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Available IR Fellowship Position with the University of Cincinnati

Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship-University of Cincinnati, 2026-2027 academic year

Reason to choose Interventional Radiology fellowship at University of Cincinnati:

• Regions only Level 1 Trauma Center and tertiary referral center with wide range of pathologies
• High volume transplant center with more than 200 kidney transplants and 130 liver transplants per year
• State of the art equipment and technology
• Dedicated IR clinic and superficial vein clinic experience
• Faculty who are 100% IR and dedicated teachers and mentors
• Elective time in IR related specialties such as neurointervention
• Pediatric IR experience are world renown Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
• Extremely supportive program director
• Cincinnati is a great place to live with vibrant community, affordable housing, excellent sports activities and outdoor spaces. Recently name Food and Wine’s Most Exciting Up and Coming Big Cities.
• Faculty dedicated to the success of our fellows and work to ensure graduating fellows secure job opportunities in academic, community, and private practices setting.
• Faculty are lifelong mentors to our fellows. References to our recent graduates are available on request.

Setting:
UCMC is a tertiary referral center, Level 1 trauma center, an active center for liver, kidney, pancreas and heart transplants, advanced hepatobiliary procedures, complex IVC filter retrievals and part of the Cincinnati Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Center of Excellence. At UCMC, the IR section has more than 8000 patient encounters per year. Fellows also rotate through Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, one of the premiere children's hospitals in the nation, and will gain advanced pediatric interventional radiology experience. The fellows also will have experience with outpatient evaluation and procedures through the IR clinic and IR vein center. The IR clinic provides over 900 patient encounters annually. The IR vein center provides over 300 patient encounters and 100 outpatient vein procedures annually. The resident also has the opportunity to rotate through the University of Cincinnati West Chester Hospital, a 160-bed hospital with latest technology.

Clinical Experience:
The Interventional Radiology section performs more than 8000 procedures per year, interacting with almost all medical specialties. The Interventional Radiology resident gains expertise in diverse clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including:

• Interventional oncology: hepatic chemoembolization, radioembolization, immuno-embolization and percutaneous ablation for hepatocellular cancer and renal cancer, metastatic colorectal cancer, and metastatic ocular melanoma.
• Post-transplant interventions: renal artery stenosis, hepatic artery stenosis, portal vein and hepatic vein interventions, biliary stricture.
• Liver and biliary interventions: TIPS, BRTO, portal vein recanalization, percutaneous biliary drainage, and portal vein embolization.
• Pulmonary artery: PE thrombolysis/thrombectomy, AVM embolization.
• Gender specific health interventions: Uterine fibroid embolization, pelvic congestion syndrome treatment, prostate artery embolization, varicocele embolization.
• Venous disease: acute and chronic DVT thrombolysis and recanalization, complex IVC filter removal, superficial venous ablation, micro-phlebectomy, sclerotherapy.
• Dialysis intervention: Central vein recanalization/stenting, fistula and graft interventions, Hero graft placements, endovascular arteriovenous fistula creations.
• Non-oncological embolo-therapy: vascular malformation, trauma, gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Pain management: percutaneous nerve blocks and neurolysis.
• GI tract: Gastric and jejunal feeding tube placements.
• GU tract: nephrostomy, ureteral stent placement/removal, complex access or nephrolithiasis.
• Lymphatic interventions: Lymphangiography, thoracic duct embolization.

Educational Conferences:

• Weekly didactic conferences in advanced clinical and technical topics such as portal interventions, interventional oncology, etc.
• Weekly Interesting Case Conference.
• Weekly multidisciplinary conferences in hepatobiliary disease and bi-monthly conferences in complex dialysis vascular access.
• Monthly Oral board review
• Monthly Morbidity, Mortality, and Improvement Conference.
• Monthly Journal Club.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The IR resident will be managing the Interventional Radiology service at UCMC under the direct supervision of attending faculty. Clinical and procedural responsibility is given commensurate with skill. The IR residents take home-call on average of once every 5 nights, with a department issued cell phone and laptop computer.

The IR resident will have a half day, once a month dedicated for academic time to pursue research and scholarly activities. IR residents are expected to participate and produce at least one research project with an attending staff. There is opportunity for research and scientific presentation at national meetings such as SIR and RSNA.

The IR resident will have a one day twice a month at the IR clinic and/or IR vein center.

Visa Sponsorship:
H1B and J1 visa can be sponsored. 

ABR alternative pathway can be supported for dual certification in IR and DR

Requirements:
Applicants must have successfully completed a radiology residency by the start of their fellowship.

International Medical Graduates applicants must have successfully completed a radiology resident equivalent in their home country and have a verified Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG) certification.

If Interested, please contact Sherri Wolfe at wolfes2@ucmail.uc.edu to apply.

The University of Cincinnati and UC Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.