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Division of Neuroradiology offers a comprehensive 1 or 2 year educational
experience in Neuroradiology. The fellowship program is accredited
for 4 ACGME one-year positions. These positions are offered through
the Neuroradiology fellowship match conducted by the National Resident
Matching Program (NRMP). Completion of the second year of the neuroradiology
training program is strongly encouraged but not required. The entirety
of the ACGME fellow training occurs at the University
of Michigan Health Center, which includes dedicated rotations
at Mott
Children’s Hospital and the Holden-Women’s Hospital
which are attached to the main University Hospital. During the second-year,
the fellows may have rotations at the nearby VA Medical Center.
The Neuroradiology
Division is very busy performing nearly 900 arteriograms, many of
which are specialized therapeutic interventional studies, over 300
myelograms, fluoroscopically guided lumbar punctures and biopsies
of the head/neck and spine, 18,000 MR studies and 18,000 CT studies
over the past year. The patient population at the University of
Michigan Hospital is predominantly referral in origin; however,
there are also a large number of community medicine cases. Accordingly,
the quality and diversity of clinical material is outstanding. Clinical
and research oriented neuroradiology and neuroscience conferences
are presented daily, including a weekly conference devoted to the
fellows.
Our fellows
also participate in the teaching efforts of the neuroradiology division.
Fellows participate in the teaching of third and fourth year medical
students, radiology residents and residents from other services
who rotate through our division. In the past fellows have also participated
in teaching second year medical students in an introductory course
in neuroradiology and in giving the radiology residents’ daily
noon conference.
The Division
of Neuroradiology and the Department of Radiology have excellent
physical facilities. There are eight state-of-the-art GE CT scanners,
all of which are multidetector scanners. In conjunction with the
nuclear medicine department, we are performing examinations of the
head and neck on a CT-PET unit. There are five clinical GE 1.5T
MR scanners, one of which is located at Mott Hospital and two of
which are located at the East Ann Arbor Outpatient facility. There
are two 3T Phillips MRI scanners, one for clinical use and the other
for research.
Our state of
the art imaging equipment allows us to perform advanced imaging
procedures including MR spectroscopy, diffusion tensor imaging and
MR and CT perfusion imaging. There are six angiography suites, three
of which are dedicated biplane units, including a Siemens Artis
biplane angiographic suite utilized for diagnostic and interventional
neuroradiologic procedures.
There are fourteen
neuroradiology faculty
members all of whom participate in the clinical, teaching and
research activities of our division.
There is a tradition
of collaborative clinical and basic science research between members
of the Division of Neuroradiology and the other clinical Neuroscience
Departments. Senior research physicists with special interest in
MR physics, contrast agents, digital image processing, and MR spectroscopy
are available within the Department of Radiology for technical and
research support. All fellows are expected to become involved in
a research project during their fellowship under the direction of
a faculty mentor and are given dedicated time for this. At least
one abstract should be submitted to a national meeting as a result
of this research. Fellows will be supported to present all abstracts
at national meetings for which they are first author.
We participate
in the NRMP's Specialty Matching Services (SMS) to fill our ACGME
positions. The exact interview and match dates are determined each
year by the NRMP. You can obtain more information about the Match
at the NRMP website.
Vascular/Interventional, Pediatric Radiology, Neuroradiology, and
Nuclear Medicine use a unique application form, which can be accessed
at the following link :
Fellowship Application 
Suresh K. Mukherji,
M.D. is the head of the Neuroradiology Section. Ellen G. Hoeffner,
M.D. is the Fellowship Program Director. They can be contacted as
listed below. Please direct any inquiries regarding the fellowship
to Dr. Hoeffner. Thank you for your interest in our fellowship program.
Ellen G. Hoeffner,
M.D.
Fellowship Program Director
University of Michigan Health System
Department of Radiology, UH B2 A209G
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0030
Phone: (734) 615-8314
Fax: (734) 764-2412
hoeffner@umich.edu
Suresh K. Mukherji,
M.D.
Chief of Neuroradiology & Neuroradiology, Associate Fellowship
Program Director
University of Michigan Heath System
Department of Radiology, UH B2 A209B
1500 E. Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0030
Phone: (734)-936-8865
Fax: (734)-764-2412
mukherji@umich.edu
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