UCSF Fellowship provides trainees with a comprehensive and structured program across different sites in San Francisco, including a tertiary referral campus at Parnassus Heights, a comprehensive cancer center at Mission Bay, the Precision Cancer Medical Building, the Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG), a Level 1 Trauma Center, the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC), and several outpatient facilities.
Rotation Breakdown:
- UCSF Abdominal Imaging 6-7 months
- UCSF Ultrasound 2-3 months
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General 2-3 months
- San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1 month
Fellows will learn the latest advances and techniques in Abdominal Imaging and Ultrasound. UCSF utilizes state of the art equipment of different vendors and fellows will be familiar with interpreting and protocoling high-field strength MRI and dual-energy CT.
The Dedicated Ultrasound component includes 2-3 months of ultrasound at our tertiary referral, cancer treatment, and obstetrics and gynecological centers. The ultrasound service also incorporates a large number of procedures, including biopsies and drainages. A portion of the rotation will be spent learning and performing procedures on musculoskeletal ultrasound.
MR - fellows will interpret a wide variety of studies using new sequences and techniques, including prostate MRI with 3D segmentation, rectal cancer staging, MR enterography, placental MR, MR elastography, cervical and endometrial cancer staging, deep infiltrative endometriosis, liver cancer screening, and vascular MRA/MRV.
CT - fellows will encounter a wide variety of pathologies, including cancer staging and metastatic workup, trauma, inpatient, and emergency and outpatient conditions. Fellows will be familiar with CT colonography and transplant donor imaging workups.
Ultrasound - all fellows will have extensive exposure to a wide variety of cases, including emergency ultrasound, liver cancer screening, obstetric and pelvic ultrasound, and hysterosonography and hysterosalpino-contrast sonography. Fellows in the UCSF Ultrasound rotation will interpret musculoskeletal ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and a larger volume of transplant ultrasound and high-risk obstetric cases.
Image-guided procedures - include solid organ and soft tissue biopsies using Ultrasound and CT. Fellows will perform ultrasound-guided drainages, MSK procedures including barbotage and injections, ablations, and transplant and endovaginal biopsies.
PET/MR and PET/CT - fellows will interpret studies using the latest advances in molecular imaging with novel radiotracers for the detection of prostate cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, and other malignancies.
Other subspecialties: Fellows will have exposure to musculoskeletal imaging during their ultrasound rotation and while at SFVAMC, including MSK MR and arthrograms. Fellows will also interpret pediatric ultrasound at ZSFG.
