Breast Imaging Fellowship

Emory University offers a one-year Breast Imaging Fellowship. The program emphasizes holistic clinical care in an interdisciplinary, collegial environment. As imaging is the foundation for a multidisciplinary approach for breast care, the fellow will be integrated into the Emory Breast Health Care Team which includes breast surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, breast pathologists, and an array of nurse navigators, nurses, nurse practitioners, technologists, and support staff. For all involved, empathetic, evidence-based patient care and interaction are emphasized and practiced. Breast imaging fellows will actively participate in multidisciplinary breast conferences and have weekly breast imaging lectures.

The training curriculum includes the following:

1. Interpretation of screening and diagnostic mammograms including digital tomosynthesis;
2. Performing and interpreting breast ultrasound exams;
3. Interpretation of breast MRI;
4. Attaining proficiency in breast interventional procedures including all forms of pre-operative localization (wire localization, radioactive seed placement localization, and reflector placement), ultrasound-guided biopsy, MRI-guided biopsy, stereotactic biopsy (including tomosynthesis guided), and abscess drainage; and
5. Exposure to contrast enhanced mammography and cryoablation.

We follow the revised curriculum of the American College of Radiology/Society of Breast Imaging. 

The breast fellowship also involves teaching medical students and residents. Research opportunities are available and encouraged and research time will be allocated to those with approved projects.

DIRECTOR: Lea Gilliland, MD - Associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and Director of Breast Imaging, Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital

Our faculty consists of a growing team of 24 dedicated breast imagers who have trained at different programs across the United States. They hold numerous leadership and committee roles nationally, regionally, and within Emory and many are recognized leaders in breast imaging education and translational research. Our division is led by Dr. Christopher P. Ho, professor, an award-winning educator and clinician who also serves as the department's vice chair of education.

Our Breast Imaging fellowship program now participates in FellowshipsCAS, a centralized application service for fellowship programs. Applications for the upcoming cycle will be submitted through FellowshipsCAS. The application period will open on October 1. The application deadline for this program is January 5.

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There are six positions per year. We accept applications starting in the early fall for positions two years hence, which means this year we are recruiting for the 2028-2029 fellowship year. We participate in the Breast Imaging NRMP Match.

Must be able to obtain a Georgia Medical License (may be important to graduates of international medical programs). Please refer to the Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners for further information.

Must be board-eligible for a Certificate in Diagnostic Radiology, having completed an accredited radiology residency program prior to the start date of the fellowship (July 1).

At the present time, rotations are divided among the Winship Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Care Center, on the Clifton Campus; the new Winship at Emory University Hospital Midtown; Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital; the DeKalb Operating Unit comprising Emory Decatur Hospital and Hillandale Hospital; and the Georgia Cancer Center for Excellence at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Each location serves a large number of patients and features a unique care environment. This provides fellows with an exceptional training experience.

Digital mammography with tomosynthesis is used at all Emory Breast Imaging Centers, with some units having contrast mammography capability. Other equipment include upright and prone stereotactic biopsy tables, DBT-guided biopsy, an array of vacuum-assisted and automated breast biopsy devices, ultrasound with elastography capability, MRI, and cryoablation. Radioactive seed and radiofrequency marker placement are being employed at the Emory Breast Imaging Centers.

Breast fellows have junior faculty appointments and rotate reading screening mammograms over five to six weekends. Fellows also rotate at weekly intervals on the emergency breast call, dealing primarily with after-hours breast abscess management. They are backed by an on-call attending breast imager. Overall, total call responsibility is quite manageable.