Program Director – David K. Shelton, M.D.

Contact: Sandy Baum
Sandra.Baum@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Dept. of Radiology – Division of Nuclear Medicine
2315 Stockton Blvd, Room 1893
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 703-2273
Fax: (916) 703-2274

The UC Davis Nuclear Medicine Residency Program is a two-year program, requiring one prerequisite internship year. Also available is a five-year combined diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine program and a one-year special competency/fellowship program for radiology resident graduates. Foreign medical graduates are welcomed, after obtaining an evaluation letter from the California Medical Board.

The Nuclear Medicine Residency Program is currently located within the Department of Radiology and includes both inpatient and outpatient care. Nuclear medicine has six whole-body, SPECT cameras (single, dual, and triple-head); one of which also performs coincidence PET imaging. The program also has one DEXA camera for bone density testing (bone mineral densitometry) and a thyroid probe camera for thyroid uptake.

The Division of Nuclear Medicine is responsible for therapy, oncology, cardiology, pediatrics, and routine nuclear medicine examinations. Ongoing research and collaborations in the nuclear medicine clinics will expose residents to the academic and research components of the university. In addition, the program does offer elective or outside rotations to The Northern California PET Imaging Center, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, or David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, for one to two weeks per year.

An internship (PG-I year) is required for entrance into our program. The internship must be accredited clinical training in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery or surgical specialties, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, family and community medicine, emergency medicine, or any combination of these. No more than a total of three months may be spent in radiology, radiation oncology, and/or pathology.

Since our department does not offer internships, we do not participate in the National Residency Matching Program for the PG-I year of training. We do participate in the match at the PG-II level, and and currently offer one position to begin in July. All residents must be licensed to practice medicine in the State of California by the end of their PG-II year.

Graduates of international medical schools must comply with restrictions imposed by the Medical Board of California and be eligible for or be licensed to practice in California. Information concerning licensure is available from the Division of Licensing, Medical Board of California, 1430 Howe Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916) 263-2344.

All applications must be submitted via the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). An application for a position should be submitted no later than January 1 for residency training to begin July 1. Personal interviews are granted by invitation only. Interviews are schedule in January, after the application is complete and prior to the final selection process.