Welcome from L. Gill Naul, M.D., Chairman for Radiology

 Scott & White is a large multi-specialty group practice with over 550 staff physicians serving as a tertiary care system for much of Central Texas and surrounding areas as well as distant locations. Scott & White is affiliated with the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine. Temple serves as the clinical campus for the College of Medicine. There is also significant graduate medical education commitment and as of 2006 there were 335 residents and fellows in Temple.

The Department of Radiology is an integral component of this healthcare system with over 40 physicians and scientists in the department as of 2006. Over 400,000 exams were performed by the Department of Radiology this past year. The Department is fully staffed with all subspecialties represented. Many of the staff did portions of their training at various prestigious institutions around the country. The Department of Radiology has recently completed a massive multi-year, multi-phase expansion and renovation project. The MRI, fluoroscopy and radiography areas are all either new or recently renovated. Renovations of Interventional Radiology and Mammography have also been completed. Two 64 slice multi-detector CT's and a dual source CT are operating in the main facility. A three Tesla MRI unit was installed in October 2004 and has recently been upgraded to the TIM System. There are also three 1.5 T MR systems at the main facility. A fixed PET/CT (16 slice) scanner has recently been installed. Four new angiography units including two biplane units have also been installed in interventional radiology.

The PACS system is fully operational and film is only being utilized in a few select areas such as mammography. Digital mammography is currently being implemented. Prior studies are archived for over six years.

A new hospital and emergency department are nearing completion. The new emergency department will include a large and sophisticated imaging center including a 64 slice CT. A new facility to include a large multi-specialty clinic, hospital and full service imaging center is currently under construction in the north Austin area.

The diagnostic radiology residency program is phenomenal with high case volume and diversity of pathology. There is a mixture of fundamental and cutting edge technology. The faculty-to-resident radio is high and the faculty and residents function together as a team, which makes for an awesome educational experience. There is now in-house faculty presence in addition to the residents on weekends and evenings.

Residents receive intensive exposure to all aspects of imaging including areas such as interventional radiology, neuroradiology, nuclear cardiology and OB ultrasound which at many programs are either absent or dominated by fellows.

As you can tell, we are very excited about the direction the department and residency program is headed. Currently, we feel that this is one of the best radiology training programs in the country; however, we will continue to get even better.

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