Neuroradiology Fellowship

The Neuroradiology fellowship program at UT Southwestern is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for the training of neuroradiologists. Both one- and two-year fellowships are offered, and up to six fellows are accepted a year.

The fellowship includes exposure at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Rogers Magnetic Resonance Center, Meadows Diagnostic Imaging Center, University Hospital–Zale Lipshy, and pediatric neuroradiology at Children’s Medical Center.

Leadership

Lee Pride, MD, Fellowship Director

Training/Responsibilities

Fellows perform procedures, participate in imaging interpretation sessions, provide consultative and teaching services for other departments and for radiology residents, and take part in the academic activities of the Neuroradiology Division.

Service and clinical experience include:

  • Approximately 2,500 neuro angiograms and embolizations annually
  • Approximately 60,000 CT studies of the head, neck, and spine annually
  • Approximately 300 scheduled and emergent myelograms annually
  • Approximately 18,000 MRI studies annually
  • Exposure to cases from a Level I trauma center
  • Dedicated rotation in pediatric neuroradiology at Children’s Medical Center

The second-year fellow becomes an Instructor in the Radiology Department, functioning as a junior faculty member under the continued guidance of senior faculty. In this year, a greater degree of autonomy and function is expected and greater supervisory skills are required. In addition, further subspecialization options are offered in a variety of areas, including:

  • Pediatric
  • Spine
  • Head and neck
  • MRI

Conferences

Radiology resident teaching conferences are held twice daily throughout the year and include both didactic lectures and case-based presentations. Fellows are welcome to attend these conferences, as service duties allow. Fellows are also welcome to present conferences in this forum.

Radiology Grand Rounds are held monthly with prestigious visiting and local professors, offering the opportunity to meet and learn from leading national authorities on a wide variety of topics.

Informative multidisciplinary clinical conferences in combination with medicine, surgery, pathology, and the various clinical subspecialties are available.

Research

Academic productivity is encouraged, and it’s expected that at least one publication will emanate from a fellow's experience. Multiple opportunities are available for collaboration with faculty in every subspecialty. Research facilities could be made available during the second year of fellowship if the candidate wished and if a suitable project were identified.

Intellectual vibrancy and technological innovation are core values of the department, which are developed through research and collaborative efforts of the clinical faculty and department PhDs.