Clinical training

The Neuroradiology Fellowship Program provides advanced clinical and research training in state-of-the-art neuroradiology, preparing fellows for excellence in academic and clinical practice. Mayo Clinic Florida is primarily a specialty clinic that focuses on the diagnosis and management of complex medical conditions. The clinical rotations are high in volume, complex in scope of pathology, and include both procedural and diagnostic roles.

Rotation schedule

PGY-6

Call frequency

Fellows do not take overnight call as part of the Neuroradiology Fellowship.

Moonlighting

You may moonlight with program director approval. Moonlighting should not interfere with required learning and must not violate the work-hour rules of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or visa regulations.

Didactic training

The Neuroradiology Fellowship experience centers on reading room education. The fellow is assigned to a faculty member each day for one-on-one learning with case-by-case feedback. Additional valuable educational experiences include weekly didactic/interactive lectures, participation in multidisciplinary clinical conferences, and journal clubs.

You can enhance your educational experience by teaching radiology residents, medical students, and rotating residents from other programs both at the workstation and formal teaching conferences.

Conferences

Weekly multidisciplinary clinical conferences include epilepsy, head and neck oncology, neuro-oncology, spine, and neurovascular with multidisciplinary teaching conference each week in neuro-oncology and a weekly neuroscience Grand Round lecture series.

Research training

Mayo Clinic features world-renowned research resources. Fellows are encouraged to participate in research projects with consulting staff. This includes opportunities for clinical studies and laboratory-based projects. Dedicated research training is also available, including a lecture series in study design, manuscript preparation, biostatistics, etc. 

Individual research projects require advocacy and supervision by a staff member of the Department of Radiology — usually the advisor, but not always. In general, written plans for individual projects are submitted to the department research committee for assistance. Full editorial services are available to the fellow free of charge.

A program objective is that the primary research project yields results suitable for presentation at scientific meetings and publication in peer-reviewed literature. Fellows receive dedicated research days upon program director approval. They also receive financial support for travel, lodging, meals, and registration fees for meetings at which they present and for one non-presentation (attendance) trip.

Teaching opportunities

You have the opportunity to teach radiology residents, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine students, and visiting students from other medical schools through daily clinical work and formal didactic lectures.

Fellows also have opportunity to teach non-radiology faculty and trainees through numerous multidisciplinary conferences.

Career development

You meet periodically with various faculty members, administrators, and the program director to discuss your career goals. Mayo Clinic recruits many of its staff physicians from its own training programs. Job opportunities may be available at one of Mayo Clinic's group practices upon successful completion of the neuroradiology fellowship program.

Evaluation

To ensure that you acquire adequate knowledge and develop your technical skills, your performance is monitored carefully during the Neuroradiology Fellowship. You are evaluated formally by supervising faculty after each clinical rotation. In addition, you regularly evaluate the faculty to ensure that your educational needs are being met and discuss opportunities for improvement.