The University of Texas Medical School at Houston department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging Fellowship


July 1, 2009

Goal:

The Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging 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.

Qualifications:

The candidate must have completed a diagnostic radiology residency. Candidates with American Board of Radiology or equivalent board certification will be given preference.

Positions Available:

As of August, 2008, we are accepting applications for two positions available July 1, 2009 and two positions available July 1, 2010.

Applications and Appointment to Interview:
  • Application form
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • A brief Personal Statement on why you're interested in a Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency  Imaging Fellowship
  • 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 Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency 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 Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency 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. Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging fellows have an office in the adjacent Cullen Pavilion and share secretarial support with the Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging 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.

Program Director:
O. Clark West, M.D.
Chief of Emergency Radiology

Maria C. Prado
The Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging Fellowship Coordinator
6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.130B
Houston, Texas 77030
Telephone: 713-704-0100
Fax: 713-704-5413

Sports, Orthopedic and Emergency Imaging Fellows in the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
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