Hector Ferral, M.D.

Interventional Radiology Fellowship

Rush University Medical Center is a large university tertiary medical center with approximately 850 active beds. Fellows are exposed to a broad range of vascular and non-vascular interventions. The medical center has strong Departments of Transplant Surgery (kidney, liver, and heart), Reproduction, Nephrology, and General Surgery. The fellowship can be characterized as a clinically active program with approximately 3500 services per year.

The Special Procedures area boasts state of the art equipment with the upcoming installation of three new interventional suites and the upgrading of a fourth suite which is four years old. All rooms will be 1024 digital subtraction with angio packages. The installation of two high capacity spiral CT scanners with angio packages will allow extensive experience with this modality.

The fellowship is ACGME approved. The faculty (four full-time) each have passed CAQ's.

The section of Interventional Radiology is clinically oriented with a primary emphasis on patient care. Nevertheless, academic production by the section is generous, with the full expectation that each fellow participate in at least one paper.

The section is presently involved in a number of prospective randomized trials both with Institutional Review Board and FDA approval. Active areas of interest include dialysis graft intervention, mechanical and pharmacologic thrombectomy and thrombolysis, vascular access, vascular stent placement, as well as TIPS.

Application for the MRI/US Body Imaging Fellowship:
For application materials and general inquiries:

Cedell Cook
Coordinator for Fellowship program
Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
312- 942-5779

Applicants will use the Rush Fellowship Application Form. Completed applications with three letters of recommendation from professional sources are required, including a letter from the director of the applicant's most recent training program. Please note that an absolute requirement for training at Rush University Medical Center is possession of an Illinois license; graduates of foreign medical schools are candidates for the Illinois license with ECFMG or USMLE certification. Questions regarding licensure should be directed to Graduate Medical Education (312) 942-5495.

Additional information may be obtained from:

Hector Ferral, M.D.

E-Mail: Hector_Ferral@rush.edu

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Programs offered by the Department of Radiology at Rush

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• Interventional Radiology Fellowship
• MRI / Ultrasound Body Imaging Fellowship
• Neuroradiology Fellowship