Residency Program
Division of Nuclear Medicine

Training Program Director: Henry Royal, M.D.

The Division of Nuclear Medicine has an active nuclear medicine training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).  Three to five trainees per year are accepted for a one-, two-, or three-year program depending on prior experience of the trainee. The training is aimed to prepare the residents for certification in Nuclear Medicine by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine (ABNM).  A diagnostic radiologist (who is American Board of Radiology certified or board eligible) will be able to sit for the ABNM examination after completion of one year of nuclear medicine training.  Individuals who have completed training in another specialty or who have completed radiology or nuclear medicine training in another country typically will be eligible for ABNM examination after two years of nuclear medicine training. Those without prior radiology experience will spend three years following a clinical internship completed before beginning nuclear medicine training.

The Division has a large, well-staffed clinical service, and the trainees have extensive clinical and didactic training, as well as opportunities for study and research. The primary research activities of the Division of Nuclear Medicine center around PET, particularly cardiac, oncologic and neurological applications. This research is funded by several grants and, in addition, there is active collaboration with scientists in other Divisions of the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and from many of the other departments in the Medical Center.

Our program is filled until July 2010.

Most successful applicants for this nuclear medicine residency have completed training in radiology or another clinical specialty.  Applicants without training in another specialty should have considerable research experience.

If you are interested in applying for July 2010, please send a CV and (if not trained in the US) your ECFMG scores. A full application package will be send to individuals who have the potential to be successful applicants.

We interview most candidates for residency positions approximately 12 - 18 months before the start of residency training.

Persons interested in applying for this program should contact Rachel Martens at (314) 362-2809 or by e-mail to obtain an application.

E - m a i l :       martensr
(cont.)             @mir.wustl.edu