance. The American Alliance of Healthcare Providers designed the Hospital of Choice Awards to recognize those hospitals that go beyond their walls in pursuit of excellence and quality care -- hospitals that have developed a collaborative relationship with not only patients but physicians and healthcare organizations in the community, as well as managed care organizations and other payors.UAB is one of three hospitals in the state to earn the award in 2008.

The Kirklin Clinic, a member of the UAB Health System, received a Level 2 - Progress Towards Excellence Award during the Alabama Quality Award Annual Conference and Award Ceremony on November 29, 2007. The Kirklin Clinic is the first ambulatory care center in Alabama to receive this award.

UAB Hospital again is the only hospital in the Birmingham area to earn a National Research Corporation (NRC) Consumer Choice Award. The award means UAB Hospital is among the nation's 225 top hospitals in consumer perceptions of quality and image.

University Hospital Receives Coveted "Nursing Magnet" Recognition. UAB Hospital is one of only 17 in the Southeast, and the only one in Alabama to attain the prestigious Magnet designation for its nursing excellence.

UAB Health System is named "Most Wired" for seventh year. The July 2007 issue of Hospitals and Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, names UAB Health System as one of the 100 "Most Wired Hospitals and Health Networks" the only Alabama medical center to be listed.

Seven UAB Hospital specialty programs are among the nation's top 50 - five are in the top 25 - of the 16 categories evaluated at America's 5,189 hospitals this year by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings appear in the magazine's 17th annual “America's Best Hospitals” issue, released July 7, 2006.

UAB Hospital is Consumer's Choice - UAB Hospital has received the 2005-2006 Consumer Choice Award of the National Research Corp. (NRC). One of only two hospitals in Alabama to attain the designation, and among just 207 of 3,000 hospitals nationally. The NRC award recognizes hospitals that receive highest marks among consumers for their quality and image, based on a nationwide survey.

Two UAB Hospital specialty programs made the Top 10 and nine specialty programs are ranked in this year's 2005 U.S. News & World Report's annual “America's Best Hospitals” issue. Rheumatology was ranked sixth for an unprecedented 14th consecutive year; and heart and heart surgery has leaped from 25th to 10th during the last two years.

A record 14 UAB programs are ranked in 2004 U.S. News and World Report's annual “America's Best Hospitals.” The magazine selects 50 programs in 17 medical specialties. 2004 marks the 13th consecutive time the rheumatology program has ranked. Cardiology has been ranked for the past 9 years and gynecology for 6 years. This is the 15th year that U.S. News has published its “Best Hospitals” issue.

In 2003, The Wall Street Journal reported UAB's Kidney Transplant Program had the best 1-year recipient survival rate in the nation at 98.27%.

The School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is among the nation's best according to the 2004-2005 U.S. News & World Report ranking of medical schools. UAB is ranked 25th in the research category, three spots higher than the previous ranking in 2002.

Three medical specialties at UAB are also ranked in the top 20 nationally by U.S. News & World Report: AIDS (5th), women's health (8th) and internal medicine (19th).

A record eleven programs from UAB are ranked in the 2003 U.S. News and World Report's annual “America's Best Hospitals” issue. The magazine selects 50 programs in 17 medical specialties. UAB was the only Alabama hospital included in the listing. www.uab.edu/ news

Among Top 5% of Nation's Hospitals: University Hospital scored a 98 out of a possible 100 points and had no Type 1 recommendations. This high score puts University Hospital in the top 5% of all hospitals in the nation. This is a significant accomplishment that demonstrates UAB's commitment to the highest levels of quality and patient care.

The UAB Health System is included in a listing of Healthcare's 100 Most Wired. Results of the 2004 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study were released July 14 by Hospitals and Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association.

For the first time, the School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has cracked the nation's Top 25, according to the 2004 U.S. News & World Report ranking of the nation's best graduate schools. UAB's medical school was ranked 24th in the research category and 22nd in the primary care category.

THE DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY FACULTY
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The faculty of the department numbers 66 and there are 13 fellows (see faculty section). Of the faculty, 67 are physicians and 9 are physicists, computer scientists or researchers. Clinical and teaching activities are divided into subspecialty areas. 5 faculty members specialize in cardiopulmonary radiology, 13 in abdominal radiology, 10 in pediatric radiology, 4 in breast imaging, and 6 in musculoskeletal, 8 are neuroradiologists, 6 work in nuclear radiology, 6 do angiography and interventional work and 1 general.

RADIOLOGY RESIDENCY TRAINING
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Monthly resident rotations are subspecialty oriented. During the 4 years, residents complete "core" rotation requirements in each subspecialty area. The core curriculum includes rotations in Cardiothoracic; Musculoskeletal; ER; GI/GU; Body CT; US; Neuro Imaging and Neuroangio; Interventional; Pediatrics; Nuclear Medicine; VA (GI/GU, Neuro, Interventional, CT, US); Breast Imaging; Float; Body MR; and Elective (approximately 7 months including AFIP if you so choose). Elective time can be taken to participate in research, develop a subspecialized area of interest, and attend the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington D.C.

When I was looking at residency programs, I was struck by how well UAB balanced daily work and teaching. I like the fact that conferences are highly regarded by residents and faculty alike.

I appreciate how the program is designed to gradually increase the level of difficulty and responsibility of our rotations.

Resident instruction consists chiefly of practical, on-the-job learning with gradually increasing responsibility. There are well-defined Goals and Objectives to guide training. Faculty members work side by side with residents, discuss cases with them, and check and validate all of their dictated reports.

Combined clinical correlation conferences are held in many radiologic subspecialty areas such as GI, GU, interventional, neuro and thoracic radiology. In them, pathophysiology, latest research data, and potential treatment plans are discussed. They provide an excellent opportunity for residents and staff alike to develop a radiologic-pathologic correlation. Additional morning conferences are held in which cases from the previous day and night are reviewed to increase exposure to interesting cases, or to establish a final consensus about problematic cases.

Other educational opportunities include numerous review sessions given to the senior residents by faculty in preparation for oral boards. We have 9 faculty members that serve as oral board examiners for the American Board of Radiology. These reviews, combined with four years of hands-on experience, has helped our residents achieve an unusually high pass rate on the American Board of Radiology certifying exams.

A series of lectures and seminars is held daily at noon by members of faculty or by visiting professors and community radiologists known for their teaching ability. A two year curriculum is followed. Several times a year faculty from other departments, including pathology, internal medicine, and surgery, give lectures. Additional conferences centering on non-clinical skills are given. These include: hospital administration, risk management, job interviewing and contracting, critical thinking, legal and ethics. Journal club is held every other month and is attended by both faculty and residents. Second year residents traditionally hold a weekly course for first-year residents in which a current general radiology text is reviewed and discussed along with teaching files. There is also a Malpractice Conference, where residents present current legal cases. This is moderated and organized by Dr. David Hogg. Each resident gives one to two (depending upon year of training) additional noon lecture or teaching conference per year.

A case conference is given daily following the didactic conference. It is run by the individual sections, and cases are shown as unknowns, "hot seat conference." This is a new addition to our resident curriculum.

Our attendings expect you to think on your own, but use their experience to guide you. They facilitate communication with the other clinicians in the hospital and encourage you to become an active participant in the patient’s care.

Our physicists conduct several focused workshops and a board review course for radiology residents. Their courses cover introductory radiological physics; the principles of ultrasound, CT and MRI; digital and computer instrumentation; and radionuclide imaging.

The department’s library and study rooms boast many teaching aids including quality computers with internet access, CD-RW, and DVD-RW, a full radiologic library, and UAB teaching files, and the ACR teaching file. The department maintains its own World Wide Web based teaching file.

UAB trains fellows as well as residents. We host approximately 13 fellows in the department each year, and are mindful to limit the number of fellows at a level that does not adversely affect the residents’ learning experience. The fellows function as junior faculty and hail from a variety of residency programs including our own. Because they are knowledgeable and approachable, they serve as valuable resources for the residents.

CALL
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Evening and weekend on-call responsibilities begin in the fall of the first year. For the first few months, residents take call evenings and weekend days alongside a more senior resident or a member of the faculty. Independent call duty starts in the thirteenth month of training. Second and third-year residents cover the Emergency Department, neuro CT and general radiologic consultations for house staff from other clinical services.

Third- and fourth-year residents' on-call duties include body CT, ultrasound, radionuclide studies, and MRI. They also provide guidance and consultation for the junior radiology resident. Faculty radiologists are available for backup and come in when needed to review emergency and imaging cases and to assist in performance of major procedures. All residents taking in-house overnight call are relieved from clinical duties for the subsequent 24 hours.

Separate Interventional call occurs during the Interventional rotation and is home pager call.

Moonlighting is allowed, as long as it does not interfere with resident training. There are several in-house moonlighting opportunities for all years of training.

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RESEARCH

Opportunities for research abound at UAB. Clinical and laboratory research is conducted by many of the faculty of the department (see the faculty section for specific research interests.). Resident involvement in some type of scholarly activity is required. Several residents publish research in major journals and others present papers and posters at national meetings.

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AFTER RESIDENCY

After the completion of four years of residency training in radiology, our graduates go in a variety of directions. About 75% of our graduates go on to pursue fellowship training, usually in the fields of interventional, breast, cardiopulmonary, body imaging, or musculoskeletal imaging. The remainder go directly into group practice, or receive offers of faculty positions directly out of residency. As a top-quality residency program with a nationally known faculty, UAB is a powerful resource for helping radiology residents achieve their desired goals after graduation.

The other residents serve as your colleagues, your friends, and your mentors.

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RESIDENTS AT PLAY

Residents at UAB find their time away from work to be active and diverse. The close-knit atmosphere of work extends into the nights and weekends, often including spouses and families. When you’re working hard in residency you appreciate the assurance of quality free time that our location provides. Whether it is golfing on weekends, attending a departmental picnic, going to journal club, or shooting pool after work, our residents lead active, fulfilling social lives. The family atmosphere at UAB is remarkably lively and supportive, which is important during this time of great change. Residency is more than just a job; it is an exciting part of your life, where you are growing as a person while you are learning to practice medicine. The spirit at UAB and the opportunities of Birmingham stimulate our residents to reach their potential both in and out of work.

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RESIDENT COMPENSATION

Fringe benefits include:

The Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), is an accredited residency training program leading to board eligibility in diagnostic radiology. Our program currently consists of thirty-three residents and requires a preliminary internship year.

(Effective July 1, 2009)

PGY-1.....$44,300.00
PGY-2.....$44,500.00
PGY-3.....$45,818.00
PGY-4.....$47,277.00
PGY-5.....$48,750.00
PGY-6.....$51,350.00

This is comparable with other regional programs, not all of which share our relatively low cost of living.

15 working days paid vacation per year.

15 working days illness leave per year.

Group health, dental and vision insurance.

Life and disability insurance.

Five working days excused absence during each year of residency for attendance at approved scientific meetings.

Reimbursement for one trip to an approved meeting at which the resident presents a scientific paper or poster.

Reimbursement for one additional trip to attend an approved scientific meeting during the 4-year residency at which the resident need not present a paper. Alternatively, this can be applied for tuition to the AFIP course.

A third trip will be reimbursed if the resident presents an additional scientific paper.

Five days excused absence per residency to attend pre-approved board reviews.

Up to 4 days of administrative leave in either 3rd or 4th year, if needed, to attend interviews for fellowships or jobs.

A professional development allowance totaling $2000 over 4 years for AFIP expenses (tuition paid by department), additional expenses at other approved scientific meetings, ABR fees, books, CDs, and computers.

For additional information visit:

UAB Human Resource Management Benefits and

UAB Human Resource Management Policy & Procedures Manual

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THE APPLICATION PROCESS

We offer a 4-year accredited residency leading to board eligibility in Diagnostic Radiology. There are 33 residents in the program.

We accept applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), and applicants are selected through the National Resident Matching Program (Radiology-Diagnostic S, NRMP #1007420A0). We plan on filling eight positions in the March 2010 match. Candidates matching with these positions will begin their radiology residency training on July 1, 2011. This will allow time for the required clinical year, at UAB or elsewhere, from July 2009 through June 2010. The initial clinical year must be spent in an LCME-accredited institution and must include at least 9 months of medicine, pediatrics, surgery, surgical subspecialty, OB-Gyn, neurology, family practice or a combination of these.

Applicants should arrange for their ERAS application to reach us between September 1 and October 15, 2009. When your completed ERAS application arrives, it will be reviewed by members of the resident selection committee to determine how you rank with respect to other applicants. Should your application be sufficiently competitive, we will contact you to arrange a visit at a mutually convenient time. Interview invitations are sent out from October through November.

Your visit will afford you an opportunity to tour the department, attend a teaching conference, interview with members of the Resident Selection Committee and meet informally with several residents. If you also wish to apply for a Preliminary Medicine year, we will try to arrange for you to interview with a faculty member in the Department of Medicine on the same day as your radiology interviews.

We prefer three letters of recommendation from faculty members involved in your clinical years of training. Two or three of your three letters should come from clinical faculty members outside of radiology. If you are currently in an internship or residency program, at least two of your recommendation letters should come from attending physicians in the department in which you are training. If you have had significant involvement in research, you may want to have an optional fourth letter sent to describe your research capabilities. Applicants are not required to do an elective medical-student rotation in our department.

We welcome your application and look forward to hearing from you.

For more information, we encourage you to call, e-mail or write to us.

Joseph C. Sullivan, III, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Radiology Residency Program
email: jcsullivan@uabmc.edu

Mark C. Langston, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Chair Resident Selection Committee
email: mlangston@uabmc.edu

Angie N. Watts, BS, R.T. (R)
Radiology Resiency Program - Program Coordinator
email: awatts@uabmc.edu

Department of Radiology
University of Alabama Hospital - 619 19th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35249-6830
Phone: 205.934.3166 - FAX: 205.975.4413

For additional information visit: Graduate Medical Education Policies and Procedures Manual

To view the actual contract applicants would be expected to sign for our program see: Initial Resident Agreement

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UAB radiology residents are valued and integral members of the department and we take their education very seriously. They, in turn, are highly motivated, work hard and put in long hours of study. Their collegial relationships with each other, the faculty, and the members of other departments contribute significantly to their educational experience.

Radiology faculty pride themselves on the quality of lectures, procedures and viewbox teaching. We work hard to produce radiologists who are skilled in differential diagnosis and the practical management in radiology. We strive to develop radiologists who are good clinicians as well as critical interpreters of the radiological literature. We believe our results are impressive and we are dedicated to perpetually enhancing the culture of learning that has been established at UAB.

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Recent Fellowship Positions Obtained by UAB Radiology Residents

University of Alabama at Birmingham - Abdominal Imaging, Pediatric Radiology, Mammography, Musculoskeletal Radiology, Neuroradiology, Angiography/Interventional, Cardiopulmonary Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, MRI (Research)

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL - Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship

Harvard Medical School - Brigham and Women's Hospital / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Oncologic PET

Radiology Associates of Birmingham - Musculoskeletal Radiology

Cincinnati Children's Hospital - Pediatric Radiology

Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston) - Interventional Radiology

Boston Childrens Hospital - Pediatric Radiology

Wake Forest School of Medicine - Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Cleveland Clinic - Neuroradiology, Interventional Neuroradiology

Emory University - Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Johns Hopkins University - Abdominal Radiology

Massachusetts General Hospital - Skeletal Radiology Fellowship, Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (Washington University) - Musculoskeletal Radiology

University of Florida - Abdominal Imaging

University of Pittsburgh - Abdominal Imaging

University of Texas Southwestern (Parkland) - MRI, Musculoskeletal Radiology

University of Texas Southwestern (Dallas) - Neuroradiology, Pediatric Radiology

Vanderbilt Medical Center - Vascular and Interventional Radiology

University of Miami - Neuroradiology

Georgetown University - Vascular and Interventional Radiology

University of Wisconsin - Musculoskeletal Radiology

University of Pittsburgh - Abdominal Imaging

Northwestern University - Musculoskeletal Imaging, MRI

University of Arkansas - Pediatric Radiology

Jackson Memorial Hospital - Neuroradiology

William Beaumont Hospital - Abdominal Imaging

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Academic Radiology Programs In Which UAB Radiology Residents
Graduating Since 1982 Have Served Or Are Serving As Faculty Members

University of Alabama at Birmingham - Musculoskeletal Radiology, Angiography/Interventional, Pediatric Radiology, Cardiopulmonary Radiology, Mammography, Abdominal Radiology

University of Arkansas - Nuclear Medicine, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

University of California, San Francisco - Cardiopulmonary Radiology

Cleveland Clinic - Neuroradiology

Duke University - General Radiology

East Carolina Medical Center - Abdominal Radiology

Harvard Medical School - Thoracic Radiology and Medical Informatics

Louisiana State University, New Orleans - Cardiopulmonary Radiology

Louisiana State University, Shreveport - Musculoskeletal Radiology

University of North Carolina - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Ohio State University School of Medicine - General Radiology

University of Oregon - Mammography, Gastrointestinal Radiology

Medical College of Virginia - Nuclear Medicine

Wake Forest School of Medicine - Angiography/Interventional, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

University of Washington - Chest Radiology

University of Indiana - Chest Radiology, Infomatics

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Articles Published by UAB Radiology Residents

Abdel Al AK, Maysoon FH, Biosca RF, Saddekni S, Raghuram K. Occlusion Time for Amplatzer Vascular Plug in the Management of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations. Am. J. Roentgenol., Mar 2009; 192: 793 - 799.

Grant P., Morgan D., Scholz F., Canon C. Pharyngeal Dysphagia: What the Radiologist Needs to Know. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, 2009 ;(38) 1:17-32.

Borghei P, Sokhandon F, Shirkhoda A. Anomalies, Anatomic Variants and Sources of Diagnostic Pitfalls in Pancreatic Imaging. Accepted for publication in AJR Integrative Imaging.

Smith JP, Weissman RC III, Lockhart ME, Berland LL. Colosalpingeal Fistula Diagnosed by Computed Tomography. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Accepted 29 September, 2008.

Vattoth S, Kim Y, Norman E, Roberson G. Spontaneous Resolution of Cavum Veli Interpositi: A Case Report and Review of the Literature of Spontaneous Resolution of Related Cystic Lesions. The Neuroradiology Journal 21:805-809; 2008.

Morgan DE, Texada JC, Canon CL, Lockhart ME, et al. Multidetector computed tomography during combined therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008;6(8)Aug:842-848.

Hodges G, Merrill R, Wu X, White J, Singh S. Dose reduction in detection of pulmonary thrombotic embolism with computed tomography. Med Physics 2008;35:2958.

Umphrey HR, Canon CL, Lockhart ME. Differential Diagnosis of Small Bowel Ischemia. In: Radiology Clinics of North America. 2008 September; 46(5): 943-952.

Sonwalkar HA, Shah RS, Vattoth S, et al. Imaging features in Hirayama disease. Neurology India 2008 Jan-Mar; 56(1):22-26.

Sabat SB, Barhate KP, Deshmukh M. Case Report Cholecysto-Hydatid Cyst Fistula. J Ultrasound Med 2008; 27:299-301.

Smith JP, Arnoletti JP, Varadarajulu S, Morgan DE. Post-pancreatitis fat necrosis mimicking carcinomatosis. Case report and literature review. Radiology Case Reports Online, April 21, 2008.

Umphrey HR, Lockhart ME, Robbin ML. Transplant ultrasound of the kidney, liver, and pancreas. Radiologic Clinics of North America 2008;3(1):49-65.

Umphrey HR, Lockhart ME, and Kenny PJ. Benign renal schwannoma: A case report and literature review. Radiology Case Reports Online 2:2. June 27, 2007.

Vattoth S. Magnetic resonance angiographic demonstration of carotid-cavernous fistula using elliptical centric time resolved imaging of contrast kinetics (EC-TRICKS). Magnetic Resonance Imaging 25 (2007); 1227-1231.

Vattoth S. Susac syndrome in a young child. Pediatric Radiology DOI 10.1007/s00247-007-0492-3. PMID: 17476496 [PubMed].

Vattoth S. Partial Rhombencephalosynapsis of superior cerebellum associated with GM1 gangliosidosis. The Neuroradiology Journal 2007; 20:182-185.

Almodovar S, Goetze S. MAG3 renography in the evaluation of renal transplant complications. 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2007.

Almodovar S, Goetze S. Optimal management of differentiated thyroid cancer in patients post total thyroidectomy: A topic-specific review of the 2006 ATA management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer. 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Washington, DC, June 2007.

Modarresifar H, Almodovar S, Bass WB, et al. Radiation Safety Protocol for High Dose 131I Therapy of Thyroid Carcinoma in Patients on Hemodialysis for Chronic Renal Failure. Health Phys 2007;92(2 Suppl 1):S45-S49.

Modarresifar H, Almodovar S, Bass WB, Ojha BC. Radiation Safety Protocol for High Dose 131I Therapy of Thyroid Carcinoma in Patients on Hemodialysis for Chronic Renal Failure. Operational Radiation Safety Journal, Vol. 92, No. 2, February 2007.

Larrison M, DiBona A., Hogg DE. Low-cost phantom for stereotactic breast biopsy training. AJR 2006: 187: 972-974.

Khullar S, O’Malley JP, Almodovar S, Baldwin J. PET-CT is Superior to Contrast-enhanced CT for the Detection of Metastatic Ovarian Carcinoma. 92nd Radiological Society of North America Meeting, Chicago, IL, Nov-Dec 2006.

O’Malley JP, Khullar S, Almodovar S, Muthukrishnan A. Dual Time PET Imaging is Useful in Detection of Recurrent and Metastatic Ovarian Cancer by PET/CT. 92nd Radiological Society of North America Meeting, Chicago, IL, Nov-Dec 2006.

Almodovar S, White SL, Modarresifar H, Ojha BC. The Usefulness of Calculated Attenuation correction in the Evaluation of Metallic Artifacts on Brain PET/CT Imaging. Clin Nucl Med 2006 Sept.31(9): 554-55.

Lucas LW, Tessler FN, Lockhart ME, Hester FA, Canon CL. Topics in ultrasound education: use of patient models to teach endovaginal ultrasound skills. Ultrasound Quarterly 2006;22(2): 119-120.

Sugg RM, Weir R. Cerebral Mycotic Aneurysms treated with a Neuroform Stent: A Case Report. Vollmer DG, and Cacayorin Ed. Neurosurgery: 58(2):E381, February 2006.

Song G, Lockhart M, Smith JK, Burns J, Kenney P. Pseudoephredine and Guaifenesin Urolithiasis: widening the differential diagnosis of radiolucent calculi on abdominal radiograph. Abdominal Imaging, Oct 2005, Vol 30, No 5;644-646.

Chu WJ, Mason GF, Pan JW, Hetherington HP, Liu HG, SanPedro EC, Mountz JM. Regional Cerebral blood flow and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging findings in diaschisis from stroke. Stoke 2002; 33:1243-1248.

Devan AM. The role of magnetic resonance angiography in renal artery stenosis. Appl Radiol 2001; 30 Supp: 75-83.

SanPedro EC, Deutsch G. Liu HG, Mountz JM. Frontotemporal Decreases in CBF Correlates with Degree of Dysnomia in Progressive Aphasia. J Nucl Med; 41: 228-233, 2000.

Sarangi S, SanPedro EC, Mountiz, JM. Anterior Choroidal Artery Infarction Presenting as a Progressive Cognitive Deficit. Clin Nucl Med; 25:187-190, 2000.

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Book Chapters Published by UAB Radiology Residents

Biosca RF JR., Larrison MC. Trauma. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Ferrell AS, Larrison MC. Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Basic Physiology. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Ferrell AS, Lursen KP, Koehler RE. Spleen. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Fitzpatrick AF, Saddekni S. Arterial Interventions. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Norman ER, Hamrick KM. Gastrointestinal and Biliary Disease and Intervention. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Patel BN, Bajaj SK, Canon CL. Peritoneal Cavity and Abdominal Wall. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Patel BN, Smith JP, Larrison MC, Elliott GS. Hematopoietic and Idiopathic Disorders. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Nuttall RP, Reading BD. Musculoskeletal. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Royal JT, Royal SA. Genitourinary Tract. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Spann JS, Lopez-Ben RR. Infection. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Sultenfuss MA, Lopez-Ben RR. Arthropathies. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Umphrey HR, Herman C, Hogg DE. Breast Anatomy and Imaging Modalities. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Umphrey HR, Herman C, Hogg DE. Breast Screening and BIRADS. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Umphrey HR, Herman C, Hogg DE. Evaluation of Breast Masses. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Umphrey HR, Herman C, Hogg DE. Evaluation of Breast Calcifications. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Umphrey HR, Herman C, Hogg DE. Evaluation of the Surgically Altered Breast. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Umphrey HR, Kapoor BS. Diagnostic Arteriography. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Walter JW, Malcolm IG, Singh SP. Pulmonary Neoplasms. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Raghuram K, Hamrick K, White JR. Interventional Radiology in the Venous System. In: Radiology: McGraw-Hill Specialty Board Review. Ed: Canon CL. McGraw-Hill. In Press.

Mountz JM, SanPedro EC. Basis and Clinical Application of Functional Brain Imaging. In: The Pathologic Basis of Nuclear Medicine. Ed. Elgazaar AH. Springer-Verlag (Heidelburge, Germany), Chapter 17, 294-319,2001.

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Scientific meeting presentations (and published abstracts) since 2000 by UAB Radiology Residents

Kim H, Morgan DE, Norman ER, Pednekar A , Sobol WT. Heterogeneity of Upper Abdominal Solid Viscera ADC Measurements at 3T: Does Position in the Bone Affect Measurement Reproducibility? Presented at the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North American, Chicago, IL. November 30 - December 5, 2008.

Hodges G, Merrill R, Wu X, White J, Singh S. Dose reduction in detection of pulmonary thrombotic embolism with computed tomography. Med Physics 2008;35:2958.

Smith JP, Arnoletti JP, Varadarajulu S, Morgan DE. Post-pancreatitis fat necrosis mimicking carcinomatosis. Submitted to Radiology Case Reports, 4-21-2008.

Frazier MB, Morgan DE, Lockhart ME, Weber TM, Kenney PJ. Robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: a primer for radiologists. Published abstract presented at the 93rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North American, Chicago, IL. November 25 - 30, 2007.

Joshi AK, Singh SP, Watts JR. Assessment of Motion Degradation of Coronary Artery Segments Throughout the Cardiac Cycle in Coronary CT Angiography. Presented at NASCI Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. October 4 - 9, 2007.

Weissmann R, Langston MC, O'Malley JP, Muthukrishnan A. Osteopoikilosis (Case of the day). Society of Nuclear Medicine 54th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 2-6, 2007.

Reading B, Langston MC, O'Malley JP, Muthukrishnan A. Chronic MRSA Osteomyelitis (Case of the day). Society of Nuclear Medicine 54th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, June 2-6, 2007.

Morgan DE, Texada JC, Canon CL, Lockhart ME, Posey JA, Vickers SM. MDCT during neoadjuvant combined therapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Submitted to American Journal of Roentgenology, September 2007. Published abstract. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois. November 27 - December 1, 2006.

Morgan DE, Waggoner C, Canon CL, Lockhart ME, Fineberg N, Vickers SM. CT parameters for respectability of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a new challenge in patients undergoing neoadjuvant combined modality therapy. Submitted to Radiology, September 2007. Published abstract. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois. November 27 - December 1, 2006.

Grant PD, Morgan DE, Canon CL. Pharyngeal Dysphagia: What the Radiologist Needs to Know. Accepted for publication. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. In Press.

Lucas LW, Canon CL, Morgan DE, Hawn MT, Johnson LH. Radiographic predictors of outcome after myotomy in patients with achalasia. 106th Annual American Roentgen Ray Society. Vancouver, British Columbia. April 30-May 5, 2006.

Sugg RM, Gonzales NR, Matherne DE, Ribo M, Shaltoni HM, Noser EA, Choi JY, Alexandrov AV, Grotta JC: Myocardial Injury in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage Treated with Recombinant Factor VIIa. Abstract presented at the International Stroke Conference 2006.

Umphrey HR, Matherne TH, Lander PH, Lopez RB, et al. Charaterization of acetabular fractures: computed tomography with surgical correlation. Electronic Exhibit. American Roentgen Ray Society, Apr May, 2006.

Matherne TH, Umphrey HR, Lander PH, et al. Acetabular fractures: what the surgeon needs to know (poster presentation by Matherne). Annual Association of University Radiologists Meeting, Austin, TX, April 5-9, 2006.

Perrien K, Matherne TH. Tuberous sclerosis. Electronic: ACR Case-in-Point. Available from: caseinpoint.acr.org. April 5, 2006.

Modarresifar H, Muthukrishnan A, Lander, PH, Ojha B. PET/CT as an alternative to conventional CT and MR in follow-up of post-therapy sarcoma. Presented at 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Toronto, Canada, June 18-22, 2005.

Sugg RM, Malkoff MD, Noser EA, Shaltoni HM, Cacayorin ED, and Grotta JC: Endovascular Recanalization of Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion in Acute Ischemic Stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2005 26: 2591-2594. Abstract presented at the American Academy of Neurology Conference 2005.

Sugg RM, Noser EA, Shaltoni HM, Campbell MS, Weir R, Cacayorin ED, and Grotta JC: Intra-arterial Reteplase Compared to Urokinase for Thrombolytic Recanalization in Acute Ischemic Stroke. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., Apr 2006; 27: 769 - 773. Abstract presented at the European Stroke Conference 2005.

Ojha BC, Dubay JW, Muthukrishnan A, et al. Usefulness of F-18 FDG PET in post chemotherapy evaluation of lymphoma: an oncologist's perspective. (Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA, June 21-25, 2003). J Nucl Med 2003;44(5):419P.

Ojha BC, Sarikonda KV, Muthukrishnan A, et al. Evaluation of patients with esophageal cancer after combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy with F-18 FDG-PET. (Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA, June 21-25, 2003). J Nucl Med 2003;44(5):22P

Ojha BC, Vanguru R, Muthukrishnan A, et al. Role of PET-CT in evaluation of indeterminate solitary pulmonary nodules (spn) and effect of high prevalence of granulomas. (Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, New Orleans, LA, June 21-25, 2003). J Nucl Med 2003;44(5):355P.

Kinney FC, Bush BA, Thurstin AH, Jewell G, Dowler R, SanPedro EC, Mountz JM. Psychotic symptoms and SPECT findings in geriatric psychiatry patients. Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Fort Myers, FL, February 20-22, 2002.

Bush BA, Kinney FC, Thurstin AH, Jewell G, Dowler R, SanPedro EC, Mountz JM. Differences in SPECT findings among geriatric psychiatry patients with Major Depression, Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type, and Vascular Dementia. Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Fort Myers, FL, February 20-22, 2002.

Bush BA, Kinney FC, Thurstin AH, Jewell G, Dowler R, SanPedro EC, Mountz JM. MRI study of white matter disease in major depression in geriatric patients. Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Fort Myers, FL, February 20-22, 2002.

Chu WJ, SanPedro EC, Hetherington HP, Liu H, Mountz JM. Post-Stroke Cerebral Reorganization in Human Brain Identified by 31 P MR Spectroscopic Imaging and F-18 FDG PET. 10th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exhibition of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 18-24, 2002.

Mountz JM, SanPedro EC, Liu H, Hetherington HP, Chu WJ. Cerebral Reorganization Post-Stroke Correlation of F-18 FDG PET and 4.1T 31P MR Spectroscopic Imaging. 49th Annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Los Angeles, California, June 15-18, 2002.

Baker TD, Shin MS, Payne MJ. Clinical relevance of chest CT based on results of prior chest radiograph. Presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, Seattle, Washington, May 3, 2001.

Chu WJ, Hetherington HP, Deutsch G, Liu HG, SanPedro EC, Das S, Mountz JM. Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and 4.1T MRSI Cerebral Metabolite Findings in Diaschisis from Stroke. Presented at 20th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow, Metabolism and Function 5th International Conference on Quantification of Brain Function with PET, Taipei, Taiwan, June 9-13, 2001.

SanPedro EC, Chu WJ, Liu H-G, Deutsch G, Mountz JM. Contra-Lesional Pre-Motor Increased F-18 FDG Uptake and White Matter Choline Changes Correlated with Neurological Recovery in Stroke. Presented at the 47th Annual Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 3-7, 2000, St. Louis, Missouri. J Nucl Med, 41:216P, 2000.

Chu WJ, SanPedro EC, Liu H-G, Mountz JM. Correlation Between Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT and H-1 MRSI in Diaschisis. Presented at the 47th Annual Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 3-7, 2000, St. Louis, Missouri. J Nucl Med, 41:224P, 2000.

Liu HG, SanPedro EC, Lawn N, Kuzniecky R, Mountz JM. Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT and F-18 FDG coincidence imaging provide complementary methods for epilepsy localization. Presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, June 3-7, 2000.

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Poster Presentations by UAB Radiology Residents

Scoggins, ME, Morgan, DE, Christein, JD What's in a Name? Contrast Enhanced CT Findings Using the Proposed Revision of the Atlanta Classification in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis. Poster Educational Exhibit presented at RSNA Annual Meeting, November 30 - December 5, 2008. Chicago, Illinois.

Hodges G, Merrill R, Wu X, White J, Singh S. 80 kvp Chest CTA for Pulmonary Thromboembolism: What We Have Learned. Poster Educational Exhibit presented at RSNA Annual Meeting, November 30 - December 5, 2008. Chicago, Illinois.

Grant PD, Morgan DE, Canon CL. Pharyngeal Dysphagia: What the Radiologist Needs to Know. Accepted for publication. Poster Presentation. Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, Illinois. November 27 - December 1, 2006.

Snow RD, Reich CA, Eby TL, Kamplain TL. Unusual Presentation of Large Seventh Cranial Nerve Neuroma. Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, September 5-8, 2001.

Snow RD, Reich CA, Markert JA, Kamplain TL. Clival Chordoma Presenting with Third Cranial Nerve Palsy. Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology, September 5-8, 2001.

Electronic Educational Exhibits by UAB Radiology Residents

Umphrey H, McArthur T, Canon C, Lockhart M, Robbin M, and Clements R. Imaging Evaluation for Internal Hernia in Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Patients (LRGB) – A Difficult but Essential Diagnosis. Accepted as an electronic exhibit at the 109th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, April 26 – May 1, 2009 in Boston, MA.

Borghei P, Lockhart M, Morgan D, Clements R. CT intussuscpetion in adults. Accepted as electronic exhibit at the 109th annual meeting of American Roentgen Ray Society, April 26 - May 1, 2009.

Smith JP, Canon CL, Kohler RE. Postoperative GI Tract: Leaks, fluid collections, and foreign bodies. Accepted as an electronic exhibit at the 109th annual meeting of American Roentgen Ray Society, Boston, MA, April 26 - May 1, 2009.

Bag AK, Cure JK. MR Imaging findings of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Pictorial Essay. 46th Annual conference of American Society of Neuroradiology; New Orleans, LA, May 31-June 5, 2008.

Bag AK, Roberson GH. Review of principles MR imaging of solutions containing increasingly high concentration of protein and its significance in imaging of inflammatory sinonasal diseases. E-Exhibit. 46th Annual conference of American Society of Neuroradiology; New Orleans, LA, May 31-June 5, 2008.

Bag AK, Roberson GH. Spectrum of spinal epidural abscesses. E-Exhibit. 46th Annual conference of American Society of Neuroradiology; New Orleans, LA, May 31-June 5, 2008.

Bag AK, Cure JK, Roberson GH, Abdel Aal AK. Midline nasal masses of early childhood: embryologic basis. E-Exhibit. 46th Annual conference of American Society of Neuroradiology; New Orleans, LA, May 31-June 5, 2008.

Umphrey HR. The Many Faces of DCIS: Electronic Educational Exhibit presented at RSNA Annual Meeting, November 30 - December 5, 2008. Chicago, Illinois.

Umphrey HR, Royal JT. Glial Neoplasms: Radiologic/ Patholgic Correlation: Electronic Educational Exhibit presented at RSNA Annual Meeting, November 30 - December 5, 2008. Chicago, Illinois.

Umphrey H, Hoyt K, Lockhart M, Robbin M. Contrast enhanced ultrasound for monitoring breast cancer response to neoadjuvant therapy. Fifth Annual Memphis BioImaging Symposium, 2008.

KB Grant, JP O'Malley, HG Liu, HR Umphrey, R Shah, and G Deutsch. Clinical use of Diamox® brain SPECT: Comparison of protocols, evaluation of interpretive findings, and use of correlative imaging. Society of Nuclear Medicine Meeting 2007.

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