Body Imaging & Intervention Fellowship

Site: Saint Paul’s Hospital

Overview

We offer a 1-year comprehensive fellowship in body imaging and interventions. Three body fellows are accepted into the program each year, one starting in January and two in July.

Institution

St. Paul’s Hospital is a tertiary care center in the heart of downtown Vancouver, servicing a large, wide-ranging population. The hospital has very active clinical departments including a busy Emergency Department and ICU. It is the provincial referral center for colorectal cancer, IBD, renal transplant, and infectious diseases with leading-edge radiological technology and expertise.

The department has 16 Fellowship trained radiologists as well as 5-9 residents each month as part of the University of British Columbia’s residency program.

Fellowship

The fellowship includes weekly rotations in diagnostic ultrasound, CT/MRI and Body intervention.

The ultrasound department services both in and outpatients with a mix of abdominal, vascular, extremity, early/late OB imaging, endorectal and endoanal ultrasound.

CT/MRI week involves a wide variety of cases with a focus on hepatobiliary, colorectal, urology and chest imaging.

Interventional procedures include percutaneous feeding tubes, nephrostomies, biliary drainages and stents as well as image guided abscess and pleural fluid drainages. Ultrasound guided procedures include biopsies of liver, kidney, prostate and thyroid. Fellows receive instruction on performing CT guided lung biopsies and renal RFA procedures.

Clinical responsibilities include protocolling exams and leading GI, rectal cancer and RFA rounds supervised by experienced Radiologists.

Academic responsibilities include attending regular Fellow teaching sessions, Journal club presentations, teaching residents and medical students, and presenting at grand rounds.

Clinical and basic science research and quality projects are supported and encouraged. On-call and teaching expectations will be discussed upon application.

Fellows from all over the world have joined our program over many years and we are excited to provide a well-rounded fellowship program to a keen, hard-working and personable individual with a desire to learn.

Application Information

Please see the Step-by-Step Application Guide to fill the application.
Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
All documents should be in PDF format only.

Please have your referees email their letters of references to ubcrad.fellowship@ubc.ca