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Fall 2015 Newsletter

Keeping in contact with Resident Alumni.

Greetings from the old Guy in Radiology, I have missed the “deadline” for the newsletter but have lots of demands on the 10 hours of academic time per week. There is LOTS of news too. Curry is now RETIRED. I told her at the going away celebration that there was a special name we use for faculty who put in 35 years at MUSC and then retire - “QUITTER”. She did not think it was funny of course. She did put in many years of hard and dedicated work and is truly missed. We all wish her many years of healthy and active retirement. I am planning on just keeping on going til the dirt nap happens. Why retire when it is so much fun to be around the young enthusi-astic bright students and residents - like you all were. It keeps me going. And the awards keep piling up. I ran again and got elected to the SC State Board of Medi-cal Examiners (they changed the law taking away the two term limit). There was an announcement of a new Faculty Public Service Award. When I read it, I said they were talking about ME. I suggested to a colleague that he might nominate me and he might say this and of course I got the award. I was made an honorary alumnus of MUSC a couple of years ago but while I am a naturalized South Carolinian, I am still from away and not a Charlestonian. My kids and grandkids are though. Through two influ-ential surgeon friends I got myself elected to the Halsted Society - the honor surgery society (the only non-surgeon ever) - my most amazing award yet.

Faculty meeting this morning was a pointed reminder of the changes in radiology at MUSC. Room 270 the conference room was PACKED - no open seats - faculty sitting on the floor. I did not know the names of at least half (not because of senility and memory loss, though there is some of that). I can remember as you can when there were 8 or 9 faculty. Work has increased too. We do many more CT’s in a shift than we did in a week in the 1980’s. The single nuclear medicine fellow and maybe one in neuro is not 15 and increasing (they don’t even come to faculty meetings). Nine (9) residents a year and three on at night. How many of you remember just one resident at night? If you have not been back to Charleston recently - be warned - you won’t recognize Mt. Pleasant, downtown or the Med U., though traffic will catch your attention. Hospital buildings everywhere and more going up. The new Women’s and Children’s hospital is a go. The Med U has satellites all over the Tri County area. The new president Dave Cole (past chair of surgery) is forging ahead with lots of big plans and a search for a new Dean of the College of Medicine is underway. Some things never change - When there is a full moon and a thunderstorm at high tide, Ashley Ave. and Jonathan Lucas St. are still raging rivers often with cars floating away. But Courtney Dr. - is nearly dry because of the huge pumps that were installed when the ART went up. (Continued on page 2).

FACULTY RETIREMENT

Dr. Nancy Curry Retires After 35 Years Service to MUSC

Dr. Nancy Curry retired at the end of June after many years of dedication and service to the Medical University and the Department of Radiology. Our heartfelt thanks go to Dr. Curry for the excellent clinical care she has brought to our patients and referring clinicians throughout her career at MUSC. Dr. Curry developed a national and international reputation for her expertise in the field of genitourinary radiology which led her to be named President of the Society of Uroradiology in 2007.

Greetings from the Old Guy (continued)

Resident applications in radiology are down with more IMG’s getting spots and 10% UNFILLED (Can you believe it?_. Unlike Osler and Welch at Johns Hopkins in 1904 who were lucky to get there as faculty because they would probably not have been accepted as students. You all would probably still be accepted. That said, OUR residents are still really a very bright, hardworking and dedicated bunch. ALL passed the boards and they get great fellowships and jobs making large salaries often in practices with other prior residents. They all know a lot more than any of you did at their level of training. MUSC students still love radiology and go into it. The radiology interest group is one of the largest among students. Support the Med U and the radiology residents financially if you can and when they call looking for jobs, interview them. You will be pleased with the end product.

I know you are all taking nice vacations and come to Charleston frequently. Call before you come. I and all of the faculty are anxious to see you and hear how you are doing. Bring the kids. If you are here on Thursdays at 5 p.m., come to church (the student conference in the library).

Stephen I. Schabel, MD Charleston (and Edisto)

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NEW RESIDENT MATCHES

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Radiology Residents - Class of 2016-2020

Cody BranchUniversity of Mississippi

Carol Fahmy Ohio State University

Shawn HobbyUniversity of Texas

John HohenbergerMUSC

Jennifer MartinPhiladelphia College

Chase MitchellUniversity of Alabama

Jonathan PoirierLake Erie College

James Stubbs University of Florida

Frank VentoUniversity of Toledo

Douglas Sheafor, M.D.Associate Professor, MUSC Department of Radiology

Who in history would you like to meet and why? Any physician that Schabel talks about to see if their first name really is “Doctor”.

Favorite place in the world… You mean besides Charleston? Probably Paris.

Meal you love to cook or eat… Indian.

Favorite restaurant in Charleston or elsewhere… Victoria and Alberts (Disney).

Spouse…Family- I’ve been married for 27 years to Cathy - although trained as an environmental lawyer, she now enjoys swim coaching for LTP in Mt. Pleasant. My twin girls are finishing up their senior year in college at Ohio Wesleyan. Identical twins with identical Education and Spanish double majors, also identically still deciding whether to get a Masters or go straight into teaching.

Words of wisdom to share…Work hard. Have fun. Learn something.

MEET OUR FACULTY

Where do you live now? We moved to S.C. in May of this year - now living behind the Walmart in Mount Pleasant.

When and where did you complete fellowship training? I did a fellowship in abdominal imaging at Duke University Medical Center, completed in 1996 (OMG, am I that old?)

Unique Talent… I could drink more Diet Coke than any human being on the planet - until my wife made me stop.

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Amanda Schaefer, M.D.Resident, MUSC Department of Radiology

Who in history would you like to meet and why? Eleanor Roosevelt, who I admire for her work, her independence and her courage. Favorite place in the world… My grandparents’ lake house in southern Minnesota. I have the best memories from vacations there. Maui is a close second. Meal you love to cook or eat… A good steak. I’m a Midwest girl! Favorite restaurant in Charleston or elsewhere… There are still too many I want to try to choose a favorite now. I will say that the banana bread pudding at The MacIntosh is to die for. Spouse…children…pets... I have two dogs, Oliver and Henry. Words of wisdom to share…”Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” -- Mother Teresa

GET TO KNOW A RESIDENT

Where do you live now? West Ashely. How long? Since June 2014. When and where did you complete fellowship training? I’m only a second year! I still have time to decide.

Unique Talent… I can’t exactly claim this as a talent anymore, but I was a national champion in tumbling when I was younger.

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UP TO THE MINUTE IN RADIOLOGY

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CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY

MUHA Radiology will be the FIRST in the United States to have cutting-edge PET with 128-slice CT technology. This new technology will provide the highest quality images and significantly reduce patient time in the scanner improving the patient experience!

Renovations and installation of the new system is in progress between September and mid-November of 2015 in the main hospital.

We have carefully planned this transition and will NOT have any INTERRUPTIONS in the PET/CT services for our patients. The check-in process for the patients will not change. MUSC Radiology will use a mobile PET/CT similar to what we currently use during the renovation and installation.

We are very excited about this state-of-the-art PET/CT we have purchased. Further communication will be sent out as it becomes available. In the meantime, if you have any questions please contact Mansle Raines, Radiology Manager directly at 843-876-7153 or email at rainesme@musc.edu.

CUTTING-EDGE PET/CT - FIRST IN THE U.S. COMING TO MUHA NOV. 2015!

UP TO THE MINUTE IN RADIOLOGY

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Hello from the Interventional Radiology Team,

As all of you are probably aware there have been a lot of changes in Interventional Radiology over the past few months. Dr. Selby stepped down as division director and after a long search process Dr. Guimaraes has taken over those responsibilities. Dr. Selby would like to fly his airplane all around, but we are going to keep him here to help out with all the work that needs to be done. He is cutting back on his hours to enjoy more life away from the hospital. Dr. Guimaraes has had his hands full reorganizing the division as IR is getting more and more clinically oriented. The nursing and technologist service lines have been reorganized and we have hired midlevel support to assist in the ever growing inpatient consult service and direct IR admissions. The work out at the East Cooper outpatient facility is growing and clinical services to the North Area will begin soon. We are also especially excited about the new GE platform we have in the main hospital and the new GE platform being built at the ART. Both will allow greater imaging capabilities specific to procedural work.

The fellowship program is cruising along nicely as we have our new fellows all settled and working well. Drs. Egbert and Gilbert have graduated from MUSC radiology residency program and transitioned into the fellowship program seamlessly. They have been joined by Drs. Austin Bourgeois and Kyle Sanders. We are lucky and glad to have them on board. The residents are doing a great job on the service and are learning IR both in the rooms and on the clinical front via the consult service. Hopefully, this will help in learning the preprocedure aspect of the service to go

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Interventional Radiology Attendings

Interventional Radiology Staff

along with the procedural tools they develop as they come through IR.

On the fellowship front the fellowship will be ending in 2020 and with it I will pass the torch to Dr. Anderson who will be in charge of the new IR/DR program. We were recently approved by the hospital to begin a combined IR/DR program and will have our site visit by the ACGME soon. If all goes according to plan, we will begin recruiting medical students in 2016 to start July 2017.

Dr. Yamada will be going out to the North Area for clinical services and is also busy with pediatric IR as well as the rapidly growing IR oncological service. Drs. Adams and Schonholz have collaboratively advanced their services offered on the endovascular front with ever evolving methods of treating complex vascular diseases by minimally invasive methods both in the angio suites and the hybrid OR.

We always look forward to hearing from our past residents and fellows. This place feels like family. If you are ever in Charleston, stop by and say hello. We would love to see you and hear about how you and your families are doing.

Chris Hannegan, MD

UP TO THE MINUTE IN RADIOLOGY

INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

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New IR Room at Ashley River Towers - GE Platform

UP TO THE MINUTE IN RADIOLOGY

MEDICAL STUDENT SUMMER PROGRAMS RESEARCH PROGRAM

by Michael Antonucci, MD

The Summer Research Program offers first year medical students the opportunity to work closely with faculty members in various departments in the College of Medicine. Participants in this 10-week program select faculty mentors whose research is closely aligned to their own budding interests. This past summer, 19 medical students chose to work in the radiology department -- the most of any specialty!

In addition to their research endeavors, the students were exposed to clinical radiology through formalized shadowing in each reading room. In addition, they attended a series of dedicated lectures by faculty members, participated in small group activities, and had “Q & A” sessions with our current residents. Through these experiences, they gained exposure to basic radiological concepts, saw numerous interesting cases, learned about life as a radiology resident, and developed an appreciation for the essential role of the radiologist in medicine. A highlight of the program was participation in the ultrasound simulation lab where the students obtained hands-on experience performing mock vascular access, paracenteses, and biopsies.

We are extremely grateful to Drs. Costello, Gordon and Hill and to Claudia Richey, whose continued and unwavering support was essential throughout the summer. We are likewise indebted to the numerous faculty members and residents who actively participated in the program and mentored students. The program was extremely well received and increased student exposure to and interest in radiology.

For many faculty members, it was deja vu to have Elizabeth Stanley (John Stanley’s daughter as part of the group).

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Medical students, residents, and faculty program participants at the end-of-summer party.

UP TO THE MINUTE IN RADIOLOGY

With the competitiveness of residency positions in diagnostic radiology taking a steep dive in recent years, the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at MUSC is committed to recruiting motivated, well-qualified students into the field. This past summer, we welcomed two outstanding medical students into the department to participate in a new 4-week clinical observership as part of our effort to increase interest in and exposure to radiology. During the program, the students were paired with radiology residents as they rotated through five subspecialty areas. In addition to observing in the reading room, the students attended introductory didactic lectures geared toward first year radiology residents and participated in a series of activities held one day per week, which included ultrasound-guided biopsy and vascular access using simulator models, a visit to the 4-D imaging laboratory, and participation in a “Fun with Imaging Physics” presentation.

Post-program survey results were overwhelmingly positive and we intend to continue the observership in the future, possibly adding to the number of positions offered. Hopefully the clinical observership will help MUSC continue to be effective in recruiting great candidates to our radiology residency program!

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MEDICAL STUDENT SUMMER PROGRAMS CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIP

by Meryle Eklund, MD

Michael Antonucci, MD Meryle Eklund, MD

RESIDENT EDUCATION FUND

YOUR SUPPORT IS NEEDED!

Over the last 40 years, the Medical University of South Carolina has established a reputation for providing outstanding resident education. Our department is committed to ensuring that our residents receive important education benefits over and above those provided by the MUSC GME office. This additional support has included attendance at the AIRP radiologic pathology course, an allowance for radiology textbooks, online access to case based programs such as Rad Primer, membership in the RSNA and ARRS, and funds for travel to national meetings.

In the past, our clinical operations funded these special educational opportunities, but for the foreseeable future, we see very little clinical money available to fund resident education. We found that there is great loyalty and respect for the department, and that you, our alumni, support our

educational mission. Thus, the department is beginning a gentle fundraising program, including an annual giving program, to build the Medical University Radiology Education Fund in support of resident education.

Gifts to the fund will enable the department to provide ongoing support for educational experiences that go above and beyond those provided by MUSC Housestaff office. With your help, we will continue our long-standing tradition of exceptional radiology residency education experiences, including AIRP, visiting professors, and education research electives.

Donations to the new fund are tax deductible, and can be made by direct donation, through deferred gifts, the creation of named funds, or by designating the Radiology Education Fund when you submit a donation. To make a gift click the link below and in the drop down box called Designation - select Radiology Residency Education:

Radiology Resident Education Fund

We hope you have many happy memories of your days in our department. As an alumnus of the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, your thoughts about our philanthropic plans and priorities are important. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Dr. Schabel or myself.

Sincerely,Leonie Gordon, MD

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RESIDENT HAPPENINGSWOMEN IN RADIOLOGY GET TOGETHER

On August 20th, the women in radiology met at Tasty Image in Mount Pleasant, SC. We painted edible chocolate frames and learned how to make chocolate molds. We had a great group including attendings, fellows, residents and a visiting medical student. We welcomed the first year residents to our group.

Dr. Ackerman gave a short talk on AAWR and encouraged those who are not members to join. The AAWR was founded in 1981 to address social and economic issues facing women in radiology. See www.AAWR.org for more information.

The women in radiology usually meet quarterly for a social gathering. Our next event in is December when we have a holiday dessert and gift wrapping party. Our group raises money to purchase gifts for needy children at the holidays.

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Women In Radiology Chocolate Event

MUSC DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY

Department of Radiology and Radiological Science96 Jonathan Lucas Street, MSC 323Charleston, South Carolina 29425Phone: (843) 792-1414~Fax: (843) 792-1889http://clinicaldepartments.musc.edu/radiology