A Letter from the Chairman
Dear Prospective Resident:
Diagnostic radiology residents at The University of Tennessee Medical Center enjoy key advantages which enhance their training and career development.
Facilities and Personnel
The equipment is housed in a 43,000-square-foot facility. Equipment is top-notch, and includes:
- Full-departmental PACS network featuring filmless and paperless image interpretation
- Three high-field MRI units
- Five helical CT scanners (three are multi-detector)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
- PET/CT prototype LSO-crystal, 16-slice scanner
- An 11 MeV cyclotron
- Comprehensive Breast Center
- Five ultrasound units
- Outpatient Center opened January 2004 with
new 16-slice, multi-detector helical CT scanner
- The department employs approximately 150 technical and support personnel.
- Digital and Computed Radiography
Patient Base
Approximately 200,000 exams each year are performed on a regional population base approaching 1.5 million. UT Medical Center is a regional tertiary referral center with busy trauma, surgical, oncologic, medical, pediatric, and obstetrical services. Training Program
The Radiology Residency Program's objective is to expose the resident to every phase of radiology and encourage a disciplined approach to medical problem solving. The four-year program is structured to include graduated levels of responsibility in each radiology section. Basic understanding of individual techniques is emphasized, followed by hands-on experience aimed at challenging the resident to accept increasingly greater responsibilities as the training progresses.
Training in pediatric radiology occurs throughout the four years at UT Medical Center and is particularly enhanced by two months' experience at The Vanderbilt University Medical Center Children's Hospital. The pediatric radiology program in Nashville is strong and boasts distinguished, nationally-known pediatric radiologists, providing an excellent environment for the trainee.
Collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Division of Vascular Surgery strongly complement experience by providing training in obstetric and vascular ultrasonography. The resident's training is also enhanced by funded attendance at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's course on pathology/radiology correlation in Washington, D.C. Residents also select multiple elective courses to focus on areas of their particular interest.
Summary
Residents in this program work in a friendly and collegial atmosphere with departmental attending physicians and with residents and attending physicians from other departments. Communication is promoted by weekly interdepartmental conferences that display a wealth of interesting case material. Graduates routinely land quality fellowships and practice opportunities of their choice and are well prepared to function as vital consultants to their peers.
Kathleen B. Hudson, MD
Interim Chair
Radiology Residency Program Director
Women's Imaging (Mammography)
Associate Professor
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