Fellowship Director: Danny C. Kim, M.D.
Administrative Assistant: Simmone Sam
Prerequisites
Body MRI fellows are expected to have successfully completed a diagnostic radiology residency program and be ABR certified or eligible. If eligible, fellows must be licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York. If ineligible for a NYS license, fellows must have a limited permit.Overview
The Body MRI fellowship program is an intensive one year program designed to train four radiologists each year in the techniques and interpretation of abdominal imaging examinations, with a particular concentration in MRI. Performing abdominal imaging research is an integral and required component of this training program. The goal of the program is to train radiologists to become experts in abdominal imaging and to prepare them to assume leadership roles in radiology.
The Department of Radiology boasts the most up-to-date imaging equipment available. Our current equipment includes 9 MR scanners including three 3T scanners and one 7T research scanner. There are 6 multi-detector CT scanners including one 16 row scanner, one 40 row scanner, one 64 row scanner, two dual source/dual-energy 64 row scanners and one 128 row scanner.
Clinical Experience
The Body MRI fellowship program is primarily based at Tisch Hospital, with some experience at Bellevue Hospital. We also provide support and interpretations for several satellite imaging centers.
Tisch Hospital, the university hospital of NYU Langone Medical Center, is an 800 bed tertiary care center with state-of-the-art equipment and technology. A wide range of diseases are treated and imaged at this hospital. The Radiology Department, a leader in the field of abdominal imaging, is at the forefront in developing and implementing novel CT and MR imaging techniques for abdominal and vascular applications. We believe in an active approach to learning, particularly the technical aspects of imaging. Consequently, the program provides ample time for hands-on scanning experience, sequence optimization and protocol design. These unique opportunities differentiate this program from other abdominal imaging fellowships. The department also operates a dedicated 3D image processing laboratory that provides clinical and research support to radiologists and our referring clinicians.
Bellevue Hospital is a 1200 bed city hospital with an extraordinary breadth of pathology, including traumatic injuries, tropical and rare diseases, HIV, and advanced-stage inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. The Radiology Department recently installed several new ultrasound units. The Department has two 64 row CT scanners and two 1.5T MR scanners.Curriculum
The fellowship program is divided into 13 four-week blocks, distributed as follows:
- 9 blocks of Body MRI
- 3 blocks of Abdominal US/CT
- 1 block of Elective
There are two mandatory weekly teaching conferences:
--On Tuesday afternoons, radiology residents, fellows and the abdominal imaging faculty present their interesting cases of the week. The Body MRI fellow is expected to present cases from the Body MRI service each week.
--On Fridays at noon, the Body MRI fellows present the challenging MRI cases of the week to the Body MRI faculty.
There is a biweekly Body MRI collaboration conference attended by the research and clinical faculty designed to promote the translation of basic science research into the clinical arena. These meetings provide a lively forum to foster collaboration within the department by discussing the latest developments and challenges within each group and generating novel ideas to direct future research efforts.
Numerous clinical and multidisciplinary conferences are held in the medical center and fellows may be assigned to one of these conferences, as needed, by the department. Body MRI fellows may attend additional conferences as their clinical schedule permits. The department also hosts several CME conferences during the year that fellows may attend.
There are two main lecture series: One series includes core abdominal imaging lectures that are presented to the Body MRI and Women’s Imaging fellows. These lectures are given in the first few months of the program. Another series includes MRI physics lectures that are presented to all radiology fellows in the department. These lectures extend over most of the year and are given by the research and clinical MRI faculty. At the end of the series, each fellow is expected to present their own lecture on an MRI physics topic to the group.
There are four weeks of vacation during the fellowship program.
There are up to 5 working days of conference time available during the fellowship. The Department will underwrite expenses if the fellow is presenting a paper at a major society meeting, with prior written approval from the Program Director and Vice Chair of Education.
Research
The Body MRI fellows are expected to actively participate in the research mission of the department and to perform their own research projects. Departmental resources enable cutting-edge research to be performed, including the availability of the latest imaging equipment, the mentorship of experienced research and clinical faculty who are leaders in their field, the infrastructure to support research endeavors and the commitment of the department to encourage clinical research. Fellows are given academic time to achieve these goals. At the beginning of the academic year, the faculty will present their research interests and each fellow is expected to choose a research mentor and perform at least one project. Most fellows commonly pursue several research projects leading to publication in the radiology literature and routinely present at national meetings where they have won numerous awards over the past several years. Fellows are given time and are subsidized to attend a conference if they are presenting research performed during the fellowship program.
Call
The body MRI fellows participate in a call pool with other radiology fellows to cover the clinical MRI service in the evenings and weekends. The distribution of call will vary according to the requirements of the individual sections and is subject to change. Presently, the body MRI fellows are on call approximately once a week. There is no overnight or holiday call for the body MRI fellows at this time.
If you would like more information about the program, please contact:
Danny Kim, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Director, Body MRI Fellowship Program
Director, Image Processing Laboratory
560 First Avenue, TCH HW-202
New York, NY 10016-6497
Telephone: (212) 263-0232
Fax: (212) 263-6634
Email: Danny.Kim@nyumc.org
Abdominal Imaging Faculty:
| Emil Balthazar, MD | Professor Emeritus of Radiology |
John Bonavita, MD |
Associate Chair of Strategic Development |
| Morton Bosniak, MD | Professor Emeritus of Radiology |
| Genevieve Bennett, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology, Program Director of Women’s Imaging Fellowship Program |
| Hersh Chandarana, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology |
| Kyunghee Cho, MD | Professor of Radiology |
| Giovanna Giovanniello, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology |
| Nicole Hindman, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology |
| Jill Jacobs, MD | Associate Professor of Radiology, Program Director of Cardiac Imaging Fellowship Program, Section Chief of Cardiac Imaging |
| Danny Kim, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology, Program Director of Body MRI Fellowship Program |
| Sooah Kim, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology |
| Vivian Lee, MD, MBA, PhD | Professor of Radiology, Senior Vice President, Vice Dean for Science and Chief Scientific Officer |
| Ruth Lim, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology |
| Michael Macari, MD | Vice Chair of Operations, Section Chief of Abdominal Imaging |
| Alec Megibow, MD, MPH | Professor of Radiology, Director of Faculty Practice Radiology |
| Andrew Rosenkrantz, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology |
| Chrystia Slywotzky, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology |
| Ellen Wetter, MD | Assistant Professor of Radiology |
| Joseph Yee, MD | Associate Professor of Radiology |
