A letter from the Fellowship Programs Director

A very warm welcome to the Indiana University Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences fellowship programs website!

Our Department offers several fellowship programs as seen in the next tab "Available Fellowships."  Our ACGME accredited fellowships are Pediatric Radiology, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Neuroradiology.  Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) sponsored fellowship programs include Pediatric Neuroradiology, Advanced Neuroradiology, Head and Neck Radiology, Breast Imaging, Musculoskeletal, Cardiothoracic, Abdominal/Body Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and General Radiology.

The vast array of leading edge technology, world renowned radiologists, physicians, interdepartmental conferences, collegiality and diverse array of cases make fellowship training at IU truly competitive and exciting.

In keeping with the tradition of excellence in education at IUSM, our fellowship training programs build on the knowledge acquired during residency and prepare fellows to be expert sub-specialists. At the completion of training our fellows are ready for independent practice in either academic or private practice settings.

Given our strong infrastructure, dedication to research, and education, a second year of fellowship training may be tailored to individual needs.

Please look for the tab "How to Apply" on the right side of our fellowship pages website. We invite you to submit your application after exploring sections of interest on our website. If you have additional questions, please contact Emma Chiriac, our fellowship programs coordinator, at 317-944-1816.

Annette C. Douglas, MD
Director, Fellowship Programs                             

The Indiana University Department of Radiology offers one-year fellowships in the sub-specialty areas indicated. The department provides five hospital environments in which to practice. State-of-the-art equipment exists for all sub-specialties and the clinical practice in Indianapolis offers a rich clinical experience.

Fellowships available for July 2012 - 2013 and July 2013 - 2014

*These fellowship programs are open to our Neuroradiology graduates.

To be eligible for any of our fellowship programs, you should be:

• a graduate of a medical school in the US or Canada accredited by the LCME or a graduate of a college of osteopathic medicine in the US accredited by the AOA

      and

• a graduate of a Diagnostic Radiology Residency program accredited by the ACGME or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Note:

Our Neuroradiology and Vascular Interventional Radiology fellowship programs participate in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Please click here to find out dates and deadlines.

To apply to any of our fellowship programs, please click here.

Important note:

We are all looking forward to the final decisions regarding our Radiology Fellowship selection and matriculation system. In the meantime, if you are an external fellowship applicant interested in any of our fellowship programs beginning July 1, 2014 please respect the following timeline:

October, 2012 – January, 2013 – mail applications.

February 1, 2013 – April 30, 2013 – interviews unfold.

May 1, 2013 – fellowship position offers begin.

For those programs that participate in the match system, remember: the match list is almost always due in May and match day is in June (for the exact dates go to http://www.nrmp.org/fellow/match_name/radiology/dates.html when the NRMP updates the data for the following academic year).

For more information, contact our fellowship coordinator:

Emma Chiriac, BA
Fellowship Programs Coordinator
Dept. of Radiology 
550 N. University Blvd., Room 0279
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5253
Telephone: (317) 944-1816
Fax: (317) 948-2803

Radiology Fellowship Policy Manual

School of Medicine Policies

Policies for all fellows/trainees at the School of Medicine are available at the GME Office Housestaff Handbook page. Click on the links to the left for commonly accessed policies, and see the GME Resident & Fellow Information page for additional useful information, including benefit information.

Health & Dental Insurance

For fellows, health insurance is provided by the affiliated hospitals through the School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Office. Fellows are not charged a monthly premium for health care coverage, but are responsible for any co-payments required by the plan at the time of service. The insurance plan covers the fellow, spouse, and children as applicable. Fellows have a choice of two health care plans: M-Plan Health Network and IU Health Plan. Fellows in accredited fellowships are offered a choice of two dental care plans: CompDent and Security Dental. CompDent emphasizes diagnostic and preventive services through a network of participating dental locations and includes no charge for routine dental care and other procedures at a reduced rate. Security Dental is a traditional plan the provides reimbursement for dental services from any licensed dentist and requires an annual deductible and an annual benefit maximum of $500 per person per plan year.

Meeting and Vacation Time

Time to attend meetings will be five (5) working days, with an additional five (5) days available if presenting or exhibiting at a meeting. Vacation time will be twenty-eight (28) calendar days. This does include three (3) week days during the holiday season. There are up to five (5) days available for job interviews. Additional interview days will be charged to vacation time. Please remember to request time off for meetings and vacations at least one month prior. To request time off, you should contact your specific fellowship director and Emma Chiriac.

Vacation may be taken at any time (schedules permitting) EXCEPT:

During the week of the RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) meeting. This meeting is held the week immediately following Thanksgiving.

During the Christmas or New Year season. One half of the residents will take 3 vacation days during Christmas week and the other half during the New Years' week.

During ARRS (American Roentgen Ray Society) meeting (April or May).

During major subspecialty meetings as defined by the fellows' individual fellowship director.

During the oral Radiology Board Examinations (Late May)

Travel

The department will reimburse a maximum of $1,000 for attendance at educational conferences/seminars during the 12 months of the fellowship appointment. An additional $1,000 per year is given if a fellow presents a paper or exhibit at a meeting.

Book Allowance

Fellows receive $200 per year for educational materials. This can be combined with travel money for any combination of all books, all travel, or a one time PDA purchase up to $500. Per federal tax regulations, 90% of the PDA purchase price will be reimbursed.

All book and journal orders may be made through Rhonda Gerding in the Riley Hospital Radiology Library (her office is in the Riley Hospital Radiology Library, Room 1053A, phone 944-6303). If purchased through other methods, the fellow will be reimbursed up to their remaining funds upon submission of the receipt. Unused education resource funds remaining at the end of a fellowship will be lost and cannot be rolled into cash.

There is also a library in the Radiology Department at each of the four hospitals on the IU campus. See the Radiology Library Policy.

Parking

Trainees in accredited fellowships have their parking paid for by the GME office. Trainees who have lecturer appointments in nonaccredited fellowships have their parking paid by the radiologists' practice group. Parking while rotating to Wishard Memorial Hospital will be provided by the department.

Residents or Fellows on rotation at IU Health Methodist Hospital should park in Parking Garage #1, located on the Northeast corner of 16th and Senate Avenue. Your IUSOM ID badge should be shown to the parking attendant when leaving and you will not be charged for parking. For parking in Garage #1, residents have the option of visiting the Denison Parking office on the first floor of the garage, showing their IUSOM ID and putting a deposit of $15 on a garage card, which will allow them to get out a little quicker. The $15 deposit on the card is returned to the resident/fellow when the card is returned at the end of the program. If you park in any other garage on the Methodist campus, you will be expected to pay the customary parking charges. For more questions concerning parking at Methodist, contact Kathy Head at 962-3669.

Disability Insurance

Long-term disability insurance is provided to fellows at no cost through Paul Revere.

Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance is provided to fellows at no cost through Safeco Life Insurance Company.

Malpractice Insurance

For the fellows in accredited fellowships, each IU School of Medicine affiliated hospital provides malpractice insurance under indemnity for liability of the house staff while acting in the performance of his/her duties or in the course and scope of his/her assignment. The radiologists' practice plan provides malpractice insurance for the fellows in non-accredited fellowships.

Communications

Each house staff member is given an E-mail account through the University. Each fellow receives a pager when training begins.All hospitals on the IU campus as well as Methodist use a unified paging network, allowing house and medical staff to be reached in any of the hospitals in the central Indiana area.

Mailboxes for US and campus mail are located at University Hospital (except for pediatric fellows, who have mailboxes at Riley Hospital).

Medical Society & Association Membership

As trainees, fellows qualify for free memberships to ARRS and RSNA. If the hard copy of the Radiology journal is desired, the Department of Radiology will pay for this subscription. The Department of Radiology will pay up to $200 of the fellow's professional dues for the 12-month appointment. Payment of personal subscriptions to professional journals (other than for Radiology, or those incidental to membership in a professional society) are not included in this benefit.

Stipend

The fellow's salary varies yearly. However, our salaries are nationally competitive. For the 2009-2010 academic year, the first-year fellows will receive a salary of $51,000 and the second-year fellows will receive $53,000.

Clinical

The clinical training for individual fellowships is described in each of the fellowship program descriptions listed to the left.

Teaching

The fellow is expected to teach in three ways. The first is in the interaction and teaching of fellows and medical students during the daily clinical responsibilities. Second, two or three times a year the fellow will present a one-hour review of teaching cases to the fellows. Third, the fellow may be requested to give two to three formal lectures to the fellows during the year.

Research

The fellow is expected to complete a research project to be written and submitted to a major radiology or subspecialty journal. In addition, the fellow will present his/her research during a 15-minute presentation to an annual research conference presented by the Department of Radiology.

Call

On-call responsibilities vary considerably from section to section. Basically, interventional, neuroradiology, nuclear medicine, and pediatrics cover just their subspecialties while mammography, chest, abdominal, and musculoskeletal rotate with the faculty in the general call schedule.

Medical Staff Membership

Fellows eligible for medical staff membership (Those in nonaccredited fellowships, not on a visa) must also be appointed to the faculty of the School of Medicine.

Licensure

Fellows in accredited fellowships are eligible for a medical training permit through the Indiana Medical Licensing Board at a cost of $100 for initial permit or $50 for yearly renewal.

Fellows in non-accredited fellowships are appointed as lecturers with Indiana University, and become members of the medical staff. Membership to the medical staff requires that fellows have an unlimited license to practice medicine issued by the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana, an Indiana Controlled Substance Registration and a Federal DEA Registration. The cost for the initial unlimited license is $250 and for initial DEA is $551. The Indiana State License fee will be paid by the Department of Radiology. The department will pay the full three-year Federal DEA fee for new fellows if that individual does not already have the registration. If the registration has been obtained for individual use prior to joining our program, the fee will be prorated and the individual can be reimbursed for one year of the fee.

Fee Courtesy

Fee courtesy is available for the fellows, spouses and dependent children. For information on IUSOM's fee courtesy for housestaff, visit http://www.medicine.iu.edu/~resident/manual/benefits.html#tuition

If you have questions, please contact our fellowship programs coordinator, Emma Chiriac at (317) 944-1816.

2011-2012 Fellows