Congratulations to our first and second year residents. All seven second year residents successfully passed the physics portion of their board exam with the average score placing them number one in the country compared with performances of all other North American radiology residency programs! This year's American College of Radiology resident in-service examinations were equally outstanding. The University of Chicago first year residents average scores ranked in the 99th percentile nationally among all other first year residents nationwide and the second year class placing in the 98th percentile.

Dr. G. Scott Stacy and radiology resident Dr. Rodney Corby were presented with the Silver Medal from the American Roentgen Ray Society at this year’s annual meeting in Washington DC for their educational electronic exhibit entitled Benign and Malignant Masses of High Signal Intensity on T2-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies of the Knee: An Interactive Tutorial. The Silver Medal, one of three awarded, was the highest honor bestowed upon any musculoskeletal exhibit, educational or scientific. “Many patients are referred to the Orthopaedic Oncology Clinic here at the University for evaluation of knee masses”, states Dr. Stacy. “Many of these patients bring with them an MRI examination showing a mass of high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. Some of these masses require further workup and treatment by an orthopaedic oncologist, whereas others do not. Our exhibit consists of ten cases, each with pertinent MR images and a multiple choice question. The user can click on the answer he or she thinks is correct, and learn more about the entity shown for that particular case. If the user selects the wrong answer, a different slide appears explaining why his or her choice is not the best one. The hyperlink feature on PowerPoint lends itself well to this type of interactive presentation. Rodney and I are honored to receive the Silver Medal, considering the hundreds of outstanding exhibits that were on display this year.”

Hospitals
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The Hospitals comprise a tertiary academic medical center with 890 licensed beds including pediatric and neonatal beds, that covers all aspects of contemporary medicine including all medical and surgical specialties with special strengths in organ transplantation, oncology, gastroenterology, and musculoskeletal tumors. Within the last two decades, the Hospitals stayed at the forefront of medicine by adding the Brain Research Pavilion, the Aeromedical Network and the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine. Currently affiliated with the Hospitals are 11 Nobel Prize winners in Medicine or Physiology. The University of Chicago Hospitals opened the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine is a six-story center with a floor area of over 500,00 square feet and houses the new Radiology Department. Approximately 30,000 square feet and 30 rooms in this advanced facility are dedicated to Radiology and offer the full array of diagnostic services to the adult and pediatric patient. The Department of Radiology provides a full range of services at this outpatient center. Digital electronic imaging is available in many of the areas within the building, allowing physicians easier access to radiologic images.

Hyde Park
The University of Chicago Hospitals is located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde Park, a unique historic neighborhood offering a small town academic environment less than five minutes from downtown Chicago. Many residents choose to live in Hyde Park and walk to work. There are a variety of other housing options within a short commute form the hospitals. We suggest that you visit www.uchicago.edu and http://magazine.uchicago.edu/ for more information about life on and around campus. You can keep up with local events through the Hyde Park Herald at www.hpherald.com.