Nuclear Medicine

Catalog description

This course is intended for students who plan a career in diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine, internal medicine or pathology, but maybe of interest to those who are pursuing cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, or oncologic surgery. This course will consist of several didactic sessions concerning the physics and biology of nuclear medicine and an exposure to all of the clinical activities related to nuclear medicine, diagnosis and therapy. The students will spend some time in the thyroid clinic as well as in non-invasive cardiology. They will be expected to attend the departmental reading conferences, nuclear medicine case conferences, journal club, and interdepartmental conferences with emphasis on endocrinology, epilepsy, and cardiology.