Interventional Radiology – Integrated
College
- Center City Campus
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Degree Earned
- Residency
Program Length
6 years
Program Type
- On Campus
Call to Actions
Leadership
Position:
Program Director, Interventional Radiology Residency Programs, Integrated & Independent
Email:
[email protected]
Position:
Assistant Program Director, Interventional Radiology Residency Programs, Integrated & Independent
Email:
[email protected]
Program Information
Position:
Education Coordinator, Radiology Residency Programs
Email:
[email protected]
Contact Number(s):
Virtual Interview Dates
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Friday, November 8, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Current Program Structure
PGY-1
- Surgery – Radiology Linkage Program - matched IR Residents automatically link to complete their surgical internship at Jefferson.
PGY-2, 3, & 4
- Spends 12 months in Diagnostic Radiology rotations and one month in Interventional Radiology
- Takes Core Examination – American Board of Radiology (End of PGY4 year).
- Monthly IR Clinic
PGY-5
- spends ten months in Interventional Radiology; one month in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, one month in Hepatology/Oncology; and one month in Vascular Medicine/Surgery
PGY-6
- spends 13 months in Interventional Radiology
IR Call Responsibilities
PGY-3 & 4
- three months Junior Night Float, two months Senior Night Float
PGY-5
- two weeks Senior Night Float
PGY-5-6
- takes “buddy” call with junior residents
IR trainees on average take one in five calls (home call with service cell/pager).
Interventional radiology has its own dedicated call team
Case Mix/Volume/Resources
The hospital utilizes:
- State of the art angiography suites.
- Cone-beam capability (XperCT, XperGuide) and all 4 rooms are lose-dose Clarity® equipment.
- 10-bed patient holding/recovery area
- IR clinic room in main hospital
- Advanced technology patient scheduling that is remotely accessible.
- 2 technologists and 1 RN per room
- IR admitting service
- Separate Biopsy service with dedicated interventional CT scanner and 3 Ultrasound procedure rooms.
- 4 Physician assistants, 1 Nurse Practitioner
- Dedicated team of PICC nurses five days a week
IR sees/performs
- > 6,000 procedural patient encounters/year
- > 3,000 procedures/year on separate interventional ultrasound and biopsy service
- > 900 liver-directed embolization procedures/year
Services provided include:
- Full array of Interventional Oncology procedures
- Women’s health (UAE, Pelvic congestion syndrome)
- TIPS/B-RTO/Transjugular liver biopsy
- Venous insufficiency/Complex Venous Intervention and Recanalization
- IVC filter placement and retrieval
- Lymphatic intervention (thoracic duct embolization)
- Endoleak repair
- Placement and management of Biliary/GU/Abscess drainage catheters
- Enteral feeding access.
- Venous access
- Dialysis access maintenance