Nuclear Medicine Rotation

Expectations of Residents in the Nuclear Medicine Rotation

Residents receive instruction in the performance and interpretation of all nuclear procedures, ranging from routine to advanced applications, such as dual-headed SPECT, radio-labeled monoclonal antibody diagnosis and therapy, radioiodine therapy of thyroid disease, and nuclear cardiology. In addition to the clinical training, each resident performs a series of laboratory experiments, along with an individual tutorial designed to increase understanding of the basic physics germane to the field.

Conferences

• Conferences are held the 2^nd (journal club), 3^rd (joint musculoskeletal-Nuclear Medicine conference), and 4^th (interesting Nuclear Medicine cases) Wednesdays of each rotation block at 7:30 AM.
• Thyroid case conference is held Tuesdays at 8:30 with Dr. Blum.
• Multimodality lung cancer conference is held every other Tuesday AM at 7:30.

PET/CT

3rd and 4th year residents receive instruction in the performance and interpretation of PET/CT including technical acquisition issues and the role of PET/CT in clinical management. Both oncologic and neurologic applications will be addressed.

 

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