Radiographic images of a 60 year old man with cirrhosis and intractable ascites who was treated with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).

The division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (CVIR) at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Campus (NYP) is responsible for all angiography and vascular interventions (except neurological and cardiac angiography), as well as all percutaneous gastrointestinal, genitourinary and image directed interventions at at our site and at the Hospital for Special Surgery. We are also responsible for all MR angiograms of the aorta and of the peripheral vasculature. There are 7 full time fellowship trained CVIR attendings at NYP one of which is a full time MR angiographer. 

The division possesses three Phillips Integres V-3000 angiography rooms , an ATL Ultramark 5000 and Biosound color Doppler ultrasound units. The physical plant includes a dedicated 8 bed recovery room with full time nursing coverage. There is an additonal General Electric angiography room and an additional General Electric tilt table flouroscopy room with angiographic capabilities which is shared with the division of Neuroradiology. New office space for the faculty, fellows, technical and nursing staff and our secretaries are on teh same floor. CT interventional procedures are performed on a GE Advantage helical scanner located one floor above our division. MR and CT angiography are performed by members of the division in our inpatient and outpatient sites. The hospital uses a Kodak PACS and Powerscibe voice to text dictation systems. There is currently money set aside for the procurement of an Interventional MR. The hospital and department patient data files are currently computerized. In addition, the division maintains its own database of cases which can be used for research, clinical practice and to maintain case logs. The division has a full time Physicians assistant.

We currently have four fellows for a one-year clinical fellowship. Each fellow rotates to MSKCC for a three months over the course of the year. The Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) is a major affiliate of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. The four full time fellowship trained members of the CVIR faculty at MSKCC holds academic appointments at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. They are responsible for non-neurologic and cardiac angiography and interventions as well as as well as all percutaneous biliary, genitourinary and abscess image directed interventions. MSKCC is an internationally respected center for the care of patients with neoplastic diseases. The CVIR exposure at MSKCC is an excellent complement to that received at NYP. In the last year, the division performed 3600 catheter based and biopsy procedures. The division has a new GE Advantac and a Phillips I 2000 angiography rooms. It also has a GE 9800 CT and a Diasonics ultrasound full time. 

There are four weeks of vacation, time off for interviews, and up to $1,000 and one week to provide for presentations at one of the major academic meetings. The fellows at NYP participate in a divisional work/academic conference five mornings each week. In addition, there is a combined NYP-MSKCC CVIR conference twice a month at which the fellows rotate to present topics of interest to them for discussion. Each fellow is expected to complete a research project; some of the combined NYP-MSKCC meetings review the progress of this work. At NYP, a combined vascular surgery and radiology conference is held each week and the fellows present cases to this conference every week. Other conferences include a MRA research conference (every other week), GI medicine/surgery conference, GU conference and hypertension medicine conference. At MSKCC, fellow participate in a weekly multidisciplinary Hepatobiliary conference. 

• David Trost, MD - Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology, Division and Program Director
• Thomas Sos, MD - Professor Associate Chair, Radiology
• Martin Prince, MD PhD - Professor
• Neil Khilnani, MD - Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology
• Rober J. Min, MD - Assistant Professor
• Priscilla Winchester, MD - Assistant Professor
• Robert Sullivan, MD - Assistant Professor

• Mel Rosenblatt, MD - Divison Director
• Karen Brown, MD - Associate Professor
• George Getrajdman, MD Assistant Professor
• Lynn Brody, MD Assistant Professor
• Anne Covey, MD - Assitant Professor
• Ernest Ring, MD - Visiting Professor 2002-2003

Beginning with applicants for positions in the Class of 2003-2004, a match program, administered by the NRMP, will be utilized for VIR fellowship positions. The procedure of this match is as follows:

1. For applicants in this, the first year of the match, the application materials will continue to be supplied by the individual programs. In subsequent years, a standardized on-line application will be used.
2. Beginning January 22, 2003 all interested applicants should fill out an on-line registration with the NRMP. 
3. Interviews for all programs will begin January 22, 2003.
4. Rank order list closes May 14, 2003
5. Match Day is June 4, 2003

For Cornell's program, we are seeking candidates for four positions. The procedure is as follows. 

1. Applicants to the fellowship program should forward a copy of their CV along with a completed Universal Fellowship Application www.apdr.org/programdirector/application_for_fellowship.shtml and recent photograph to 

David Trost, MD -  Director 
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
The New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Campus 
525 East 68th Street, P-517 
New York, NY 10021 
212 746-2603

2. Also, please have three letter of recommendation sent to the above address; one letter must be from your Residency Program Director and one from a member of the division of CVIR at the institution you are from. 

3. Please register with the NRMP National Resident Matching Program.

4. We will be conducting interviews on several days between the RSNA and the end of the match period; these dates will be announced shortly.

Also, please see or listing on the SCVIR website.