Mount Auburn Hospital was founded in 1886 as the first hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Over the years, generations of committed individuals have dedicated their careers to achieving the vision of being the best community teaching healthcare system in the Boston area. On a mission to improve the health of the residents of Cambridge and surrounding communities, Mount Auburn Hospital is dedicated to delivering healthcare services in a personable, convenient, and compassionate manner, with respect for the dignity of patients and their families.

- Residency Training in Radiology -

The Department

Staffed by 13 full-time radiologists and 11 residents, Mount Auburn Hospital's Radiology Department performs approximately 130,000 diagnostic examinations yearly. The department is filmless using a state of the art PACS system (Picture Archiving and Communications System) for the display and interpretation of digital images.

The radiographic equipment includes three direct digital rooms and two multiplate digital readers. There are three fluoroscopic rooms--all of which are digital--in which 2,800 fluoroscopic procedures are performed each year. Four ultrasound systems--two with "4D" imaging--are used to perform more than 13,000 ultrasound examinations each year. Two, state of the art, multi-detector General Electric CT scanners (one 64 slice and one 4 slice) enable the department to perform more than 22,000 CT examinations per year. Technologists assist in the creation of 3D reformatted images and other complex post-processing of studies. The department has three interventional radiologists who perform more than 2,200 cases annually utilizing a state of the art all digital angiography suite. Two 1.5 T MRI Scanners are used to perform approximately 12,000 MRI examinations per year.

The Residency
Three residents are chosen each year for a four-year program and appointed as Clinical Fellows at Harvard Medical School. The program recently expanded and as of July 1, 2006 will consist of 12 residents, with 3 residents in each year. The ratio of staff radiologists to residents results in close contact between the staff and residents throughout the training program. After the resident has obtained the necessary firm foundations in the fundamentals of radiology, he or she is encouraged to take increasing responsibility in both routine and specialized examinations and procedures. The majority of our residents pursue subspecialty fellowship training. However, the goal of the Radiology Residency Program to train residents to be fully qualified in diagnostic radiology and special procedures by the time they have completed the four-year program. Graduates have pursued careers in academia and private practice.