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General Information Kingston, Ontario, Canada is located on the northeast outlet of Lake Ontario, about 2 hours drive east of Toronto, and about 2 hours south of the nation's capital city of Ottawa. This location gives Kingston the distinction of being one of the best fresh-water sailing regions of the world. Kingston is a small city with a population of about 120,000 - it's lake-side downtown makes a beautiful setting for the many restaurants and cafes. Kingston boasts one of the oldest and most renowned universities in Canada - Queen's University. The Department of Radiology at Queen's University, (Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital), delivers quality tertiary care imaging in the academic setting of Queen's University. As the only tertiary care center in this region of southeastern Ontario, we have a large referral base encompassing the area between Belleville and Brockville, and Smith Falls to Lake Ontario. This gives a population base of about 600,000 and thus, gives us the opportunity to diagnose and treat a complete gamut of disease processes. For detailed directions on how to get to our department in Kingston, click here. As part of the medical school at Queen's University, we have a busy academic practice which includes the training of radiology residents. For more information about our residency program, click here Our nineteen staff radiologists are also engaged in numerous academic projects, including the development of radiology texts, radiology computer teaching programs, as well as numerous research projects. Some examples are: Texts: · "A Practical Guide to Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology", Drs. Nolan, Khahn and Sauerbrei.  · "The Fetal Spine", Dr. Sauerbrei, chapter in new edition of ultrasound text edited by Rumack, Wilson, and Charbonneau.   Some Recent Research Topics: · Image Enhanced Robotic Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. P. Fenton with Depts. of Orthopaedic Surgery and Computer Sciences.  · Central Nervous System Malformations in Childhood: Diagnosis and Incidence Compared to Tuberous Sclerosis. E. Vyver, O. Islam, E. A. Macdonald  · Multi-Detector Row CT in the Investigations of Hyperbaric Diving Fatalities: A Proposed Imaging Protocol. D. Mott, D. Dexter, O. Islam · Public or Private MRI? Results of a Health Opinion Survey. G. Cheng, W. M. Hopman, O. Islam, S. Shortt  · Enlargement or Diminution of the Stylomandibular Tunnel: A Useful Tool for Differentiating Lesions of the Parapharyngeal Space. J. Abrahams, D. Mott, O. Islam · In chronic kidney disease, is kidney function associated with coronary artery calcification score? Garland JS, Morton AR, Nolan RL. · Vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease; the role of vitamen K. Pilkey R, Morton AR, Nolan RL, Boffa M, Koschinksy M, Day A, Booth S.   · Cervical spine movement during laryngoscopy: objective assessment and comparisons of indirect fiberoptic and prismatic laryngoscopes. Zamora JE, Sharan S, Nolan RL.   · Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE SCO104960): multicenter trial to assess the severity of emphysema using unique CT software correlated with clinical and physiologic data. Nolan RL (local collaborating Radologist for this centre).   Queen's Radiology Home Top of page