The faculty of the Division of Nuclear Medicine hold multiple NIH and DOD funded grants related to developing diagnostic and therapeutic radiobiologics. These grants are supported by a 4500 sq ft laboratory and animal-imaging complex dedicated to radiopharmaceutical research. PET/CT, alpha emitter, and cyclotron based radiopharmaceutical programs are being developed.

The residency program provides an outstanding experience in Nuclear Cardiology. Several faculty are boarded in both Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine and hold dual appointments in Nuclear Medicine and Cardiology.


The clinical facilities house two cardiac stress labs, multiple dual head attenuation correcting SPECT cameras and specially trained stress technicians. The program provides a broad exposure to all pharmacologic and stress protocols, imaging agents and cardiac PET studies. There is active participation in multicenter trials of myocardial perfusion and cardiac receptor imaging agents.

A variable number of Fellows in various subspecialties (Nuclear Radiology, Cardiology) are in training in the division of nuclear medicine. Care is taken to be certain that Fellows do not supplant residents for faculty time or case material.

All residents must complete a clinical internship as required by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. Two years of residency training are then required. Annual appointments beginning each July 1st are renewable yearly upon satisfactory performance and progress during the previous year.

The total working hours for residency, resident call, and authorized moonlighting is not allowed to exceed 80 working hours per week. Unauthorized moonlighting is prohibited.

Facilities
The University of Maryland Medical System/Hospital is an 800 bed facility with a large out-patient department.

One unique aspect of the hospital is The Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services System, which covers the State of Maryland and comprises a 140-bed critical care unit, completed in 1989, and housing the most advanced technological support systems for trauma in the world.

The equipment of the Radiology Department is state-of-the-art. Nuclear Medicine is physically and administratively an integrated part of the Department of Radiology and is equipped with six SPECT scanners, four of which are dual head imaging devices.

The department has deployed a hospital-wide PACS. Nuclear Medicine performs approximately 10,000 studies per year.