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Thank you for your interest in the Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas Radiology Residency. Program Director: Umesh Oza, M.D. Read Welcome Letter About Curriculum Rotations Conferences and Research Opportunities Facilities and Resources Duties and Responsibilities Faculty Residents How to Apply For more information about the radiology residency program, please contact: Janet Palmer Program Coordinator Tel: (214) 820-3795 E-mail: JanetP@baylorhealth.edu

Baylor University Medical Center Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program Faculty   Learn more about the education directors and faculty qualifications and responsibilities in Baylor’s radiology residency program. Education Directors Physicians who serve as primary education director of a radiology subspecialty are responsible for its educational content and curriculum, as well as the evaluation of each resident when he or she finishes a monthly rotation. The majority of our teaching faculty, present in all nine radiology subspecialty areas, is fellowship trained. All of our medical directors spend at least 50 percent of their time in our department. The program’s education directors have demonstrated a commitment to their subspecialty by fulfilling at least one of the following criteria: 1) Fellowship training or more than 3 years experience in the subspecialty 2) Society membership in the subspecialty 3) Presentations and research in the subspecialty 4) Annual CME credits in the subspecialty Education directors: Pediatric Radiology Nancy Rollins, M.D. (on staff at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School) Education: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Residency: UT Southwestern, Dallas Fellowship: MD Anderson Hospital, Houston Fellowship: Children's Medical Center of Dallas Neuroradiology Michael Opatowsky, M.D. Education: Wake Forest University School of Medicine Internship: Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio Residency: David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base Fellowship: Wake Forest University School of Medicine Thoracic Radiology Mark W. Zibilich, M.D. Education: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Internship: Baylor University Medical Center Residency: Baylor University Medical Center Musculoskeletal Radiology Leon Toye, MD Education: University of Texas Medical School Internship: St. Paul University Hospital Residency: St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center Ultrasound David C. Hurst, M.D. Education: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Residency: Baylor University Medical Center Abdominal Radiology Kenneth L. Ford III, M.D. Education: Baylor College of Medicine Internship: Bowman Gray Medical Center Residency: Bowman Gray Medical Center Fellowship: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Vascular/Interventional Radiology Chet Rees, MD Education: Indiana University School of Medicine Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine Fellowship: Indiana University Hospitals Nuclear Radiology Hamid Latifi, MD Education: Washington University School of Medicine Residency: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University Medical Center Fellowship: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University Medical Center Mammography Zeeshan Shah, MD Education: Indiana University School of Medicine Residency: Indiana University School of Medicine Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine Faculty Qualifications and Responsibilities Our program director, along with teaching faculty and our education committee, oversees the administration of our program and participates in residents’ instruction, supervision, counseling, evaluation, and advancement. The education committee consists of radiology department staff members and the current chief residents. The committee has a standing quarterly meeting. It evaluates: • The program goals and objectives • The effectiveness of teaching efforts • Acquisition and use of new resources • Financial and administrative support for the residency • Quality and quantity of the patient load • Quality of the teaching faculty • Supervision of the residents The education committee also makes recommendations to the program director on any disciplinary activity or probation status that is proposed for any resident. These recommendations are subject to approval by the sponsoring institution’s graduate medical education committee.