Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 549-553 , April 2010

Making the Case for Early Medical Student Education in Interventional Radiology: A Survey of 2nd-year Students in a Single U.S. Institution

  • Christine E. Ghatan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • William T. Kuo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H3630, Stanford, CA 94301
    • ,
  • Lawrence V. Hofmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H3630, Stanford, CA 94301
    • ,
  • Nishita Kothary, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Dr, H3630, Stanford, CA 94301
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to N.K.

Received 6 July 2009 ,Revised 9 October 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(10)00004-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.12.397

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 549-553 , April 2010

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