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.
Amy Mehollin-Ray, 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
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