Education, Mentorship and Leadership in the Field of IR
Penn Medicine's Department of Radiology is one of the first in the country to offer the Dual Certificate IR/DR Integrated residency.
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Interventional Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) offers three separate IR residency tracks: A five-year year integrated interventional and diagnostic radiology residency program, a one-year independent IR residency program and a two-year independent IR residency program.
The Penn IR residency programs provide a strong and diverse foundation from which to launch a career in IR. Residents have a unique opportunity to develop the knowledge and clinical skills necessary to prepare them to be leaders in the field of IR. Residents will be in cases, clinics, and conferences alongside world-renowned physicians in a premier academic medical center. Our residents have a multitude of research opportunities led by faculty with a strong interest in advancing the field of IR. Many of our graduates have gone on to become heads of interventional radiology divisions in both the academic and private sectors, successful entrepreneurs, master clinicians and leading researchers in the field.
The majority of training is spent at an academic university hospital setting at HUP where the IR case volume is approximately 200 patient encounters per week. Candidates are exposed to more of a community IR setting by rotating at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Pennsylvania Hospital where the combined case volumes are approximately 135-150 patient encounters per week. The program also offers the unique opportunity to gain exposure to Pediatric Interventional Radiology at the world-class Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Integrated Interventional/Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program
Integrated residents train alongside their diagnostic radiology resident colleagues during the R1 through R3 years. During these first three years, residents spend two blocks per year in IR. R4 and R5 years are devoted to IR. During the R4 year, residents spend one block in the ICU, six blocks in IR, and multiple blocks in IR-related areas, including research and clinical electives. The R5 year is dedicated to IR training with the majority of blocks spent in the IR suite. Residents also rotate through our very busy IR clinic throughout their training.
At the end of the five years, residents complete approximately 24 dedicated IR rotations and also satisfy all requirements for completion of a diagnostic radiology residency. Therefore, at the end of residency, residents are board eligible for both Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology.
Meet our Integrated IR residents
Independent Interventional Radiology Residency Programs
The University of Pennsylvania offers both one and two-year Independent Interventional Radiology Residency tracks. The one-year program is designed for trainees who have satisfied ESIR requirements during their diagnostic radiology residency and mimics the R5 year of the Integrated IR/DR Residency Program. The two-year program is for trainees who have not satisfied the ESIR requirements and is tailored to trainees who have spent time in their diagnostic residency focused on research.
Either the one- or two-year program prepares trainees to sit for the IR/DR combined certificate examination.
Meet our Independent IR Residents
Clinical Work
The IR residency programs offer exposure to a wide variety of patient care experiences. Trainees gain extensive experience and expertise in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in multiple areas, including:
- Arterial disease — Endoleak embolization, arterial thrombolysis, critical limb ischemia
- Gender-specific health — Uterine artery embolization, pelvic congestion syndrome, fallopian tube recanalization, prostate artery embolization, varicocele embolization
- GI tract — Gastric and jejunal feeding tubes, gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- GU tract — Nephrostomy, ureteral stent placement/removal, complex access for nephrolithiasis
- Lymphatic interventions — Lymphangiography, thoracic duct embolization, liver and abdominal lymphatic embolization
- Liver and biliary tract — Transjugular liver biopsy, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration, portal vein recanalization, percutaneous biliary drainage, biliary stone management
- Oncology — Percutaneous ablation, chemoembolization, radioembolization, portal vein embolization, Denver shunt placement
- Non-oncologic embolotherapy — Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, vascular malformation, trauma and gastrointestinal bleeding
- Pain management- — Percutaneous sympathectomy, kyphoplasty/vertebroplasty
- Venous disease — Acute DVT thrombolysis, chronic DVT recanalization, IVC filter placement, complex IVC filter removal, superficial venous ablation, microphlebectomy, sclerotherapy
Home to Leading-Edge Facilities
At HUP, Penn IR boasts four state-of-the-art fluoroscopy suites, one CT-fluoroscopy suite, two C-arm suites, two procedural CT scanners, a pre-procedure suite and a large post-procedure recovery suite. The Perelman Center, an outpatient center across the street from HUP, has two C-arm suites, a venous ablation suite and a dedicated IR Clinic with four clinic rooms and multiple provider workrooms. Ultrasound is available in all of the interventional suites and clinic.
Trainees have a dedicated office and workspace that includes lockers, desks, and computers. Digital workstations for reviewing imaging studies such as CT scans and MRIs are available in the Interventional Workroom, resident’s office and clinic.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center has three state-of-the-art IR suites. The VA Medical Center and Pennsylvania Hospital have two state of the art IR suites each, all equipped with the latest technology. Residents have access to all the resources, activities, and facilities that is expected of a world-class academic system.
Educational Resources and Conferences
The residency programs consist of daily educational conferences and rounds. Conferences include weekly didactic lectures in IR, IR Chief Rounds (a case-based conference) and liver tumor conference, as well as biweekly dialysis access conference. There are monthly Morbidity and Mortality, research and coding conferences. Each day residents review the previous day's cases with attendings to learn the technical and clinical considerations important to all cases performed.
Both clinical and laboratory research are performed at the University of Pennsylvania. All residents have the opportunity to participate in research with a mentor within the program, which often leads to residents presenting at the annual Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and other meetings. IR division members speak at several annual Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses, which residents are encouraged to attend.
Leadership:
Susan Shamimi-Noori, MD
Interventional Radiology, Program Director
Diagnostic Radiology, Associate Program Director
Email: susan.shamimi-noori@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Shilpa Reddy, MD
Interventional Radiology, Associate Program Director
Email: shilpa.reddy@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Mary Scanlon, MD
Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency
Associate Program Director, Interventional Radiology Residency
Vice Chair, Education
Email: mary.scanlon@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Neil Harrison, MD
Chair, Integrated Interventional/Diagnostic Radiology Resident Selection Committee
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Email: neil.harrison@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Ansar Vance, MD, MSEd
Chair, Independent Interventional Radiology Resident Selection Committee
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology, Interventional Radiology Program
Email: ansar.vance@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Contact:
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street/1 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-3264
Fax: 215-662-2664
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