IRAD 709B Dotter Interventional Institute - Interventional Radiology

Credits: 4
This is a 4-week introductory elective to provide students with the basic understanding of the minimally invasive, image-guided diagnostic and therapeutic techniques that the specialty of interventional radiology offer patients both in the inpatient and ambulatory setting. Rotation highlights include time in the interventional angiography suites with procedural experience in interventional oncology, peripheral vascular and aortic interventions, hepatobiliary interventions, women’s health and interventions, emergent embolization, central venous catheter placement, drainage and feeding tube management, as well as venous/lymphatic interventions. Beyond the procedural experience, this elective emphasizes on the direct longitudinal patient care that IR offers with clinical experience in the interventional radiology clinic and in attending multidisciplinary conferences. At the conclusion of the elective, the student will prepare one didactic lecture on a topic of their choosing at the IR didactic conference.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit