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Women's Imaging Fellowships
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Supervisor: Dr. Carrie Betel
This 1-year fellowship includes breast, obstetric, and abdominal/gynecologic imaging at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre campus.
The duration of each rotation is flexible, depending on the interest and background of the candidate. These include:
6 months breast / 6 months OB/gyne & abdominal
4 months breast / 8 months OB/gyne & abdominal
The breast imaging rotation includes a high volume of screening and diagnostic mammography, breast ultrasound and breast MRI. Imaging guided procedures include stereotactic and ultrasound guided core biopsies, vacuum-assisted biopsies, fine needle aspirations and pre-operative localizations. MRI-guided procedures include vacuum-assisted biopsies and pre-operative needle localizations. We maintain close ties with the medical biophysics department allowing many varied research opportunities to be available.
The abdominal rotation includes gynecologic and abdominal imaging during ultrasound, CT and MRI rotations. In addition to a high diagnostic imaging volume of benign gynecologic disorders, oncology and trauma, fellows will be trained in imaging guided procedures including: hysterosonography, ultrasound and CT guided biopsies and abscess drainage.
The obstetric and perinatal rotation is flexible in duration and can be up to 2 days/week in duration, depending on the background of the candidate. This rotation takes place in a dedicated Obstetric Ultrasound department within Sunnybrook Hospital, which includes a multidisciplinary team and the opportunity to work closely with obstetricians. During this rotation the fellows will be exposed to both routine screening obstetrical ultrasound (including first trimester nuchal translucency screen, anatomic studies, and third trimester biophysical profile studies) as well as a high-risk referral population. Depending on the interest of the fellow, there is the opportunity to become involved with fetal MRI and neonatal imaging.
During the year, there are many educational and multidisciplinary rounds in all areas.
Fellows are given 1 full day/week of protected academic time and are required to complete and submit an academic paper by the end of the fellowship. There are many interesting research opportunities available in breast, obstetrics, and abdominal imaging.
Positions available: 2 per year
St. Michael's Hospital
Supervisor: Dr. Franklin Goldberg
Details of this fellowship are pending.
University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital
Supervisor: Dr. Meaghen Beresford
This one-year fellowship includes breast, obstetric and abdominal/gynecologic imaging.
Fellows rotate through 4 hospital sites:
- Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH)
- Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH)
- Toronto General Hospital (TGH)
- Toronto Western Hospital (TWH)
The standard Women's Imaging fellowship consists of:
4 months breast/2 months obstetrics/6 months abdominal imaging (2 months CT, 2 months US and 2 months body MRI).
There may be some flexibility in the rotations depending on the interest of the candidate and our ability to accommodate.
Variations that are possible include:
6 months breast/6 months abdominal imaging
5 months breast/2 months obstetrics/5 months abdominal (1 month CT)
4 months breast/3 months obstetrics/5 months abdominal (1 month CT)
There is the option of spending 1 week in the abdominal biopsy centre and 1 week in the prostate centre.
The breast rotation consists of screening and diagnostic mammography (exclusively digital); breast ultrasound; and breast MRI. There is a high volume of image-guided procedures including: stereotactic and ultrasound guided core biopsies; vacuum-assisted biopsies; fine needle aspirations; and pre-operative/chemotherapy localizations. MRI-guided procedures include vacuum-assisted biopsies and pre-operative localizations.
The obstetrics rotation is spent in the MSH CEOU (Centre of Excellence and Obstetrical Ultrasound), which is a multidisciplinary centre where radiologists work closely with obstetricians and geneticists. The obstetrical population includes routine first and second trimester obstetrical imaging (early pregnancy, nuchal translucency and anatomic studies) and a high-risk referral population. Depending on the interest of the fellow there is the opportunity to become involved with fetal MRI.
The abdominal rotation offers comprehensive training using multimodality cross-sectional imaging including CT, US and MRI. The combination of state-of-the-art equipment, large volume of patients and range of pathology, as well as the dedicated abdominal faculty makes this an outstanding learning opportunity.
During the year, there are many educational and multidisciplinary rounds in all areas.
There are 6 months of abdominal and 6 months of general call. Call is divided amongst the fellows resulting in a 1 in 8 call schedule. Fellows always have staff backup.
Fellows are granted one full day a week of protected academic time and are required to complete and submit an academic paper by the end of the fellowship. There are many interesting research opportunities available, in breast, obstetrics and abdominal imaging.
Positions available: 3 per year