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Program Description (please review the overview description for all Advanced Radiology Fellowships at Mayo Clinic in Arizona)
PLEASE NOTE: All of the Fellowship Positions for 2010 and 2011 have now been filled. We are no longer accepting applications for 2010 or 2011.
Imaging techniques are a crucial component in breast, endometrial and ovarian cancer screening and diagnosis. Training programs in breast and gynecologic imaging are commonly referred to as "women's imaging" fellowships.
With the increasing focus on cancer diagnosis and treatment, Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., offers a one-year Women's Imaging Fellowship Program under the instruction of specially trained radiologists whose clinical and research interests lie within breast and gynecologic imaging. Recognizing that many individuals with interests in Women’s Imaging have other interests, the program allows individuals to supplement their training with electives in other body imaging areas for up to 50% of their clinical time.
Within radiology, the subspecialty area of breast imaging focuses on the interpretation and performance of screening and diagnostic mammograms, breast ultrasound, ultrasound-guided biopsies, pre-operative needle localizations, stereotactic biopsies, ductography, PET scanning, sentinel node scintigraphy and dedicated breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The subspecialty area of gynecologic imaging focuses on the performance and interpretation of pelvic ultrasound and MR examinations, fetal imaging with ultrasound and MR, transvaginal ultrasound-guided interventional procedures, hysterosalpingography and saline-infusion sonohysterography.
There is high demand throughout the United States for radiologists with fellowship training in breast imaging and gynecologic imaging. One study published in 1997 showed that graduates of radiology fellowship programs that incorporated some element of women's imaging in their training experienced a 100 percent employment rate, compared with an 86 percent employment rate for graduates in all radiology fellowships in general for the same period.
The increasing number of women's health-care courses and initiatives being offered in both the educational and research arenas are indications that this trend will continue.
Program History
The Women's Imaging Fellowship in Scottsdale, Ariz., began in 2002. Usually, one or two individuals will complete training in this program annually.
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