|
- We offer visiting fellowships to physicians who are interested in observing cardiac MRI and/or cardiac CT cases being performed, analyzed, and interpreted live at Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging (ACI). ACI is an outpatient imaging center on Manhattan’s Upper East Side which generally performs ~10 cardiac MRI and CT studies daily. In addition, we are often asked to interpret cardiac MRI and CT cases from outside centers.
- Cardiac MRI studies are performed using a GE 1.5 T HDxt scanner which has all the cardiac pulse sequences and an 8-channel cardiac coil. Studies are reviewed, analyzed, and reported on GE Advantage Windows workstations equipped with ReportCard 4.0 software. A wide variety of cardiac MRI studies are performed, including adenosine stress perfusion, quantitative LV and RV function, myocardial viability assessment, patent foramen ovale detection, and quantification of valvular disease and intracardiac shunts.
- Cardiac CT studies are performed using a GE 64-detector VCT-XT scanner which is equipped with Snapshot Pulse, GE’s low-dose, prospectively gated method for performing coronary CTA. Studies are analyzed on GE Advantage Windows 4.X workstations with Volume Share 2 and SmartScore software. Studies are reported using AngioCard software, GE’s structured reporting tool for vascular CT and MRI.
- Participants observe and learn during the day (between 9AM and 5PM) exclusive of holidays. In addition to reviewing live cases, participants have access to an extensive teaching library. There is liberal access to Advantage Windows workstations which participants can use to review and analyze studies on their own. Particpants can learn how to operate the MRI scanner themselves if the clinical schedule permits.
- Dr. Wolff is reading cases at ACI most days. However, his schedule does sometime require him to be elsewhere (i.e. teaching at Columbia, attending scientific meetings, vacation, etc.). While an effort will be made to schedule visiting fellowships when Dr. Wolff is present, his schedule is flexible and therefore despite the best planning, he may not always be present.
- Participants are expected to keep a personal log of those cases they have observed and interpreted while at ACI. At the conclusion of the fellowship, Dr. Wolff will provide each participant with a letter that lists the dates of attendance. The letter will also refer to the personal log as evidence of the work that was done to satisfy the requirements of certification, as specified by the ACR guidelines and the ACC guidelines.
- The price for the Visiting Fellowship is $1,500 per day or $5,000 per week (5 business days). Training does not need to be consecutive business days. Multi-week discounts are available. Contact us to schedule your fellowship or if you have any questions.
|
