Nuclear Medicine Residency

Leadership

William Erdman, MD, Program Director

The Nuclear Medicine residency is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). This residency prepares the trainee for certification by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. Three residency positions are available each year. There are three possible residency tracks including:

  • Three-year program for residents following a clinical intern year
  • Two-year program for residents who have completed a non-radiology, ACGME-accredited specialty
  • One-year program for residents who have completed a diagnostic radiology residency

The clinical teaching program is based at Parkland Memorial Hospital, where residents receive approximately two-thirds of their training. The remainder is covered through Children’s Medical Center and the Dallas VA Medical Center. Rotation schedules are structured on a four-week system, providing 13 rotations a year.

Training

A comprehensive learning experience employs:

  • Hourly teaching sessions during service readouts, including emphasis on:
    • Physics and instrumentation
    • Radiopharmacy
    • Clinical technique
    • Computer applications
    • Literature reviews
    • Correlations with comparative imaging modalities
  • Dedicated rotation for PET-CT hybrid fusion image tomography
  • Advanced imaging on fully integrated PACS system with dedicated nuclear medicine suite of applications
  • Nuclear cardiology service through Dallas VA Medical Center

Conferences

Radiology teaching conferences are available twice daily throughout the year and include both didactic lectures and case-based presentations.

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

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.

Residents are required to engage in scholarly activity as part of their training in an ACGME- accredited program. Results must be published or presented at institutional, local, regional, or national meetings. Projects may include:

  • Laboratory research
  • Clinical research
  • Analysis of disease processes, imaging techniques, or practice management issues

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Call Duty

Duties include short-term coverage for evening hours and occasional home call.

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