Program Overview

Pediatric Neuroradiology Fellowship

The Emory Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, in partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, offers a one-year non-ACGME-accredited pediatric neuroradiology fellowship. This comprehensive training program is designed to provide fellows with expertise in all aspects of pediatric neuroradiology.

Application Requirements

To be eligible for the fellowship, candidates must:

• Have completed an ACGME-accredited U.S. or Canadian radiology residency program
• Have completed or be enrolled in an accredited fellowship program in neuroradiology or pediatric radiology
• Have or be able to obtain a full unrestricted Georgia Medical License
• Be board-eligible/certified in diagnostic radiology

Program Overview

The goal of the fellowship is to prepare fellows for serving children in their communities and to support the achievement of the fellow's career goals, whether in academic medicine or in private practice. The program features comprehensive training in all aspects of pediatric neuroradiology at one of the largest pediatric healthcare centers in the U.S.

Clinical Sites

Pediatric neuroimaging services are provided at the following locations:

• Children's Hospitals: Children's Egleston Hospital, Children's Hughes Spalding Hospital, and Children's Scottish Rite Hospital
• Children's Outpatient Clinics: Children's at Satellite Boulevard, Children's at Town Center, and Children's at Webb Bridge
• Emory University Hospital Midtown (NICU) and Grady Memorial Hospital
• Pediatric interventional procedures performed at Emory University Hospital

Training

Pediatric neuroradiology fellows complete training in the following areas:

• Brain, spine, head, and neck neuroimaging
• Neuro CTA and MRA
• Fetal MRI
• Advanced imaging - includes DSC, DCE, and ASL perfusion, fMRI, DTI and fiber tracking, MR spectroscopy, and vessel wall imaging
• 3D post processing
• Neuro PET and SPECT
• Neurosonography

The fellowship can be tailored to provide greater exposure to areas of subspecialized interest, including:

• Neurovascular imaging
• Brain tumor imaging
• Neuroinflammatory disease
• fMRI
• Advanced techniques in CT and MRI
• Innovative techniques in radiology education
• Structured radiology reporting

Clinical Conferences

Fellows are encouraged to participate in a number of interdisciplinary clinical conferences, including:

• Weekly: Neuro-Oncology, Vascular Anomalies, Epilepsy
• Monthly: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Sickle Cell, Child Abuse, Neonatology

Educational Curriculum

Didactic lectures encompassing the entire spectrum of pediatric neuroimaging are part of the fellowship curriculum. Additionally, fellows are encouraged to participate in a variety of academic conferences, including:

• Weekly: Interesting Case Conference, Neuroradiology Fellows Lectures
• Monthly: Difficult Case Conference, Neurosciences Conference

Research and Academic Time

Emory Radiology and Children's are committed to excellence and innovation in pediatric and neuroradiology research. A wide spectrum of clinical and translational research takes place as part of the neuroscience program, with many being multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborative efforts. Fellows receive one half-day of academic time per week and are expected to complete at least one academic project during the course of their fellowship training. An academic stipend is available to all fellows.