Fellowship and research opportunities
We currently offer several different fellowship and research opportunities. Based at the downtown Northwestern Memorial Hospital, a 600-bed tertiary referral center for the greater Chicago area, our fellowship program offers exposure to all aspects of cardiovascular imaging, including Cardiac MR, MR angiography (MRA), Cardiac CT, CT angiography and includes elective clinical rotations in echocardiography and nuclear medicine.
The Department currently has seven magnets, including the new Siemens MAGNETOM Avanto. This scanner is central to the clinical cardiovascular MR imaging program, as it allows high resolution cardiac and peripheral vascular imaging using state of the art technology, as well as opening doors to new areas of research. In addition to the Avanto, the Department has one Siemens Symphony, one Siemens Sonata, and one Siemens Quantum. There is also a Siemens 3.0T Trio scanner, which is housed in the adjoining dedicated research facility, along with a 1.5T Siemens Sonata. In spring 2007, we have replaced the Sonata scanner with the new Siemens Espree scanner. The department currently uses several new CT scanners, including three Siemens Sensation 16-slice scanners and a state-of-the-art 64-slice scanner.
One-year clinical cardiovascular fellowship
Fellows are responsible for every aspect of Cardiovascular MRI and CT, including communicating with referring physicians, monitoring the study acquisition, post-processing of the data, and interpreting the results. Fellows are required to attend the weekly cardiac cath and vascular surgery conferences as well as a twice-monthly cardiac MRI conference. Fellows are also expected to conduct at least one research project, which should be presented at a national or international society conference and submitted in manuscript form to a peer-reviewed journal.
Continue reading…Visiting fellowship
The Departments of Radiology and Cardiology at Northwestern University in Chicago are currently offering one week to three month visiting fellowships in cardiovascular MRI. There are currently 15-20 cardiac MRI studies and 15-20 vascular MR studies performed weekly at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Visiting fellows will be able to observe and discuss clinical cardiovascular MRI cases, as they occur.
Continue reading…Research associate
The Department of Radiology is also offering 1-year research associate positions in cardiovascular imaging. There are dedicated research facilities where the research associate will be situated. The research group consists of physicians from radiology, cardiology, cardiac surgery and vascular surgery, PhD faculty, post-doctoral students from biomedical engineering and PhD faculty from Siemens Medical Systems.
Continue reading…Contact Information
For additional information regarding any of our fellowship or research programs, please contact:
Kristyn Contreras
Department of Radiology
Fellowship and Research Programs
737 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Phone: 312-926-4251
Fax: 312-926-5991
Email: k-contreras@northwestern.edu