Why UT Southwestern

The Department of Radiology offers residency training in the following areas, which are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

Accredited

• Diagnostic Radiology
• Interventional Radiology - Independent
• Interventional Radiology - Integrated
• Nuclear Medicine 

Clinical and Education Resources

Radiology residents at UT Southwestern have the resources to succeed in the practice of medicine and in the development of clinical knowledge and skills.

Imaging Equipment and Information Technology

• State-of-the-art imaging resources across all facilities
• PACS and voice recognition across all facilities
• EPIC – Electronic medical records, work orders, and scheduling
• MedHub – Residency management software suite

Other Resources

• Clinical and study resources, including STATdx, RADPrimer, CaseStacks, and E-anatomy
• Departmental licensure for project and publication development software
• UT Southwestern library with extensive electronic journal subscriptions
• Resident library with book and computer access
• Private study lounge
• Statistician support

The Clinical Experience

The Department of Radiology performs over 1 million radiology exams across our diverse facilities annually. As a resident, you’ll have experience at:

• Parkland Memorial Hospital – 983 beds; Dallas County hospital with Level I trauma center; the primary teaching institution for UT Southwestern.
• UT Southwestern University Hospitals and Clinics 
  • William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital – 750 beds; a major center for organ transplantation
  • Zale Lipshy Pavilion – 148 beds; a treatment center for inpatient and outpatient physical rehabilitation, spine conditions, ophthalmology, orthopaedic issues, and oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Children’s Health℠ Children's Medical Center Dallas – 487 beds; private hospital with Level I trauma center and an associated clinic system; more than 50 pediatric specialty programs.

Research Resources

UT Southwestern is one of the nation’s premier research centers. We offer radiology residents outstanding resources to conduct leading-edge research.

Advanced Imaging Research Center – Created in 2005 as a collaborative effort between UT Southwestern and other institutions in North Texas to further the efforts of imaging and translational research

• Departmental statistician
• Five whole-body MRI units: One 7T and four 3T
• MRI hyperpolarization
• Positron emission mammography
• Research and Clinical Grand Rounds Lecture Series
• Small animal MR, SPECT, PET, and CT
• Recently installed 16.5MeV Cyclotron
• Support from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) plus a Clinical and Translational Research Award from the NIH

Research Programs

• BOLD and TOLD Contrast MRI
• Bone metabolism
• Contrast agent development
• Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) neonatal
• Fetal MRI
• High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
• Hypoxic-ischemic injury
• Imaging infection and inflammation
• PET and radiochemistry
• Prostate cancer
• Quantitative MRI
• Renal cancer MRI

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