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Department of Radiology

Division of Nuclear Medicine

About the Division

Nuclear Medicine is the medical specialty that uses small amounts of radioactive materials for diagnosis, and somewhat large amounts for treatment of diseases. The emphasis in all Nuclear Medicine departments is on diagnosis of disease. In Nuclear Medicine, imaging the source of radioactivity is not in the machine but inside the patient for a short period of time.

 

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Nuclear medicine imaging provides a variety of isotope based imaging to patients of nearly all medical specialties as well as therapy with unsealed sources to service all of the patients served by the Keck School of Medicine Faculty. There is a uniformity of practice standards at all
facilities served and each faculty member practices at each facility.

 

Research

Our research opportunities allow faculty and students to be at the forefront of medical advancement.

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Training & Education

The Division of Nuclear Medicine offers two fellowship programs in nuclear medicine.

 

Nuclear Medicine Fellowship

This program provides a broad ACGME-approved educational and clinical experience in all aspects of nuclear medicine principles, imaging and therapy, including PET-CT (Siemens Biograph 64 and a Philips Gemini 16 slice PET-CT).

Nuclear Medicine – PET/CT Fellowship

This is a year-long program which provides a broad clinical experience in all aspects of PET as well as cross-sectional CT. Training emphasis will be placed on the use of multi-modality imaging approach to the diagnosis of disease, including correlative metabolic and anatomic imaging using Siemens Biograph HD with LSO technology and 64-channel CT.

 

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1510 San Pablo Street, Room 350
Los Angeles, CA 90033

(323) 442-8589