Nuclear Medicine Residency

PETThe nuclear medicine residency program at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWHC) is currently a three-year program which is accredited by the American College of Graduate Medical Education and satisfies requirements of the American Board of Nuclear Medicine. The residency provides training and experience in in-vitro procedures, therapeutic applications of radioactive materials, and general nuclear imaging, including positron emission tomography (PET). The new curriculum includes training in CT of the head and neck, chest, and abdomen with the NM residents rotating with radiology residents, reading, and dictating the exams. There is a strong emphasis in nuclear cardiology. The Nuclear Medicine Section of the Radiology Department serves more than 400 beds at UWHC and the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and performs more than 6,000 examinations a year. The UWHC is considered a top quality hospital, a top 100 hospital.

In addition to its three Nuclear Medicine physicians and two nuclear cardiologists that share the nuclear cardiology load, the Nuclear Medicine Section has nine full-time technologists, a radiopharmacist, an administrative assistant, and two radiopharmacy technicians.

The Nuclear Medicine Section is located within the UW Hospital (serves both University and VA patients at the UW site) and features modern equipment including:

  • (1) – Three-headed SPECT system
  • (3) – Two-headed SPECT/CT systems
  • (1) - Single-headed SPECT system
  • (3) - X-ray bone densitometers located at satellite clinics & UWHC

Active research on a current-generation PET/CT scanner and a dedicated PET scanner involves brain, cardiac, and whole body imaging. Other research includes general nuclear medicine and nuclear cardiology projects. Residents are encouraged to participate in ongoing projects and to develop new projects.

Annual formal teaching includes: a curriculum of seminars, didactic nuclear medicine and appropriate radiology schedules, weekly interesting case conferences, journal club, coronary angiogram correlation, in addition to multiple daily radiology and medicine conferences.

Prerequisites for the three-year residency program are graduation from an approved medical school preceded by at least one clinical year in an ACGME-approved program. A two-year program may be completed if preceded by completion of training (board eligible) in an ACGME-approved clinical program. A one-year program may be completed if preceded by completion of training (board eligible) in an ACGME-approved radiology program. US citizen, green card, or J-1 visa ONLY are accepted per UWHC requirements. A personal interview is required.

Applications for our residency program are accepted through ERAS, which can be reached at http://www.aamc.org/eras.

For more information, contact:

Michael A. Wilson, M.D., Professor of Radiology
Director, Nuclear Medicine Residency Program
UW Department of Radiology - E3/311 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-3252
phone (608) 263-5585, fax (608) 265-7390
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