Pediatric Interventional Training Opportunities 

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Texas Children’s Hospital
Christopher Cassady MD
Texas Children’s Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas   USA
cicassad@texaschildrenshospital.org  832-824-5325

Description: We have the caseload and the facilities to offer subspecialized training in pediatric intervention, but have not done so to this point. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Cassady for information on how such a program could be structured to match this department's strengths to the candidates needs. There is potential for a combined program with the adult Interventional section at Baylor.

Fellowship Details

• Type of fellowship: pediatric interventional radiology or combined pediatric radiology and pediatric interventional radiology
• Duration: negotiable
• Number of 1 year slots: 1
• Start date for 1 year fellowship: negotiable
• Approximate call frequency for fellows: to be decided
• Elective time offered: negotiable
• How many PIR fellows trained in past 5 years: 0
• If combined fellowship, CAQ eligible? n/a
• Prerequisite requirements for fellows: radiology residency and Texas medical license

Service Details

• Number of PIR attendings: 3-4
• Number of adult IR attendings with direct teaching responsibility for PIR fellows: 1
• Number of neuroradiology or interventional neuroradiology attendings with direct teaching responsibility for PIR fellows: 0
• Annual PIR case volume: Greater than 3000
• Types of cases and approximate volume

Type of Case	We do not offer this service at this time	Less than 5 cases a year	Between 5 and 20 cases a year	Between 20 and 200 cases a year	Greater than 200 cases a year
Vascular access					x
Biopsy/drainage					x
Body angiography and intervention					x
Neuro angiography and intervention				x
Spine interventions			x
Vascular anomalies				x
Venous interventions				x
Enteric access (G,GJ)				x
Cecostomy	x
Locoregional tumor therapy	x
Musculoskeletal interventions				x
Biliary interventions			x
GU interventions				x

Rooms/Equipment: 2 new Siemens state-of-the-art rooms to open end of 2008, one single- and one bi-plane