The Musculoskeletal Fellowship program at Penn Medicine is one of the longest-running musculoskeletal fellowship programs in the nation, established by Dr. Murray K. Dalinka. Our non-ACGME program trains expert musculoskeletal radiologists who will serve as leaders in the field. All fellows are brought in as instructors and are responsible for final signing radiographs beginning in October and are compensated accordingly for this additional responsibility.
The Division of Musculoskeletal Radiology at Penn offers training in all aspects of musculoskeletal imaging and intervention. Our diagnostic service includes rigorous diagnostic ultrasounds, MR's, CT scans and radiographs.
Our interventional service includes:
- US-guided therapeutic injections including PRP and nerve blocks
- US-guided biopsies
- CT-guided biopsies
- Fluoroscopy-guided therapeutic injections and arthrogram
Dedicated weekly academic time provides great opportunities for our fellows to participate in clinical research, mentoring programs, national and international conferences.
MSK Fellowship Highlights
- Level-1 Trauma
- Sarcoma Program
- State-of-the-art ultrasound-guided intervention practice
- Dedicated academic time and support for fellow research
- Numerous multidisciplinary and educational MSK conferences
- Opportunity for Informatics mini-fellowship (1 MSK fellow per year)
Scope of Training
Each fellow is trained in the following modalities:
- MRI
In addition to standard MSK MRI, we also read spine MRI and MR neurography
- X-RAY AND CT
We read all bone radiographs and MSK CT (excluding spine)
Beginning in October of the fellowship year, fellows are responsible for final signing radiographs
Equipment includes: Dual energy CT, Weight-bearing CT, Conventional Tomography for trauma
- MSK ULTRASOUND: DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL
3 Dedicated MSK Ultrasound suites with subspecialty trained sonographers
Interventional Ultrasound clinic featuring injection therapies, platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy, TENEX and SONEX procedures 5 days per week.
- BIOPSY SERVICE
CT and ultrasound guided biopsy
- FLUOROSCOPIC PROCEDURES
Dedicated MSK Fluoro suite
Each fellow participates in evening and weekend call responsibilities, shared with and supervised by MSK staff. Fellows must spend one week in the Emergency Department on a night float rotation.
Fellows are responsible for:
- Sharing consultations with emergency room personnel and referring clinicians.
- Teaching residents, medical students and other reading room visitors who rotate on MSK clinical services.
- Weekly hands on MSK ultrasound scanning practice.
Call and Moonlighting
- Weekly "pager" call with in-house weekend coverage (call pool includes fellows and mini-fellows)
- 1 week of ER nightfloat (extra compensation for this week)
- Internal - Can sign up for an additional week of paid nightfloat
- External - Previous fellows have worked with various local groups
Curriculum
Instruction includes read-out sessions with the Musculoskeletal staff, hands on ultrasound and biopsy training, didactic fellow conference, weekly review of interesting cases held in the reading room, weekly Sarcoma Conference, and various conferences with Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology as well as week-long rotation with pediatric MSK radiologists at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). A number of elective options are available within the Department of Radiology.
Fellows have the option to be involved with a scholarly project that is to be completed, or nearly completed, by the end of the year. Dedicated academic time and workspace are provided for the project. An extensive digital MR and plain film teaching file is available for conference preparation.
Practice Locations
We support busy orthopedic surgery, trauma and rheumatology practices, as well as brisk inpatient and outpatient volumes. Our department has the latest CT, MR, fluoroscopy and ultrasound units.
Penn Medicine University City
Home to the Penn Musculoskeletal Center, merging specialists from orthopaedics, rheumatology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, internal medicine, pain medicine and radiology — the first of its kind in Philadelphia. Our main MSK reading room, ultrasound clinic and dedicated fluoroscopy suite are all here, so MSK Fellows will likely spend the bulk of their time at this location.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Level 1 Trauma Center
Located across the Street from our Musculoskeletal Center.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Epicenter of the Philadelphia main campus. Located a few blocks from our musculoskeletal center.
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Home to Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center
Our biopsy service is stationed here. We perform ultrasound guided and CT-guided biopsies with on-site cytopathology support in coordination with our multidisciplinary sarcoma and tumor service.
Our Fellows
Meet Our Musculoskeletal Fellows
Alumni
Class of 2024
Lauren Graham: Saint Vincent Radiological Associates – Worcester, MA
Alexander Hsu: Virginia Mason Medical Center – Seattle, WA
Daniel Levine: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
Class of 2023
Waqas Bari: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
Bradley Griffith: St. Luke’s University Health Network - Bethlehem, PA
Ryan McClintock: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
Class of 2022
Ahmad Babaa: Jefferson Health – Abington, Pennsylvania
Barzin Behzad: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA
Mannan Parrikh: Southtowns Radiology - West Seneca, NY
Class of 2021
Sarim Baig: Christiana Care – Newark, DE
Drew Gunio: New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine – New York, NY
Justin Ngeow: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai – Mount Sinai, NY
Class of 2020
Karen Clark: University Radiology Group – East Brunswick, New Jersey
Catherine King: Northwest Radiology - Indianapolis, Indiana
Naveen Selvam: Doylestown Health - Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Class of 2019
Stephanie Jo: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Samir Mehta: VA Palo Alto - Palo Alto, California
Matthew Uriell: One Medical Center - Upland, Pennsylvania
Class of 2018
Po-Hao Chen: Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio
Brian Ju: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paul Niziolek: Indiana University - Indianapolis, Indiana
Class of 2017
Salim Banbahji: University Radiology - Somerset, New Jersey
Thomas Bevilacqua: Great Lakes Imaging - Buffalo, New York
Michael Perry: University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia
Learn More and Apply
Program Director
Ryan McClintock, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Assistant Program Director
Daniel Levine, MD, JD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Contact Us
Coordinator: Denia Budhan
Department of Radiology/Musculoskeletal Imaging
Penn Medicine University City
3737 Market Street, Mailbox #4
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Contact: Denia.budhan@pennmedicine.upenn.edu | 215-294-9521