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Welcome to the Website for the Department of Radiology and
Radiological Sciences of the Uniformed
Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences. USU is your Federal
Medical University.
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Education
Our USU faculty are committed to the
medical education of future military physicians, graduate students in the
basic sciences, and students in the Graduate School of Nursing. We
participate extensively in graduate medical education of residents in the
National Capital Region, including Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda, MD.
Research
Our staff are very active in medical research
projects including Distance Learning (Tropical Medicine Central Resource -
TMCR, Digital
Mammography, Cardiac/Vascular MRI, and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
Service
We also practice medicine and provide clinical
services in Diagnostic Radiology (medical imaging), Nuclear Medicine, and
Radiation Oncology at our affiliated hospitals. In addition, our
medical and health physicists
perform radiologic equipment surveys and Mammography Quality Assurance
(MQSA) testing for the Department of Defense.
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Location
The USU campus is located in Bethesda, Maryland
- adjacent to the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC - Bethesda Naval
Hospital) that is across the street from the National Institutes of
Health (NIH). [Directions to USU]
Staff
The Department of Radiology and Radiological
Sciences consists of twelve full-time/billeted faculty (including 8
diagnostic radiologists, 1 radiation oncologist, 1 MR research
coordinator, and 2 physicists), a registered radiologic technologist, and
three administrative support staff. In addition we have over 80 clinical
and part-time faculty practicing in multiple hospitals world-wide.
History
In 1972, under the sponsorship of the late
Congressman from Louisiana, F. Edward Hebert, Congress established the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). USUHS
provides a comprehensive education in medicine to select young men and
women who are committed to careers as Medical Corps Officers in the
Uniformed Services. In addition, the founding legislation authorized
the University to develop advanced degree programs in the various health
sciences. Our first class graduated in 1980.
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Teaching Facilities for USUHS Radiology
- The Joint Pathology Center(JPC), Silver Spring, MD
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, MD
- Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
- Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA (MAMC)
- Magnuson Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD (NIH)
- Malcolm Grow US Air Force Medical Center, Andrews AFB, Camp Springs,
MD
- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth(NMCP), Portsmouth, VA
- Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), San Diego, CA
- Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI (TAMC)
- Travis Air Force Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
- Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center, San Antonio, TX (WHAFMC)
- DOD GME
Programs and Sites
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