The five-year Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center for Health Professions/Michigan State University Diagnostic Radiology Residency is designed to provide comprehensive training in all phases of general radiology with special attention to subspecialty interests during the senior year.
Year One: Rotating Internship
The first year of the program is designed to provide a solid medical foundation. Residents rotate through the three Grand Rapids hospitals and assume a major responsibility for patient care.
There is ample opportunity to discuss findings, therapeutic approaches and pathophysiology with senior residents and attending faculty physicians, both informally and in formal teaching rounds. Departmental and specialty teaching conferences complement the clinical experience.
General Medicine: 2 Months
Emergency Medicine: 1 Month
Critical Care Medicine: 1 Month
Cardiology: 1 Month
Pediatrics: 1 Month
Radiology: 2 Months
General Surgery: 1 Month
Orthopedic Surgery: 1 Month
Ambulatory Surgery: 1 Month
Sports Medicine: 1 Month
Years Two-Four: Radiology
The first twelve months of rotations in Diagnostic Radiology include one month of Gastrointestinal radiology and fluoroscopy, General Radiology, Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, Pediatric Radiology, Emergency Radiology, and Neuroradiology. This prepares the resident to begin independent call duties during the tenth month of the second post-graduate year.
During the remainder of the second year and continuing in the third and fourth years, residents continue to refine their knowledge of General Radiology with emphasis on Bone, Chest, Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary systems, Nuclear Radiology, Diagnostic Ultrasound, Computerized Tomography, MRI, Pediatric Radiology, Emergency Radiology, Interventional Angiography, Neuroradiology, Cardiac Radiology, and Mammography.
During the third year, all residents attend a 4-week course at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC. This course focuses on correlation of gross, microscopic, and radiologic pathology.
Year Five
The fifth year is tailored to meet the individual resident's needs and career goals. Our faculty begins working with each resident early during training to determine specific specialty interests. Our curriculum is designed to optimize our resident’s success the on both the current and the new American Board of Radiology’s certifying exams.
Hospitals
There are three major teaching hospitals that form an integral part of the Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research for Health Professions/Michigan State University Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program. They are Saint Mary's Health Care, Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital and Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital.
Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus
Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus is a 520-bed non-profit acute care teaching hospital which admits more than 36,000 patients annually. It serves as a Level I Trauma Center and the High Risk OB Referral Center for West Michigan. More than 99,000 patients are seen in the Emergency Department and 19,000 in the Ambulatory Care Department each year. Spectrum Health Butterworth has an active medical staff of over 300 physicians.
Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus
Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus is a 410 bed non-profit acute care teaching hospital with an active medical staff of 240 physicians. There are more than 14,000 admissions annually. Emergency room visits number about 37,000 per year; there are approximately 14,000 clinic visits. Spectrum Health Blodgett houses the West Michigan Burn Unit, an Arthritis Institute which focuses on reconstructive surgery and Michigan's only Regional Poison Control Center outside of Detroit.
Saint Mary's Health Care
Saint Mary's Health Care is a non-profit 300-bed acute care teaching hospital, has more than 200 attending physicians on the active staff. The hospital admits over 16,000 patients annually, and its Family Health Center and Comprehensive Health Center record 34,500 visits each year.
Hospital Equipment
All hospitals are equipped with a recently updated version of McKesson PACS. Ergonomic workstations are provided for all residents.
Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital
- 9 ultrasound units
- 4 multislice CT's (64 and 16 slice included)
- 2 1.5 T MRI units
- 1 3 T MRI unit
- 5 fluoroscopy rooms (one remote)
- 3 angiography suites (including biplanar for neurointerventional)
- 4 gamma cameras
- 7 digital radiography units
- Coming soon: SPECT/CT
Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital
- 5 ultrasound units
- 2 multislice CT's (16 slice included)
- 1 1.5T MRI unit
- 4 fluoroscopy rooms (2 remote)
- 3 digital radiography units
- 3 angiography suites (1 biplane for neurointerventional)
- 3 gamma cameras
- Coming soon: 64 slice CT, bariatric 16 slice CT, SPECT/CT
BEARS (Spectrum Health outpatient imaging center)
- PET/CT
- 1 0.7T open MRI unit
- 1 16 slice CT
Saint Mary's Health Center
- 2 multislice CT's (64 slice included)
- 1 1.5T MRI units
- 1 3 T MRI unit
- 4 ultrasound units
- 2 angiography suites (biplane included)
- 4 fluoroscopy rooms
- digital mammography units
- 2 radiography units (CR)
- 3 gamma cameras
- Coming soon: PET/CT (Jan 09), SPECT/CT
Saint Mary's Southwest (outpatient imaging center/urgent care center)
- 1 64 slice CT
- 1 digital radiography unit
- 1 digital mammography unit
- 1 ultrasound unit