Abdominal Imaging Fellowship
Leadership
Position:
- Co-Director, Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program
- Director, Abdominal Ultrasound Divison
Name:
Ashlesha Udare, MD
Position:
Co-Director, Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program
Email:
Ashlesha.Udare@jefferson.edu
For Program Information
Name:
Isabella Rockey
Curriculum & Program Structure
The Abdominal Imaging Fellowship is structured as a one year course with 13 Blocks - each four weeks long:
- MRI: 5 Blocks
- Body CT: 2 Blocks
- Ultrasound: 2 Blocks
- Elective: 1 Block
- PET/CT: 0.5 Block
- Interventional: 1.5 Blocks
- Advanced Imaging Applications: 1 Block
MRI
- Protocol development and interpretation of Body MRI (~10000 cases per year)
- Principles of MRI physics
- Interpret advanced MRI techniques
- MR Defecography
- MR Enterography
- MR Prostate
- MR Elastography
- MR Rectal cancer staging
- Studies performed on 12 1.5-Tesla, 2 3-Tesla, and 1 PET/MRI scanner
CT
- Protocol development and interpretation of CT (~30000 exams per year)
- Interpret advanced CT applications
- CT Angiography
- CT Urography
- CT Colonography
- Dual Energy CT
- Multiphasic imaging of the liver, pancreas, and kidneys
- Studies performed on a variety of scanners (10), including four state-of-the-art dual-energy scanners
Ultrasound
- Interpret and participate in scanning of all studies (~60000 exams per year)
- Interpret advanced ultrasound examinations
- Vascular Ultrasound
- Contrast enhanced ultrasound
- Gray scale/Doppler examinations of the abdomen/pelvis
- Prostate imaging and biopsy
- Hands on advanced scanning techniques
- Scan with senior physicians and technologists
- Daily feedback from attendings
Intervention
- Image guided liver biopsy
- Image guided renal biopsy
- Image guided lung biopsy
- Ultrasound guided thyroid biopsy
- Paracentesis and thoracentesis
- Imaged guided ablation procedures
Lectures & Conferences
- Multidisciplinary conferences:
- Uveal Melanoma conference
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Conference
- Gastrointestinal Multidisciplinary conference
- CVIR-MR Correlation Conference
- Gynecological Oncologic Conference
- Genitourinary Oncologic Conference
- Divisional Conferences
- Weekly Case Conference
- Biweekly Didactic Series
Summer Lecture Series
Attending lectures given to fellows during first two months of fellowship.
| Breast MRI | Cardiac 2 | Cardiac 1 | MSK Field Strength | MSK Image Optimization |
| CT Colonography | Transplant Ultrasound | US Guided Procedures | CT Emergencies | US Gynecologic Emergencies |
| MRI Contrast Agents | Crohn's Disease | Body MRI Getting Started | MRA | Ultrasound Ectopic Pregnancy |
| Venous Ultrasound | MRI: Spatial Localization | Pancreas | MRI: T1 and T2 | MRI Physics Part 2 |
| Trauma | Radiation Safety | CT Cardiac | RECIST and Cancer Measurements | Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Ll- RADS Echogenicity |
| MSK MR Protocols | Core Injuries: Ultrasound and MRI | Ultrasound Elastography | Body MRI Emergencies | Vascular Protocols |
| CTA of the Aorta & Pulmonary Arteries | Ultrasound 1st Trimester | Ultrasound of Twins | Liver-Directed Treatments for Metastic Uveal Melanoma | Scrotal Ultrasound |
| Body MRI Emergencies II | MRI Pulse Sequence | CT Workflow and Protocols | MRI Prostate | Ultrasound Ectopic Pregnancy |