| | | | ResearchWith the support of Columbia University and funds from a
multimillion dollar grants from the Whitaker Foundation and New York
State the department has 12,000 square feet of MR research center space
in the Neurological Institute, which is easily accessible by bridges
from the new hospital building. This space is devoted to MRI research
and to our joint research programs with Columbia University's
Department of Biomedical Engineering. Two research-dedicated 1.5T MRIs
are present in the area.
Participation by residents in
clinical and/or laboratory research is strongly encouraged in our
department, but is not required in the residency. Start-up funds, and
computer statistical/support are available to help residents with their
projects. The faculty devotes high priority to mentoring of residents'
research projects. Year after year, several of our residents have
papers/posters accepted for presentation at national meetings. In 2000,
one of our residents won the Executive Council Award of the American
Roentgen Ray Society and presented his paper at a plenary session of
the Society's national meeting. Another of our residents was accorded
the honor of being selected for the special Holman Pathway
research-oriented curriculum recently approved by the American Board of
Radiology. In 2004, 18 of our residents presented papers or posters at
the Association of University Radiologists meeting.
Residents
having abstracts accepted for presentation at a major meeting( e.g.,
Radiological Society of North America, Association of University
Radiologists, etc.) are funded for travel to the meeting. Secretarial
and photographic services for preparation of manuscripts and
presentations are provided by the department.
The
department also has three PET scanners, including a PET-CT that was
installed in 2004, an in-house cyclotron, and a state-of-the-art
radiochemistry synthesis laboratory. The department opened its Small
Animal Imaging Laboratory in September 2001. The laboratory includes a
9.4T mouse MRI, optical imaging and a micro-PET scanner.
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