San Francisco General Hospital

UCSF has a unique one-year cross sectional imaging fellowship, centered at our San Francisco General Hospital campus, designed to provide excellent clinical exposure as well as offer flexibility to tailor the experience towards each trainees' future career goals and interests. The appointees are afforded the opportunity to act with relative independence and develop the skills that bridge the gap between the sheltered didactic experiences of residency and the complex realities of clinical practice in Radiology.

Cross Sectional Imaging Fellowship

Alex Rybkin, M.D., Program Director

The program accommodates board certified/eligible radiologists and includes a 2 week orientation period followed by a total of 8-10 weeks of in-depth clinical rotations covering each of the major modalities: MRI, CT, US, and radiography, with focused attention in body and musculoskeletal MRI, neuroradiology, obstetrical US, and Cardiac and Pulmonary imaging. Experience with biopsy techniques, using a variety of modalities, is available. Furthermore, should the participant desire, more specialized interventional experience may be obtained, although participants at San Francisco General Hospital do not rotate through the interventional radiology service, and are not responsible for the performance of interventional procedures.

The Cross Sectional Imaging Fellowship at San Francisco General Hospital offers in-depth training in cross-sectional modalities with subspecialty expertise, yet with the flexibility required to tailor the training to the individual's needs. One recent addition is a rotation at the San Francisco Magnetic Resonance Center, an affiliated facility, which allows increased exposure to musculoskeletal imaging. Independent study time can be used at other UCSF facilities in order to gain access to virtual colonoscopy, PET, PET/CT, and cardiac MRI.

San Francisco General Hospital

San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) is an urban Level I trauma center that serves the City and County of San Francisco. The Radiology Department at SFGH is quite active and the case material is widely diverse. SFGH Radiology enjoys an excellent working relationship with the Emergency Department, the Departments of Medicine and Surgery, and the various subspecialty services, many of which are under the direction of world-renowned leaders and researchers. SFGH Radiology currently employs two GE/CT/i helical CT scanners, (with planned upgrades to multislice CT scanners), a recently updated 1.5T GE magnet, and six Acuson ultrasound imagers (including Sequoia machines). An additional 1.5T magnet sited at the main hospital is planned. San Francisco Magnetic Resonance Center also houses several magnets and a PET scanner. An SFGH / UCSF outpatient imaging facility houses three magnets (including a 3T magnet), two multislice CT scanners, and will also house a dedicated PET/CT scanner (currently under installation).

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