MRI Job

The Department of Radiology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque is recruiting additional radiologists with sub-specialty training in Body Imaging, and Pediatric Radiology.

This 401-bed primary teaching facility is the state’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and houses the Regional Burn Center, the UNM Cancer Research and Treatment Center and the Children’s Hospital of New Mexico. A 212,000 sq. ft. Ambulatory Care Center houses more than 60 specialty clinics. The radiology faculty also covers a modern 246-bed VA hospital. The hospital is ranked among the 100 top- performing hospitals in the US and among the top ten academic centers in the nation!

Connected with the hospital is the UNM Health Sciences Center’s Outpatient Surgery and Imaging Center. This 36,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art facility was created to help with the hospitals growing outpatient demands allowing patients to receive imaging services in a timely manner. The center houses CT, MRI, Mammography and US; six operating rooms; the Pain Clinic; 24 prep/recovery bays; support services and office space.  Connected to the outpatient center and scheduled to open this spring is a state-of-the-art cancer center which will house space for radiology.

UNM is also home to the Biomedical Research and Intergrative NeuroImaging (BRaIN Imaging) Center. Core Research is being done in such areas as Cellular/Molecular, EPR, MEG/EEG, MRI, Optical/Electrophysiology and Surgical Core. The MRI Core has a 4.7T 40cm bore MR scanner for both structural and functional MRI and is capable of T1, T2, T2* (Bold), Perfusion Weighted Imaging, Diffusion Weighted Imaging and Diffusion Tensor Imaging.

In addition to the clinical responsibilities there are resident and fellow teaching requirements for all faculty and includes 6 lectures per year. Residents at UNM have consistently scored near the top in the nation on the ABR written exam and are a very active part of the department, working side by side with faculty.

Equipment is state-of-the-art and includes: a Dual-tube 64 slice CT scanner with another unit ordered; 3 Siemens multi-slice scanners; Siemens PET/CT (16 slice) unit; Siemens Fluoro CT room; 3 Philips digital fluoroscopy machines; Philips bi-plane IR Fluoro room; Philips single-plane IR fluoro room; Philips Flat-panel digital interventional fluoro room; Siemens 1.5 Tesla MRI units; Siemens 3 Tesla MRI; 5 Siemens Accuson ultrasound units; 2 multi-head Philips gamma cameras; Single head Siemens high-resolution gamma camera; 2 Digital radiographic x-ray rooms; 3 Mammography rooms; R2 CAD Mammography; Fuji CR system throughout radiology and mammography; Fully integrated Philips PACS with Cerner HIS/RIS system and voice recognition dictation.

Benefits include: malpractice coverage; family health; dental; vision; AD&D; life insurance; LTD; Long term care; basic life insurance; term life insurance; CME stipend; 4 weeks vacation time plus an additional week off for the winter holidays and New Years. Other days off include: Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving (2 days); Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Memorial Day. Up to an additional 6 weeks are granted for CME.