Radiology Residency Radiology Services

Riverside University Health Syst4em (RUHS) - all rotation except

Peds: Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC)

ARMC: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Residents have one week at the end of each quarter to pursue clinical rotations, scholarly activity or additional elective time. These four weeks are in addition to the elective rotations.

Tuesdays are didatic days with lecture in the morning and protected scholarly activity in the afternoon.

Time off to study for core board examination will be individually crafted to allow maximal benefit.

RUHS Medical Center residents are involved with patient and examination review, protocoling and formation of the imaging plan in a time sensitive and cost-effective manner, and ensuring radiation exposure is kept as low as reasonably achievable.

The following is the scope of work performed during rotations:

Away Rotations

• American Institute for Radiological Pathology – Tuition paid by the program
• Arrowhead Regional Medical Center – Emergency Radiology
• Loma Linda University Children's Hospital – Pediatric Imaging

Body Imaging: Abdominal radiographs, fluoroscopy studies (speech swallow studies, esophagrams, upper, small bowel and lower GI studies, fistulograms, tube checks and hysterosalpingograms) CT, MRI and ultrasound examinations.

Breast Imaging: Mammography, ultrasound, MRI and MBI (molecular breast imaging. Procedures include aspiration, biopsy and tumor localization.

Chest and Cardiac Imaging: Chest radiographs, CT, MRI and ultrasound examinations.

Elective (R): A 4-week block near the end of each year designed by the resident, after personal and faculty reflection with the intention of insuring all resident are comfortable with the added expectations to transition to the next year of residency.

Elective (S): Senior electives chosen by the resident based on personal interest, areas of intended board concentration and planned subspecialized.

Emergency Radiology: Interpretation of imaging studies as it relates to emergency room and trauma patients with a focus toward coordinated appropriate imaging and participation in patient care and outcome.

Musculoskeletal Imaging: Bone and extremity radiographs, CT, MRI, and ultrasound. Procedures to include arthrograms, joint aspirations, and biopsies.

Neuroradiology: CT, MRI and PET. An elective in NIR is available.

Nuclear Medicine: Radionuclide Imaging (bone scans, GI emptying studies, tagged WBC scans, VQ scans, cerebral perfusion, renograms, thyroid scans) PET/CT. Procedures including thyroid ablation. 

Vascular and Interventional Radiology: Angiograms and venograms  including angioplasty and stenting, catheter directed lytic therapy, mechanical thrombectomy, hemodialysis and filter placement. Image guided biopsies, aspirations and drainage procedures, percutaneous gastrostomy, nephrostomy, and biliary catheter tube placement.

Ultrasound: Abdominal, carotid, chest, extremity, fetal, hip, pelvis, renal, vascular duplex

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