Canadia Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship 2012 -A comprehensive training program in Interventional Neuroradiology (INR) is conducted at two University of Toronto affiliated Institutions: the Toronto Western Hospital and St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.
The program at TWH includes exposure to pediatric interventional procedures at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The multidisciplinary team at the TWH includes stroke neurologists and vascular neurosurgeons as well as stereotactic neurosurgeons. Weekly multidisciplinary AVM and Aneurysms Clinic are held, as well as weekly stroke rounds and neurovascular rounds. About 300 diagnostic cerebral and 30 spinal angiographic and 250 interventional procedures are carried out per year at the TWH and another 50 interventional procedures are carried out yearly at HSC. About 100 percutaneous spinal procedures are performed each year.
The programs at the two Institutions are similar and will allow the applicants to become proficient in the management of patients with vascular disorders of the central nervous system. Treatment procedures at both Institutions include management of patients with brain and spinal AVMs, dural AVFs, vascular malformations of the head and neck region, including epistaxis, as well as acute stroke and intracranial aneurysms. Stroke prevention techniques (angioplasty and stenting) as well as percutaneous spinal biopsy, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, nerve and facet blocks are being performed.
Depending on the background training of the applicant the INR fellowship may be a one- or two-year program. Those applicants who already have completed a two-year fellowship in diagnostic Neuroradiology may apply for the one-year (senior) fellowship position in Interventional Neuroradiology. Those applicants who have not completed a two-year fellowship in diagnostic Neuroradiology will be eligible for the two-year program.
Fellowship candidates must have completed an accredited Radiology training program and be:
* Certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Diagnostic Imaging or
* American Board of Radiology certified/eligible or
* Certified with equivalent qualifications and
* Proficient in both written and spoken English.
You may download the application form by using this link. When putting together your application please make sure to include a CV and letter (details below) and make arrangements for referees to send letters under separate cover.
If you cannot download the application you may request one by e-mail : a.shea@utoronto.ca (don't forget to include your complete mailing address) or contact the Fellowship Program at the address and telephone number below. Please note that applications for Pediatric Radiology Fellowships must be made directly to The Hospital for Sick Children.
Fellowship Program
Department of Medical Imaging
University of Toronto
Room 112, Fitzgerald Building
150 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2
Canada
Phone: (416) 978-6801
Fax: (416) 978-6915
