University Hospitals Case Medical Center is a 1000 bed tertiary care medical center and primary teaching affiliate of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.

The Department of Radiology's residency program consists of over 60 attending diagnostic radiologists who read the entire spectrum of studies done at the main campus, multiple satellite hospitals and outpatient imaging centers. This variety and volume of cases provides a unique resident experience at our program which prepares residents well for either academic or private practice careers.

We are a fully filmless digital department and use the Sectra PACS platform. Our hospital system performs over 700,000 exams a year. There are 16 MR systems within the system including a 3T clinical magnet and a 4T human research magnet. There are 18 CT scanners within our hospital systems including a state of the art dual source machine and multiple 64 slice units. The main campus also contains multiple dedicated small animal imaging units administered by the imaging research cooperative CCIR.

Structure

We have recently (2007) increased the size of our residency class to 9 per year. All 36 of our residency spots are assigned through the match. All rotations are done at either University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (one building complex) or the Wade Park VA Medical Center (5 minute drive from the main camupus). The academic year is divided into thirteen 4 week rotations. Residents rotate through all diagnostic radiology sub-specialties/board exam areas during the course of the 4 year residency:

  • Neuroradiology
  • Musculoskeletal Radiology
  • Chest/Cardiac Imaging
  • Body Imaging (GI/GU)
  • Ultrasound
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Mammography
  • Pediatric Radiology
  • Angiography / Interventional
  • Out-patient Imaging
  • During third year all residents attend AFIP in Washington, D.C. for 4 weeks

Benefits

  • Four weeks vacation yearly
  • One conference week funded during residency
  • Chief residents’ have two funded conference weeks and attend the annual AUR/APDR meeting
  • AFIP tuition paid
  • Strong support for research/paper presentation/academic research

Recent changes

  • Our new chairman Dr. Pablo Ros came to us from Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. He is a prolific researcher within his subspecialty of abdominal imaging and a excellent educator that was formerly an AFIP instructor.
  • Newly renovated resident lounge with a 42” plasma TV.
  • Newly renovated resident conference room with projector system and teleconferencing capabilities.
  • Newly renovated resident library with multiple workstations with access to excellent online references including statdx.com

Call Structure

  • Two residents on call per night (one junior & one senior)
  • Junior call begins after a full year of training
  • Modified block system for Junior call – frequency approximately 1 in 9. Night float after 10PM. Night float is currently done in 1 week blocks.
  • Senior call in the third and partial fourth years ends several months before oral exams
  • Post-call day off for both junior and senior residents
  • Sub-specialty backup