Q: Don't the residents in New York State have to inject contrast?

A: The law was changed in 2007. Technologists can nw inject contrast (with a supervising M.D. in the department.)

 

Q: What is your ACGME accreditation status?

A: We were granted a permanent expansion from 24 to 28 residents in April 2012. This will allow us to maintain 25 residents for the foreseeable future. (We have had 25 residents since May 2010, when we took one of the residents "orphaned" by the closure of St. Vincent's Hospital.

    Our program was reviewed on June 16, 2010. We received "continued accreditation" status with a 5-year cycle length. (The ACGME no longer uses the term "full accreditation") Cycle length is the interval that the ACGME will next visit a program. The maximum cycle length for radiology residencies was 5 years. As you may know, Diagnostic Radiology is participating in the ACGME's New Accreditation System (NAS). In April 2012, we were notified that  our next site visit or "Self Study Visit" will be around 11/1/2020!. The accreditation status of any program can be found on the ACGME website (click accredited program history and enter the program number e.g. our number is 4203521224). As part of your due diligence in researching programs, you should review this website.

 

Q: Have any residents left in the last 5 years?

A: Residents have only left for their scheduled graduations!

 

Q: What Manhattan hospitals are Level I Regional Trauma Centers?

A: Bellevue, Cornell, Harlem, and St. Luke's

 

Q: How are PET/CTs interpreted?

A: In some cases the reader is certified in both Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology. In others, the interpretation is an integrated effort by a nuclear medicine staff, ENT radiologist, and body imager. This is truly a patient centered approach, which is not practiced at all institutions.