Abdominal Imaging Rotations at NYU
| Faculty | Specialty
|
| Michael Macari, MD | Abdominal Imaging (Section Chief) |
Emil Balthazar, MD |
GI/CT |
| Genevieve Bennett, MD | US/Abdominal Imaging (Director Women’s Imaging) |
| Bernard Birnbaum, MD | Abdominal Imaging |
| John Bonavita, MD | US |
| Morton Bosniak, MD (Emeritus) | GU |
| Kay Cho, MD | GI/CT |
| Giovanna Giovanniello, MD | Abdominal Imaging |
Liz Hecht, MD Nicole Hindman, MD |
Abdominal Imaging Abdominal Imaging |
| Jill Jacobs, MD | Abdominal Imaging (Director Cardiac Imaging) |
Danny Kim, MD Sooah Kim, MD |
Abdominal Imaging Abdominal Imaging |
Vivian Lee, MD Ruth Lim, MD |
MRI Abdominal/Cardiac/Research |
Alec Megibow, MD, MPH |
Abdominal Imaging (Director Outpatient Imaging) |
| Christia Slywotsky, MD | Abdominal Imaging |
| Bachir Taouli, MD | Abdominal Imaging |
| Ellen Wetter, MD | US |
| Joe Yee, MD | US |
Core Curriculum
Required Reading for Didactic Lectures
Gastrointestinal Imaging
Genitourinary Imaging
Ultrasound
Expectations of Residents
First Year Tisch GI/Fluoro Rotation
First Year Tisch Ultrasound Rotation
First Year Tisch CT Rotation
First Year VA Ultrasound Rotation
First Year Bellevue CT Rotation
Second Year Bellevue Ultrasound Rotation
Second Year Tisch CT Rotation
Second Year Tisch Ultrasound Rotation
Second Year Bellevue GI Rotation
Second Year Bellevue CT Rotation
Third Year Tisch Abdominal MRI Rotation
Third Year Tisch CT Rotation
Third Year Bellevue CT Rotation
Third Year Tisch Ultrasound Rotation
Third/Fourth Year Bellevue Ultrasound Rotation
Residents at NYU receive extensive and continual training in all modalities related to abdominal imaging, including but not limited to the genitourinary, hepatobiliary, pelvic, pancreatic and gastrointestinal organs. This training is accomplished by allowing the residents to increase their responsibility for patient care as they progress through the program. All training of the residents is supervised by an accomplished group of attending faculty dedicated to abdominal imaging, teaching, and research.
The abdominal imaging program includes multiple rotations beginning with traditional fluoroscopy performed at Bellevue and Tisch Hospitals, and integrates US, CT and MR imaging, starting in the first year (see specific rotations above).
Coronal images of pancreatic pseudocyst at CT (right) and MR (left).
The progress of the resident is monitored throughout his/her training monthly by the entire section. If areas of deficiency exist, the section works with the resident to remediate them.
The program stresses interdepartmental cooperation in providing the best quality of care to our patients, and we maintain an outstanding collegial and professional relationship with our clinicians. The residents receive their training at Bellvue Hospital, Tisch Hospital, the Manhattan VA, and our outpatient imaging facilities. This broad range of exposure is truly unique, and, coupled with the expertise of the section faculty, makes NYU an ideal environment in which to learn about and understand abdominal imaging. Research opportunities are abundant in the section, and many residents present at the RSNA and other scientific meetings throughout the year.
Abdominal Imaging Conferences
There are many daily conferences available to the interested resident while on abdominal imaging rotations including:
- Vascular conference (Tuesday 7:00 AM, Skirball 3)
- Ultrasound (Drs. Yee and Bennett, Wednesday 7:30 AM, Bellevue conference room)
- MRI physics (Dr. Lee, Thursday 8 AM)
- Surgery M & M (Thursday 7:15 AM)
- GI tumor board (Second Tuesday of the month, 7:30 AM, Skirball 3)
- Pancreas conference (Fourth Tuesday of the month, 7:30 AM, Alumni Hall B).
The major teaching conference of the section is held every Tuesday from 5:00-6:30 PM. During this conference, interesting cases from all of the abdominal imaging rotations are presented by fellows and residents. The resident is required to present all interesting cases from the prior week.
Abdominal Imaging Rotations are modified slightly from year to year, but in general include:
| Rotation | Faculty |
| First Year: | |
| 2 rotations of Fluoroscopy at Bellevue: | Balthazar/Cho |
| 1 rotation of Tisch CT/GI: | Macari/Jacobs/ Megibow/Kim/Bonavita |
| 1 rotation at VA US: | Yee |
| ½ rotation at Bellevue CT: | Cho/Balthazar/ Slywotsky/Giovanniello |
| Second Year: | |
| 1 rotation at Bellevue US | Bennett/Yee/ Slywotsky/Giovanniello/Wetter |
| 1 rotation at Bellevue CT | Cho/Balthazar/ Slywotsky/Giovanniello |
| Third Year: | |
| 1 rotation at Tisch CT/GI | Macari/Jacobs/ Megibow/Kim/Bonavita |
| 1 rotation at Tisch US | Bennett/Wetter/ Kim/Bonavita/Giovanniello |
| 1 rotation at Bellevue US | Bennett/Yee/ Slywotsky/Giovanniello/Wetter |
| 1 rotation of MR | Hecht/Kim/ Taouli/Lee/Macari |
| ½ Rotation at Bellevue CT | Cho/Balthazar/ Slywotsky/Giovanniello |
Fourth Year:
Electives
Research
Presentations by Residents at Annual End of Year Research Day
Abdominal Imaging Articles since 2005
1. Pandharipande, P. V., Krinsky, G. A., Rusinek, H. and Lee, V. S. (2005). Perfusion imaging of the liver: current challenges and future goals. Radiology 234(3): 661-73.
2. Heffernan, C., Pachter, H. L., Megibow, A. J. and Macari, M. (2005). Stercoral Colitis Leading to Fatal Peritonitis: CT Findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol 184(4): 1189-93.
3. Bogoni, L., Cathier, P., Dundar, M., Jerebko, A., Lakare, S., Liang, J., Periaswamy, S., Baker, M. E. and Macari, M. (2005). Computer-aided detection (CAD) for CT colonography: a tool to address a growing need. Br J Radiol 78 Spec No: S57-62.
4. Israel, G. M., Hindman, N., Hecht, E. and Krinsky, G. (2005). The use of opposed-phase chemical shift MRI in the diagnosis of renal angiomyolipomas. AJR Am J Roentgenol 184(6): 1868-72.
5. Tolia, A. J., Landis, R., Lamparello, P., Rosen, R. and Macari, M. (2005). Type II endoleaks after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: natural history. Radiology 235(2): 683-6.
6. Macari, M. (2005). CT colonography: the real deal. Abdom Imaging 30(2): 184-94.
7. Taouli, B., Goh, J. S., Lu, Y., Qayyum, A., Yeh, B. M., Merriman, R. B. and Coakley, F. V. (2005). Growth rate of hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation with serial computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. J Comput Assist Tomogr 29(4): 425-9.
8. Zalis, M. E., Barish, M. A., Choi, J. R., Dachman, A. H., Fenlon, H. M., Ferrucci, J. T., Glick, S. N., Laghi, A., Macari, M., McFarland, E. G., Morrin, M. M., Pickhardt, P. J., Soto, J. and Yee, J. (2005). CT colonography reporting and data system: a consensus proposal. Radiology 236(1): 3-9.
9. Israel, G. M. and Bosniak, M. A. (2005). How I do it: evaluating renal masses. Radiology 236(2): 441-50.
10. Miller, G., Mueller, C., Yim, D., Macari, M., Liang, H., Marcus, S. and Shamamian, P. (2005). Perforated Duodenal Diverticulitis: A Report of Three Cases. Dig Surg 22(3): 198-202.
11. Miller, G., Yim, D., Macari, M., Harris, M. and Shamamian, P. (2005). Retroperitoneal perforation of the duodenum from biliary stent erosion. Curr Surg 62(5): 512-5.
12. Israel, G. M. and Bosniak, M. A. (2005). An update of the Bosniak renal cyst classification system. Urology 66(3): 484-8.
13. Saindane, A. M., Losada, M. and Macari, M. (2005). Focal Amyloidoma of the Small Bowel Mimicking Adenocarcinoma on CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol 185(5): 1187-9.
14. Holland, A. E., Hecht, E. M., Hahn, W. Y., Kim, D. C., Babb, J. S., Lee, V. S., West, A. B. and Krinsky, G. A. (2005). Importance of small (< or = 20-mm) enhancing lesions seen only during the hepatic arterial phase at MR imaging of the cirrhotic liver: evaluation and comparison with whole explanted liver. Radiology 237(3): 938-44.
15.Macari, M. and Bini, E. J. (2005). CT colonography: where have we been and where are we going? Radiology 237(3): 819-33.
16. Megibow, A. J., Babb, J. S., Hecht, E. M., Cho, J. J., Houston, C., Boruch, M. M. and Williams, A. B. (2005). Evaluation of Bowel Distention and Bowel Wall Appearance by Using Neutral Oral Contrast Agent for Multi-Detector Row CT. Radiology.
17. Taouli, B. (2006). MR spectroscopic imaging for evaluation of prostate cancer. J Radiol 87(2 Pt 2): 222-7.
18. Jacobs JE, Srichai M, Kim D, Hecht E, Kronzon I. Quadricuspid aortic valve: Imaging findings on multidetector helical CT with echocardiographic correlation. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2006 Jul-Aug; 30(4):569-71.
19. Chang JS, Taouli B, Salibi N, Hecht EM, Chin DG, Lee VS. Opposed-phase MRI for fat Quantification in fat-water phantoms with 1H MR spectroscopy to resolve ambiguity of fat or water dominance. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Jul; 187(1); W103-6.
20. Hecht EM, Holland AE, Israel GM, Hahn WY, Kim DC, West AB, Babb JS, Taouli B, Lee VS, Krinsky GA. Hepatocellular carcinoma in the cirrhotic liver: gadolinium-enhanced 3D T1- weighted MR imaging as a stand-alone sequence for diagnosis. Radiology. 2006 May; 293(2):438-47.
21. Zhang J, Hecht EM, Maldonado T, Lee VS. Time-resolved 3D MR angiography with parallel imaging for evaluation of hemodialysis fistulas and grafts: initial experience. AJR Am Roentgenol. 2006 May; 186(5):1436-42.
