{"id":8373,"date":"2022-08-18T14:48:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T18:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=8373"},"modified":"2025-11-16T17:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:03:06","slug":"clinical-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/program-overview-2\/ir-integrated-residency-2\/clinical-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clinical Experience at Boston Medical Center<\/h3>\n

\n Interventional Radiology at Boston Medical Center provides a rich, high-volume clinical experience across the full spectrum of IR. Residents participate in hands-on procedures, longitudinal patient care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and a wide range of routine and advanced interventions.\n <\/p>\n

Common clinical experiences include:<\/p>\n

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  • Vascular access (tunneled dialysis catheters, ports, PICCs, midlines)<\/li>\n
  • Biopsies (lung, liver, renal, soft tissue, bone, lymph node)<\/li>\n
  • Abscess drainage, thoracentesis, paracentesis, and tube management<\/li>\n
  • Interventional oncology including ablation, TACE\/DEB-TACE, Y-90, cryotherapy<\/li>\n
  • Biliary interventions including drains, stents, cholangioplasty<\/li>\n
  • Gastrointestinal and genitourinary interventions<\/li>\n
  • Dialysis access interventions<\/li>\n
  • Central venous, portal venous, and hepatic vascular procedures<\/li>\n
  • Trauma embolization and hemorrhage control<\/li>\n
  • Spine procedures including vertebral augmentation<\/li>\n
  • Pulmonary thrombectomy<\/li>\n
  • Portal venous interventions<\/li>\n
  • Prostate artery embolization<\/li>\n
  • Breast cryotherapy<\/li>\n
  • Lung cryotherapy<\/li>\n
  • SpyGlass cholangioscopy<\/li>\n
  • Lymphangiography and thoracic duct embolization<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n

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    Equipment<\/h3>\n

    \n Interventional Radiology at BMC has 4 fully equipped procedural suites including a biplane neuro suite with digital subtraction angiography, cone-beam CT, 3D post-processing, and roadmap imaging. Additional CT and ultrasound-guided suites and minor procedure rooms support full procedural capability.\n <\/p>\n

    \n Diagnostic imaging includes 4 spectral CT scanners, 3 MRI units, 10 ultrasound units, PET-CT, SPECT-CT, and CR\/DR units. Duplex vascular imaging is also available.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Curriculum<\/h3>\n

    \n The first 3 years focus on diagnostic radiology; the final 2 years focus on interventional radiology, IR-related rotations, and ICU experience. Residents complete 18 months IR, 5 months IR-related, and 1 month ICU rotations.\n <\/p>\n

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    • ICU \u2013 one 4-week rotation (PGY-5)<\/li>\n
    • Vascular Surgery \u2013 two 4-week rotations (PGY-5 and PGY-6)<\/li>\n
    • Neurointerventional Radiology \u2013 two 4-week rotations (PGY-5 and PGY-6)<\/li>\n
    • MSK Radiology Procedures \u2013 one 4-week rotation (PGY-5 or PGY-6)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n

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      Interventional Radiology Clinic<\/h3>\n

      \n Residents participate in the outpatient IR clinic providing consultations, pre-procedural evaluations, and longitudinal follow-up for patients.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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      Call<\/h3>\n

      \n IR\/DR residents take diagnostic radiology call during the first 3 years and home IR call during IR rotations. Call experiences include high-acuity patient care and procedural exposure.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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