Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Fellowship

The musculoskeletal imaging and intervention (MSK) fellowship emphasizes all aspects and modalities related to musculoskeletal diagnostic imaging and imaging-guided intervention. We have a diverse spectrum of pathology and several strong clinical departments. Our fellows focus on cross-sectional imaging with a high daily volume of musculoskeletal  CT, MRI and ultrasound.

The MSK fellowship is a one-year program with fellows working mainly in our state-of-the-art VCU Health Short Pump Pavilion, an outpatient center located in the West End of Richmond. Fellows also rotate to the VCU Health Stony Point outpatient center and to the VCU Medical Center in downtown Richmond. Fellows in our program gain expertise in all aspects of musculoskeletal imaging and MSK procedures, including CT and ultrasound-guided biopsies, joint injections/aspirations, epidural steroid injection, and facet injections.

Our six specialty trained musculoskeletal faculty members play an integral role within orthopaedics, sports medicine, orthopaedic oncology, joint replacement, orthopaedic spine and hand/wrist/elbow sections. We are also clinically and academically active in rheumatology, medical oncology, endocrinology, infectious disease, neurosurgery and transplant surgery.

There are numerous educational and academic opportunities for fellows and residents, including monthly interdisciplinary and sectional conferences. Fellows are advised to participate in resident and medical student conferences. Fellows who engage in formal research are provided academic and meeting time. There are optional in-house MSK moonlighting opportunities and elective time (up to 4-5 months) is available in nuclear medicine, emergency radiology, pediatrics, breast, abdominal imaging, IR, chest/cardiac, and neuroradiology.

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Musculoskeletal Procedures

Musculoskeletal Procedures​

• Fluoroscopically-guided joint injections, aspirations, and arthrograms​
• Fluoroscopically-guided spine injections​
• Diagnostic ultrasound and ultrasound-guided injections, aspirations, and biopsies​
• CT-guided injections, aspirations, biopsies, and tumor ablations

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound​

• Actively involved, hands-on experience, in basic and clinical MSK ultrasound​
• Twenty-five percent growth in procedure volume over last year

Clinical Locations Where We Work and Moonlight

Clinical Locations

We provide musculoskeletal imaging and intervention services at the following locations:

• Main Hospital
• Short Pump Pavilion
• Stony Point

Moonlighting Opportunities

Moonlighting is an opportunity for fellows to interpret MSK plain films after business hours. Fellows are paid per radiograph read.

How to Apply

Applicants for any of our fellowships should have completed an accredited residency in diagnostic radiology and be board eligible or board certified at the time of the fellowship year.

For the academic year beginning July 1, 2024, all interviews for fellowship positions will take place between November 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023. No interviews will be scheduled or conducted outside of this time frame.

Please send any questions to the Musculoskeletal Fellowship Program Director Yujie Qiao, M.D.