About Us

Nuclear Medicine Fellowship Program

The residency program is available to anyone who has completed an ACGME approved internship. The 2 year fellowship is available to those who have completed an ACGME approved residency. The 1 year fellowship is only available to those who have completed an ACGME approved radiology residency. Once the residency or fellowship is completed, the Nuclear Medicine physician will be able to practice at all levels of nuclear medicine. After completion of the residency or fellowship, the physician will be board eligible for the American Board of Nuclear Medicine or sit for the Certificate of Added Qualification offered by the American Board of Radiology.

Education

Didactic education includes at least one clinical lecture and one physics lecture each week at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. The clinical and didactic programs are organized so that a graduate will attain the necessary experience and hours to become an Authorized User (AU). There is clinical exposure to Positron Emission Tomography (P.E.T.), nuclear cardiac imaging, oral NaI-131 therapy for both benign and malignant thyroid disease as well as parenteral administration of beta-emitters such as BEXXAR and Zevalin.

Contact Us

Program Director

Phone: (210) 292-5290

Program Administrator

Phone: (210) 916-3290

Mailing Address

SAUSHEC Nuclear Medicine Fellowship
SAMMC
Brooke Army Medical Center
3551 Roger Brooke Dr.
Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6200

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