This is a four-year program, fully accredited by the ACGME. On average, 3 new residents enter the program annually, allowing for a total resident component of twelve. The training venue is Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, a tertiary care, 400-bed teaching hospital.

One year of clinical experience is required, to be fulfilled before joining the program, or after the first year.

With a normal faculty strength of 15 we provide training and supervision in all aspects of the specialty, including Angiography & Interventional, Chest, Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Emergency, Musculoskeletal, Pediatric Radiology and Neuroradiology, Breast Imaging, Body Imaging, Nuclear Medicine and Ultrasound. Our equipment includes advanced angiography & interventional, ultrasonography, computed tomography, digital fluoroscopy as well as two brand new, fully equipped 1.5 T GE MR Scanners. We are moving toward a filmless environment, and almost all image interpretation is currently on PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System). Residents receive intensive training with increasing participation and responsibility as he/she progresses throughout the 4 years. This includes 'hands-on' experience in procedures such as abscess drainage, stenting, embolizations, diagnostic angiography, arthrography, image guided biopsies and myelography.

On average, 2 conferences are offered daily. These are conducted by our faculty, members of other clinical departments and by the residents. Attendance at regularly scheduled weekly Grand Rounds and MIDAT (Minimally Invasive Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center) conferences earns CME credits. Participation at the 6-week Radiology-Pathology Correlation Course of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, DC, is an integral part of the program.

Research is mandatory and ranges from simple case presentations culminating in comprehensive grant-supported projects. All departmental and institutional resources are available to this end. We stress a very close, and mutually beneficial relationship with all clinical departments, and the BRI (Biomedical Research Institute) next door, who are in charge of the PET Scanner and cyclotron.

The Section of Radiation Oncology is part of our Department, and is equipped with a state-of-the-art Gamma Knife. Applications to the Residency Program are invited, and should be submitted through ERAS.

 

Department of Radiology

Chairman: Horacio D'Agostino, MD
Program Director: M. Hardjasudarma, MD
Assistant Program Director: Cathleen Ivy, MD
Residency Coordinator: Kelley Grabener

 

Mailing address:
Department of Radiology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport (LSUHSC-S)
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71130

Telephone number: (318) 675 6483
Fax number: (318) 675 6351
Email address: kgrabe@lsuhsc.edu