Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
DIRECTOR: Scott Bartley, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology, Fellowship Director of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
PROGRAM: Emory University offers 1, 2 and 3 year programs in Nuclear Medicine leading to eligibility for special competence certification by the American Board of Radiology. It also leads to eligibility for certification by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine for fellows who spend 2 years in Nuclear Medicine; following completion of at least one year of clinical ACGME approved training. A Nuclear Medicine fellowship program includes experience in all areas of adult and pediatric nuclear imaging and emphasizes correlation with other diagnostic imaging procedures. The nuclear medicine program includes the availability of experience in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Two months of electives will be available in the second year of a two-year program Fellows rotate to Emory University Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Crawford Long Hospital, providing a variety and balanced mix of nuclear medicine practice experiences.
FACILITIES: Emory University Hospital is a 439 bed hospital with a particularly active cardiology service. All cardiovascular nuclear procedures are done in Nuclear Medicine, and the nuclear medicine staff interprets all studies. Grady Memorial Hospital is a 900 bed county hospital with a very active nuclear medicine service. The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located adjacent to the Emory University campus, has recently upgraded and expanded its nuclear medicine space and equipment and is a modern state-of-the-art facility. It provides coincidence FDG imaging and CT fusion studies. Crawford W. Long Hospital is owned Emory University, it provides a unique diversity of patient mix.
FACULTY: There are seven full time physicians in Nuclear Medicine. The faculty also includes 4 Ph.D. physicists, 3 Ph.D. radiochemists, a radiopharmacist, and 1 additional Ph.D. in correlative imaging sciences and nuclear medicine.
PATIENT POPULATION: All cardiovascular nuclear studies throughout Emory Healthcare are interpreted by Nuclear Medicine. Presently, these include SPECT myocardial perfusion, gated blood pool, first pass radionuclide angiocardiography, FDG and N-13 ammonia cardiac PET imaging. Cardiac MRI is also included in nuclear medicine at Emory University Hospital.
EQUIPMENT: The equipment at the Emory University affiliated nuclear medicine departments are state of the art imaging and computer systems. Each institution has several imaging systems including SPECT, with multi-head and single-head systems, and specialized computer facilities. Emory has a PET center, including three PET/CT scanners, one high resolution research PET and a cyclotron in nuclear medicine at Emory Hospital as well as a PET/CT scanner at Crawford Long Hospital, and coincidence camera FDG imaging at the VA and Emory.
RESEARCH: Research opportunities are available for fellows in both clinical and basic research; research is encouraged and is tailored to the individual’s long term goals. Nuclear Medicine Research facilities are located in the Woodruff Memorial Research building which is next to Emory University Hospital and at the VA Medical Center. The facilities include newly constructed radiopharmaceutical and chemistry laboratories, animal imaging research laboratories utilizing newly acquired state-of-the-art equipment. The division is integrally involved in research conducted by the Emory University of Medicine faculty, including close collaboration with colleagues in Radiology, Cardiology and the Winship Cancer Institute. Currently, there are active clinical research programs involving new technetium cardiac agents and new technetium renal agents.
CONFERENCES: There are 3 regularly scheduled conferences a week, including comprehensive series of lectures in all aspects of clinical nuclear medicine, a series of lectures in physics, computer techniques and radiochemistry and a weekly clinical case conference. Radionuclide therapy procedures using non-sealed sources are part of the nuclear medicine clinical responsibilities. The nuclear medicine program includes the availability of experience in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Two months of electives will be available in the second year of a two-year program. These electives will be approved and arranged on an individual basis, and this is conceptually meant to provide protected time for research development.
APPLICATION: Applications should be received by March 1, 2008 to be considered for positions starting July 1, 2009. Click here for Application.
Please direct inquiries to:
Daniel Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Department of Radiology
Division of Nuclear Medicine
Emory University Hospital
Department of Radiology
1364 Clifton Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Phone: (404) 712-4843
gail.uwaifo@emoryhealthcare.org
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