International Visiting Professor Program

The RSNA has supported international education through its International Visiting Professor Program since 1986. This program, administered by the Committee on Radiology Education (CIRE), was restructured to support small teams of visiting professors to lecture at national or regional  radiology meetings of societies in or serving developing nations, as well as at selected host institutions with radiology residency training programs, in those countries.

RSNA thanks Agfa Healthcare and Fujifilm Medical Systems for their support of the International Visiting Professor program.  

 International Visiting Professors 

All travel (air itineraries must be arranged through RSNA's travel agent), accommodations and associated expenses are covered by either the RSNA or the host society.  RSNA Visiting Professors may not receive funding from sources other than the host institution, their own institution, and the RSNA.  At the conclusion of the assignment, the visiting professor is expected to complete a questionnaire as well as submit a written report about their program experiences.  

IVP Application Form »   

International Host Country 

National radiology societies in, or that primarily serve, developing countries are invited to apply to host an International Visiting Professor (IVP) team. The IVP team will lecture at the host’s national radiology society meeting. In addition, that society will select and organize visits to educational institutions that have active radiology training programs with the need and potential for educational enrichment from a visiting professor team. Host society applications should describe specific educational needs (e.g., modality or organ-specific interests). 

Applications must be completed jointly by the national radiology society and the host institutions. In addition, applications must specify the names of institution staff fluent in English, the number of residents in each year of training, and the percentage of those residents who are capable of understanding teaching presentations delivered in English. Educational institutions that are adjuncts of private practices are not eligible for this program. 

The host society is expected to:  

• provide hotel accommodations and meals for the IVP team for the duration of their visit; 
• appoint a contact who will be able to communicate program, schedule, and hospitality arrangements with the IVP team members and the RSNA staff contact;
• complete evaluation forms provided by the RSNA within two weeks of the IVP visit. 

 IVP Host Society Application Form  

 IVP Host  Institution Application Form  
 

Applications for the 2014 program are no longer being accepted. Applications for the 2015 program will be posted in the late-Summer of 2013 with a deadline for submission of December 31, 2013. 

IVP Peterson 

 “It enlightened me to the challenges of providing healthcare to countries with underlying economic difficulties. It was incredible to see how resourceful the local physicians are in taking care of their patients despite inadequate equipment and supplies.”  

-- Dr. Jeffrey Peterson on his experience as a visiting professor to Myanmar in 2012.  

“Having grown up in South Korea, I was able to experience the transformation of a country from a poor and undeveloped nation to a modern, high-tech society. Many of my teachers trained in countries such as Japan, Germany and the U.S., and returned to Korea to help develop the medical profession. I have always felt the need to give back in the same fashion, and going to Nepal was simply a dream come true.” 

 -- Dr. Young Kim, visiting professor to Nepal in 2012. 

International Visiting Professor Program History