About the Program
Baylor College of Medicine, through its affiliate Texas Children's Hospital, offers a one-year fellowship in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology accredited by the Texas Medical Board. With its recent $1.5 billion expansion program completed, Texas Children's is the largest children's hospital in the United States. In 2017, over 250 musculoskeletal MRIs per month were performed.
In addition, there is a large outpatient clinic representing all of the subspecialty pediatric services, including orthopedics/sports medicine, oncology and rheumatology; a new community hospital in the suburb of Katy, Texas (Texas Children's West Campus); and a new women’s hospital (Texas Children's Pavilion for Women) offering outpatient image-guided procedures. The fellowship includes rotations in pediatric and adolescent musculoskeletal CT and MRI, plain radiography and image-guided procedures, including joint injection and arthrography. A rotation in adolescent/sports medicine MRI will take place at neighboring Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, and clinical electives with sports medicine and orthopedics will occur.
Fellows also participate in interdepartmental conferences and resident/medical student education. Radiology residents from Baylor and from The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston rotate through the Radiology Department of Texas Children's for five-month and two-month periods, respectively. Residents from the Combined Armed Forces Program in Radiology in San Antonio also rotate here. In addition, elective time in pediatric radiology is available to medical students and to the pediatric residents.
Director's Message
I am excited that Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital is now offering a one-year fellowship in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology. The biomechanical basis of musculoskeletal injury in children is unique, due to the growing skeleton. In addition, there are many benign and malignant musculoskeletal tumors as well as syndromes that present in childhood. At many hospitals, subspecialty-trained pediatric orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, rheumatologists, geneticists and oncologists treat these children. It is important that radiologists have a firm understanding of musculoskeletal anatomy, pathophysiology and advanced imaging techniques in order to assist the referring physicians with these patients.
During our fellowship, you will have the opportunity to work with nationally-recognized specialists in pediatric musculoskeletal imaging, led by Dr. Herman Kan. Our musculoskeletal imaging section performs and interprets all types of diagnostic musculoskeletal studies as well as minimally-invasive procedures. We have developed new partnerships with our colleagues in pediatric orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, infectious disease, oncology and genetics, and we take an active role in multiple interdisciplinary conferences between these departments.
Research opportunities abound, as our musculoskeletal faculty regularly present research at national meetings, including the RSNA and SPR. Our department has a full-time research coordinator for assistance with IRBs as well as a statistician on staff. We also host multiple radiology residents, providing many opportunities for teaching, both at the workstation and in conferences.
Nadia Mahmood, M.D.
Program Director
Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology
Program Highlights
- Large faculty group, exceptional teachers
- High case volume, with numerous opportunities for multidisciplinary interaction
- Excellent research opportunities, with dedicated academic time and research coordinator and statistician on staff
- Dedicated, enthusiastic program director and education committee
Admissions and Benefits
Candidates must have completed a Diagnostic Radiology Residency in an ACGME-accredited program and a pediatric radiology fellowship and be board certified by the American Board of Radiology. The fellow will be eligible for membership in the Society for Pediatric Radiology.
Application Deadline: Nov. 30
Original letters of recommendation should be mailed, but all other application materials may be submitted electronically to our coordinator, Mrs. Sherri Musslewhite.
Submit applications to:
Pediatric Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship
Texas Children's Hospital
6701 Fannin St., Suite 470
Houston, TX 77030
- Baylor House Staff application
- Current curriculum vitae
- Personal statement
- USMLE board scores (photocopies accepted)
- Three letters of reference
- Letter of verification from current fellowship program director
Applicants with completed applications are selected to interview after application review by the Education Committee. Our program coordinator will contact selected applicants with a selection of available interview dates.
The interview day consists of interviews with multiple faculty members, a tour of the department with a current fellow, lunch with all available fellows at a local restaurant, and participation in noon conference.
Benefits are provided by Baylor College of Medicine at the PGY-VII salary level. Fellows are given three weeks of vacation and one week of meeting time per year. Extra time off is given around the Christmas/New Year’s holidays.
For additional information, please see the Graduate Medical Education site.
Curriculum
The following outlines the time the fellow will spend in the areas of radiology and Texas Medical Center locations:
- Pediatric and adolescent CT, MRI and plain radiography at Texas Children’s Hospital: 6 months
- Image-guided procedures at Texas Children’s Hospital and West Campus: 2 months
- Adolescent MRI at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center: 1 month
- Clinical Electives in Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Rheumatology: 1-1.5 months
- Research: 1.5-2 months
During the typical work day, the fellow is responsible for dictating all studies assigned to their rotation. All studies are reviewed with the faculty member.
The fellows are also responsible for preparing and presenting interdepartmental conferences. The fellows are expected to deliver two noon conferences during the year, one hot seat conference and one didactic conference, on a topic of their own choosing. In addition, there are a total of six weekly and monthly multidisciplinary work conferences (rheumatology, sarcoma, sports medicine, MR arthroscopy correlation, skeletal dysplasia, and orthopedic surgery indication conferences) held in conjunction with the division of musculoskeletal imaging. After September, the fellow will be responsible for giving one-third of these conferences each month.
Moonlighting opportunities are available at Texas Children's Hospital, once the fellow has demonstrated aptitude in pediatric radiology procedures including intussusception reduction.
Numerous clinical and basic science research opportunities are available. Each fellow is required to select a project at the beginning of the fellowship year, with completion of the project in time for abstract submittal to the Society for Pediatric Radiology annual meeting (abstract deadline typically in October). Accepted scientific abstracts will be presented by the fellows at the meeting (expenses paid by the department).
Fellows are expected to attend daily noon didactic and hot seat conferences and weekly fellows’ conferences.
Additionally, over 25 interdepartmental conferences are available, varying from weekly (orthopaedic surgery indications conference, tumor board, Pediatric Surgery Rad-Path conference) and monthly (rheumatology, sarcoma, sports medicine, MR arthroscopy correlation, and skeletal dysplasia conference).
Our fellows train at the following affiliate locations:
- West Tower (inpatient and emergency services)
- Abercrombie Building (inpatient services, medical staff services)
- Clinical Care Center (outpatient services)
- Feigin Center (research facilities)
- Texas Children’s Hospital – West Campus (inpatient, outpatient and emergency services in a community setting)
- Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women (women’s imaging services)
- Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (outpatient services)
Research Lab:
- Small Animal Imaging Facility
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