Curriculum

Program Information

  • Program Director:

    Vadim Spektor, MD

  • Program Coordinator:

    Oluwatosin Odefemi, MBA

  • Length of Program:

    4 years
    (preliminary/transitional year required)

  • Number of Residents:

    12

  • Accreditation:

    5 year full accreditation by the ACGME, received June 8, 2010.

  • Location:

    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
    201 Lyons Ave at Osborne Terrace,
    Newark, NJ 07112
    Tel: (973) 926-7960
    Fax: (973) 282-0911

Resident Rotations (2-week blocks)


Subspecialty

1st year

2nd year

3rd year

4th year

AFIP

X

X

Interventional

X

X

X

X

Body

X

X

X

Neuroradiology

X

X

X

Breast Imaging

X

X

X

Thoracic

X

X

X

X

Cardiac Imaging

X

Fluoroscopy

X

X

X

X

Emergency Radiology

X

X

X

X

Musculoskeletal*

X

X

Neuroradiology MSNY**

X

X

Nuclear Medicine

X

X

X

Pediatric Radiology

X

X

Ultrasonography

X

X

X

X

* “away rotation” at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School

** “away rotation” at Mount Sinai, New York

Radiology Conferences

Interdepartmental Conferences

Noon Conferences - Daily conference from 12:30-2 pm presented by various attending. Presentations are either case based or didactical.

Physics - Dr. Subramaniam provides comprehensive lectures every Wednesday from 12-1:30 pm throughout the year in order to prepare for the physics boards.

MSK Lecture - Dr. Wenoker from UMDNJ provides monthly lectures and board review.

Pediatric Radiology - Weekly conference held 7:30 am every Wednesday by Dr. Tej Phatak, pediatric radiologist.

Brandt and Helms - Weekly quizzes and discussion held every Tuesday afternoon.

Interdepartmental Conferences

Tumor Board - in conjunction with the Hematology/Oncology Department every Friday.

Chest Tumor Board- Held the last Friday of every month by Pulmonary and Hematology/Oncology Departments.

M&M Conference - Interdepartmental meeting with Surgery and Pathology every Monday.

Emergency Radiology - 7:30 am every Thursday morning. Interesting Emergency Radiology cases and discussions held.

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology - All residents attend the four-week course in Radiologic Pathology at the AIRP in Washington, D.C. during their third year of residency.

Rotation Yearly Schedule

*First year radiology resident schedule is split into first 6 months and last 6 months.

R1 *

R2

R3

R4

Vacation

2

0

2

2

2

Body/Day Float

4

2

3

3

1

Night Float

0

4

4

3

2

Flouro

3

3

4

3

1

Neuro

1

1

1

1

1

Peds

1

1

2

1

1

US

1

1

1

1

1

IR

0

1

2

2

0

Diagnostic

1

0

0

0

0

Nuclear

0

0

3

2

3

MSK (UMDNJ)

0

0

2

0

2

Mammo

0

0

2

2

2

AIRP

0

0

0

2

0

Mount Sinai

0

0

0

2

2

OB/GYN

0

0

0

0

2

Cardiac

0

0

0

0

4

Vascular

0

0

0

0

2

Elective

0

0

0

2

0

Total

13

13

26

26

26

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