The VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore Division, is a part of the program. This 300-bed all-digital VA Hospital, which opened in January 1993, is attached to the University of Maryland Hospital.

The VA Radiology Department operates a filmless PACS environment and is one of the most advanced of its kind in the world. All UMH residency programs are fully integrated with the Baltimore VA. Approximately 15% of the nuclear medicine residents time is spent in the VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore Division.


There are extensive teaching files, including the ACR Learning Laboratory and a large departmental library.

A department photographer is available on a full-time basis. 4500 sq. ft. of equipped basic research space is assigned to our department in a separate Medical School building.

Approximately 240,000 examinations are performed per year in the Radiology Department at UMMS. Of these, approximately 10,000 are angiographic and/or interventional procedures, 40,000 are CT and 10,000 MR exams.

Nuclear Medicine performs approximately 10,000 scans per year and approximately 12,000 sonographic procedures are performed annually.

Additionally, the Baltimore VA Medical Center performs approximately 70,000 imaging exams annually.

Conferences
Weekly conferences on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, include journal club, didactic lectures, laboratory sessions, teleconferences, and department sponsored locally and nationally prominent speakers. Several monthly multi-disciplinary conferences, such as endocrine, surgical oncology and tumor board, provide a forum for in depth discussion of case presentations and formulation of patient treatment plans.

There is a daily 7:30 a.m. didactic conference given by the subspecialty faculty. The format of the daily 12:30 p.m. conferences is varied, although all are based on discussions by residents of "unknown" interesting cases with appropriate faculty input. Peer Review/Pathology Correlation Conference is presented by a designated resident each Monday at 12:30 p.m.

A Department-sponsored Visiting Professor Program provides the residents with additional outstanding teaching from renowned faculty. These experts in their fields present lectures, case conferences, and Radiology Grand Rounds.

Resident attendance at semi-annual scientific meetings of the Maryland Radiological Society, featuring nationally known speakers, is sponsored by the Department.

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