About Ohio State's Breast Imaging Fellowship

The Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center is a state-of-the-art, multidisciplinary outpatient clinic located in Columbus, Ohio. It is part of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, which is the third-largest cancer hospital in the United States. The breast imaging section performs approximately 40,000 screening studies annually, including 38,000 screening mammograms (majority tomosynthesis) and 1,500 automated screening ultrasound exams. Approximately 10,000 diagnostic mammograms,10,000 breast ultrasound and 2,000 breast MRI exams are performed annually. Nearly 3,500 interventional procedures are performed each year and include mammographically and sonographically guided wire localizations, radiation seed placements and stereotactic, sonographic and MRI-guided core biopsies. The breast imaging section is staffed by 10 fellowship-trained breast imagers, who work solely at the breast center and accommodate multiple residents and two breast imaging fellows.

Core Competencies

Fellows who complete the program will become skilled at:

Interventional Breast Procedures

  • Ultrasound-guided core and vacuum biopsies
  • Stereotactic biopsies (including tomosynthesis-guided biopsies with and without the lateral arm)
  • MRI guided-biopsies
  • Radioactive seed localization and wire localizations
  • Breast cryoablation

Interpretation

  • Screening and diagnostic mammography (2D and 3D with c-view)
  • Diagnostic ultrasound and automated screening breast ultrasound
  • Breast MRI
  • Contrast-enhanced mammography

Breast imaging fellows are offered a month-long elective in breast oncology specialties (encompassing exposure to breast pathology, surgical oncology, hematology-oncology and radiation oncology) as well as academic time to complete one required research project.

Graduates of the program are successfully equipped to join either academic or private practice.

The Breast Imaging Fellowship is a one-year, non-accredited program. Although the Breast Imaging Fellowship is unaccredited, the program does participle in the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match.

All Breast Imaging fellows at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center will have the opportunity to take part in a fellowship consortium lecture series to broaden their training in the field. This multidisciplinary lecture series will feature topics from subspecialist experts in breast imaging, and will provide weekly didactic lectures.

Breast Imaging Fellowship Consortium

Application Process

We will start accepting applications for two fellowship slots for the 2026-2027 academic year, beginning November 1, 2025.

Application must include

Important dates

We will adhere to the 2027 Match timeline set forth by the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments (SCARD). The timeline for the 2027 Match process is as follows:

  • November 1, 2025: First day to accept applications for 2027 appointment
  • January 12, 2026: Virtual interview period begins
  • March 31, 2026: Virtual interviews completed
  • June, 2026: Match Day (specific date TBA by NRMP)
  • July 1, 2027: Breast Imaging fellowship begins

The Match is sponsored by the Society of Breast Imaging, and it will be managed by the NRMP. In order to become a fellow with the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center,, you must register with the Radiology Match, of which Breast Imaging is a part. Breast Imaging has implemented an all-in policy for the Match. This means that programs participating in the Match cannot extend any offers to candidates outside of the Match. Applicants can withdraw from the Match prior to the ranking deadline if they accept a position outside of the Match.

Cost of the Match: Applicants will pay a $75 registration fee to register for the Match.

Please note: Applicants must also be able to obtain a full and unrestricted Ohio medical license prior to their start date. Ohio State Radiology supports the ABR International Medical Graduate Alternate Pathway.

Our leadership

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Mitva Patel, MD

Vice chair of faculty affairs
Program Director, Breast Imaging Fellowship
Associate Professor

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Brandy Griffith, DO

Associate Program Director, Breast Imaging Fellowship
Associate Professor

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Kristi Camp 

Krsti Camp

Program Manager, Breast Imaging Fellowship