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88.1\/MEDMD530\u00a0 Radiology Core Elective
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Instructors: <\/em>Ari Damla<\/strong>, M.D. (Director) and Jonathan Scalera, M.D. (Assistant Director)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Location:<\/em> BMC \u2013 FGH Building, 3rd Floor<\/span><\/p>\n

Student Coordinator:<\/em> Mariama Bah\u00a0\u00a0 email: <\/em>Mariama.Bah@bmc.org<\/a>
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Telephone:<\/em> (617) 414-4914<\/span><\/p>\n

Period to be offered:<\/em> Blocks 9-20<\/span><\/p>\n

Description of\u00a0 Rotation:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Required Boston University course: The Department of Radiology offers a clinical 4-week rotation based at Boston Medical Center. The course is comprised of didactic lectures, departmental conferences, small group sessions on evidence-based imaging, case review sessions, and clinical observations in general radiology, pediatric imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, neuroradiology, abdominal and pelvic imaging, thoracic imaging, breast imaging and nuclear imaging. The course culminates in a student-facilitated departmental radiology-pathology correlation conference.<\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\n

***Please note that this is only for students who did not take Radiology as a Selective in their 3rd<\/sup> year*** <\/span><\/o:p><\/p>\n

080 Radiology Electives <\/strong><\/p>\n

Instructors: <\/em>Ari Damla<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>, M.D. (Director) and Jonathan Scalera, M.D. (Assistant Director)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/em> BMC \u2013 FGH Building, 3rd Floor<\/p>\n

Student Coordinator:<\/em> Mariama Bah\u00a0\u00a0 email: <\/em>Mariama.Bah@bmc.org<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Telephone:<\/em> (617) 414-4914<\/span><\/p>\n

Period to be offered:\u00a0 <\/em>Blocks 9-20<\/p>\n

Number of Students:\u00a0 4-5 per block<\/p>\n

PRE-REQUISITE: <\/strong>Completed either the Third Year Radiology Selective or the Fourth Year Radiology Core Elective<\/p>\n

Description of Elective:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Radiology Elective is for the CAMED student to gain a deeper experience in a limited number of areas in radiology, based on their particular interests. This could include a variety of imaging modalities such as general radiology, CT, MRI, or ultrasound. Elective students will build upon the fundamental knowledge obtained in the general radiology Selective to better understand radiology\u2019s role in the care of patients and to practice with image and radiologic report interpretation in their selected areas. In addition, elective students will become familiar with radiologic study selection to best answer specific clinical questions and imaging study acquisition from both the technical and patient perspectives.<\/p>\n

Neuroradiology (080.3\/MEDMD466)<\/p>\n

Pediatric Radiology (080.4\/MEDMD512)<\/p>\n

Body Imaging (080.5\/MEDMD535)<\/p>\n

Breast Imaging (080.6\/MEDMD536)<\/p>\n

Musculoskeletal Imaging (080.7\/MEDMD537)<\/p>\n

The elective takes place in the Department of Radiology at Boston University Medical Center. At the beginning of the elective, the student will identify an attending radiologist with whom they plan to spend the majority of their elective time with as their mentor. This radiology attending will also be responsible for completing the student\u2019s evaluation at the end of the elective rotation.<\/p>\n

Elective students are expected to follow the Radiology Elective daily schedule which will be distributed and available on Blackboard.<\/p>\n

Through clinical observation in the imaging suites and radiology reading room, elective students will interact with patients, radiology technologists, residents, fellows and attending. Through required readings within each subspecialty, students will focus on studying on the subspecialty-specific Required Diagnoses that are assigned to each subspecialty within the Radiology elective.<\/p>\n

081.1\/MEDMD531 Radiation Oncology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instructor:<\/em> Ariel Hirsch, M.D. and staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Location: Moakley LL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/em> Monica Ryl<\/span><\/p>\n

Telephone:<\/em> (617) 638-7057<\/span><\/p>\n

Number of Students:<\/em> 1 student per block\u00a0 (priority given to Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine students)
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Period to be offered:<\/em> One month<\/span><\/p>\n

Description of Elective:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This elective is designed to provide an introduction to radiation oncology in the management of patients with cancer. Students will participate in the evaluation, radiation treatment planning, treatment evaluation and follow-up of patients with cancer. The role of radiation oncology in the multi-modality management of patients with cancer will be emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n

082.0\/MEDMD532 Interventional Radiology Elective <\/strong><\/p>\n

Instructors: <\/em>Ari Damla, M.D. <\/strong>(Director) and Jonathan Scalera, M.D. (Assistant Director)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/em> BMC \u2013 FGH Building, 3rd Floor<\/p>\n

Student Coordinator: Mariama Bah\u00a0\u00a0 email:<\/span><\/em> Mariama.Bah@bmc.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Telephone:<\/em> (617) 414-4914<\/span><\/p>\n

Period to be offered:\u00a0 <\/em>Blocks 9-20<\/p>\n

PRE-REQUISITE: <\/strong>Completed either the Third Year Radiology Selective or a Fourth Year general radiology elective that can be arranged with the Radiology Department.<\/p>\n

Description of Elective:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Interventional Radiology (IR) Elective is for the CAMED student to gain an immersive experience in IR.\u00a0 The student will be a fully-functioning member of the Interventional Radiology team.\u00a0 This rotation is designed for fourth-year students who have completed the Radiology Selective or Core Elective.\u00a0 Students will build on fundamental knowledge obtained in the radiology Selective as well as draw upon clinical skills developed in other third-year rotations such as Internal Medicine and Surgery.<\/p>\n

Students will be exposed to a variety of procedures that treat disease processes from nearly every organ system. This is meant to be hands-on rotation modeled after a surgical sub-internship,\u00a0 and will include responsibilities such as seeing consults, rounding on inpatients, and writing H&P\u2019s and post-procedure notes.\u00a0 Students will be gradually given autonomy until they can function as an independent team member and handle a small patient load (2-3 patients).<\/p>\n

The elective takes place in the Department of Radiology at Boston University Medical Center. The student will identify an attending radiologist with whom they plan to spend the majority of their elective time with as their mentor. This radiology attending will also be responsible for completing the student\u2019s evaluation at the end of the elective rotation.<\/p>\n

Students will interact with patients, radiology technologists, residents, fellows and attending\u2019s. Through required readings within each subspecialty, students will focus on studying on the subspecialty-specific Required Diagnoses that are assigned to each subspecialty within the Radiology elective.<\/p>\n

083.0\/MEDMD533 Radiology Education Elective (non-clinical elective)
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Instructor:\u00a0 <\/em>Mikhail Higgins, M.D.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Location:<\/em> BMC \u2013 FGH Building, 3rd Floor<\/p>\n

Student Coordinator: Mariama Bah\u00a0\u00a0 email: <\/span><\/em>Mariama.Bah@bmc.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Period to be offered:\u00a0 <\/em>Blocks 9-20<\/p>\n

Number of Students: One 4th<\/sup> year medical student<\/p>\n

Pre-Requisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n