Johns Hopkins University

The strong clinical and procedural training at Hopkins enables the fellows to become MSK radiologists who can thrive either in private practice or academic settings. Fellows are exposed to a large volume of diverse and multi-modality cases in sports medicine, rheumatology, musculoskeletal oncology, peripheral nerve imaging, and pediatric orthopedic surgery. In addition, fellows gain a strong experience in musculoskeletal procedures performed under ultrasound, fluoroscopy, CT and MR guidance. Fellows perform joint aspirations, joint and peripheral nerve injections as well as soft tissue and bone biopsies. A robust interventional MR Service is in place. Trainees perform over 300 multi-modality MSK procedures during the year. An additional distinctive feature of the program is the close rapport between MSK radiology and the referring clinicians as the reading room is situated within the orthopedic surgery In addition to routine sports imaging cases, the MSK fellowship is also enriched by diverse mix of cases including kinematic 4D CT imaging, high resolution peripheral nerve imaging, advanced functional MR imaging for soft tissue and bone sarcomas and metal artifact reduction techniques (with MRI and CT).

The MSK section covers nearly the entire health system with a high volume of outpatient imaging at our 4 outpatient offices. Each of these offices contain the latest in CT, MR and US technology. There has been recent expansion with multiple new outpatient offices and associated significant increase in the volume of musculoskeletal imaging studies.