Emergency and Trauma Imaging
Fellowship - July 1, 2008
GOAL: The Emergency and
Trauma Fellowship in The Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
is designed to train radiologists in the multimodality, real-time diagnostic
imaging environment of the Emergency Center. We strive to train future leaders
in our emerging field.
LENGTH OF PROGRAM: 12 months
POSITIONS AVAILABLE: One position is
available for July 1, 2008.
QUALIFICATIONS: The candidate must
have completed a diagnostic radiology residency. Candidates with American
Board of Radiology or equivalent board certification will be given preference.
A Personal Statement on why you’re interested in Emergency and Trauma
Imaging
Passport-size photo
Three letters of recommendation, including one from residency Program
Director
Deadline for receipt of applications: December 31, 2007 for the fellowship
beginning in July, 2008.
Interviews with Fellowship Selection Committee will be scheduled after
receipt of a completed application. Candidates who apply early will
have the advantage of being asked to interview before other candidates.
CLINICAL EMPHASIS:
Fellows in Emergency and Trauma Imaging spend most of
their time in the Emergency
Center evaluating acutely ill and severely injured patients. We have
a multimodality imaging approach that emphasizes radiography, CT, and Ultrasound.
Fellows work as a member of the trauma team for the evaluation of severely
injured patients, performing necessary procedures, and reading images in
real-time. Fellows participate in Emergency Medicine and Trauma Surgery
conferences, serving as a consultant. Education of radiology, orthopedic,
and emergency medicine residents is a priority of our section, and fellows
participate in this mission.
Research in Emergency and Trauma Imaging is an area
of excellence in our department. A multidisciplinary research team is investigating
blunt abdominal trauma. Several investigations are in progress at any given
time. Fellows are both encouraged and expected to participate in these research
efforts.
Outside the Emergency Center, fellows develop considerable
experience in musculoskeletal radiology with emphasis on inpatient orthopedics
and rheumatology. Some experience in musculoskeletal MRI is available. Elective
rotations in other areas of the department are possible, based on the fellow’s
interests and career goals.
Fellows may be promoted to Instructor in the Department
of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging midway through their training.
This change in status allows increased clinical responsibility with a corresponding
increase in salary.
FACILITIES, FACULTY, AND EQUIPMENT:
Memorial
Hermann Hospital is a 600-bed tertiary care facility with an emphasis
in trauma care and transplant surgery. Memorial Hermann is the primary teaching
hospital for UT Houston Medical School.
On August 8, 1999, Emergency and Trauma Imaging moved into the new Emergency
Center, approximately tripling the size of our current facility. The Emergency
Center sees 60,000 patients per year, approximately 50% of whom require
imaging studies. Approximately 5,000 major trauma patients are admitted
through the Trauma Center each year.
O.
Clark West, M.D., is the chief of Emergency and Trauma Imaging. Dr.
West completed his radiology residency at the Mallinckrodt Institute of
Radiology (MIR) in 1992. He did a combined Trauma/Musculoskeletal fellowship
at the Maryland Shock-Trauma Center and MIR, and then joined the MIR faculty.
In 1997, Dr. West was recruited to UT-Houston and became Section Chief in
1999. Dr. West is author of more than 25 articles and book chapters on emergency
and trauma imaging. He is President of the American Society of Emergency
Radiology and recently directed the categorical course on Emergency and
Trauma Radiology at the American Roentgen Ray Society 2000, a course attended
by 780 paid registrants.
Amanda
Mignon Jarolimek, M.D., completed her radiology residency at UT-Houston
in 1998 and her fellowship in Emergency Radiology in 1999. Dr. Jarolimek
is investigating mesenteric and urologic injuries. She is a welcome addition
to our Faculty.
Our new facility in the Hermann
Pavilion, is equipped with a GE LightSpeed multi-slice CT scanner, three
conventional radiology rooms, four trauma C-arm radiography units, one ultrasound
machine for general purpose use and another dedicated to the Trauma Center.
Two GE MRI rooms are located in the adjacent Cullen Pavilion. Emergency
and Trauma fellows have an office in the adjacent Cullen Pavilion and share
secretarial support with the Emergency and Trauma faculty.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:
Practice opportunities for emergency and trauma radiologists
are excellent. Unfilled faculty positions exist across the nation. In addition,
an increasing number of partnership-track emergency radiology positions
are available in private practice. Existing fellowship programs train no
more than seven emergency radiologists annually, indicating that the shortage
of emergency radiologists will exist for the foreseeable future.
