Breast Imaging Fellowship Curriculum

Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center (Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center) – 7 months

• Same day program – online screening interpretation, with same-day workup and biopsy of abnormal findings offered to patients
• All aspects of breast imaging – screening/diagnostic mammogram, ultrasound, MRI, and procedures
• Dedicated 3T MRI scanner reserved only for the breast center
• Wireless localizations (Scout and Magseed)
• Brevera Stereotactic Biopsy System

Smith Clinic (Harris Health System) – 5 months

• Rotations focused on developing procedural skills and interpreting breast MRI
• Ample opportunities to read screening mammograms and perform diagnostic workup
• International patient population – majority Spanish-speaking
• Wire localizations and wireless localizations (Magseed)
• 1 month – multidisciplinary rotation with surgery, oncology, radiation oncology, pathology, and plastic surgery

A strong clinical experience is complemented by comprehensive instruction in the practice of modern breast imaging. Breast imaging fellows help lead a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary tumor board each week at Baylor Clinic. The conference is well-attended by approximately 30 breast imagers, breast surgeons, breast oncologists, radiation oncologists, geneticists and treatment coordinators from across the Texas Medical Center. Discussion is high-level and frequently spirited. In addition, the entire breast section attends a weekly breast imaging conference on Wednesdays.