Diagnostic Radiology

The Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). There are 10 resident positions per year for the four-year training program. Intern year training must be completed prior to the start of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency.

Four-year Diagnostic Radiology residents are encouraged to participate in Specialty Tracks in research, quality, education, or informatics.

There is also a dedicated 5-year Clinician-Scientist track within the Diagnostic Radiology Residency that includes 1 year of research prior to the first year of radiology residency.

Our Mission

The mission of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency program is to provide outstanding educational opportunities to residents through innovative teaching, clinical training, and exposure to research, quality, and leadership initiatives for the purpose of enabling our trainees to become outstanding providers of clinical radiology in independent practices and academic medicine. Our trainees and graduates serve diverse populations, from small community practices to large metropolitan academic centers. Our mission aligns with UT Southwestern's goal of improving health care in our community, state, nation and world by providing safe, high-quality, and innovative care, both now and into the future.

Program Aims

Develop foundational skills for excellence in clinical practice through a comprehensive curriculum led by world-class faculty in all sub-specialties of Radiology.
Provide clinical training experiences in diverse healthcare settings, including general community medicine, underserved and high-complexity tertiary care populations in nationally recognized institutions.
Educate providers of outstanding care who will enter diverse clinical practice settings, such as academic medicine and private practice.
Build communication skills for the 21^st century, enabling graduates to deliver complex medical information to patients and providers with clarity, accuracy, timeliness, and compassion.
Mentor the next generation of leaders in research, quality, education, and informatics through faculty-led specialty tracks.
Foster the development of leadership practice skills through progressive autonomy.
Instill core values of intellectual vibrancy, inspiration, innovation, iteration, integrity and impact which are the foundational principles of the Radiology department.

Program Highlights

The clinical teaching program is based at Parkland Hospital, where residents receive approximately two-thirds of their training. Residents also rotate at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital and Children’s Health℠ Children’s Medical Center.
Extensive interaction between staff and residents (more than 150 clinical faculty members, 26 Ph.D. research faculty, and 11 medical physicists are dedicated to the education of future radiologists)
Participation in daily faculty-led conferences, as well as experience in hands-on learning at PACS workstations and direct patient interactions
Participation in multidisciplinary conferences with faculty and other clinical services
Exposure to and participation in an array of Radiology research initiatives, including presentations of individual projects during Research Day

Training

A comprehensive learning experience:

Rotation schedules are structured on a four-week block basis, providing 13 rotations per year and a significant exposure to the core radiological subspecialties. The Residency rotation curriculum is structured to provide each resident a solid foundation in all of the subspecialties American Board of Radiology Core Exam at the end of the third year.
The section-based curriculum includes an education in radiologic physics.
The first clinical year is devoted primarily to rotating through the basic services of thoracic, musculoskeletal, body imaging, neuroimaging, and emergency radiology.
Subsequent second and third years include further training in these and other fields, along with a structured rotation schedule. Services include nuclear medicine, PET and PET-CT, magnetic resonance imaging, breast imaging, interventional radiology, and pediatric radiology.
The fourth year allows residents to choose a variety of subspecialty electives including mini fellowship blocks in order to enhance their preparation for a future career.

The Department of Radiology sponsors supplemental programs such as the National Imaging Informatics Course and participation in the American College of Radiology's Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI).

Clinical Rotations

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Resources

Training in radiologic pathology takes place in the third year of residency training through a four-week virtual elective course given by the ACR Institute for Radiologic Pathology.

Online teaching files are available through UT Southwestern and Parkland Health & Hospital System. Residents are also provided access to eAnatomy, RADPrimer, STATdx, and CaseStacks.

The American College of Radiology In-Training Examination, a practice exam, is given each year to residents in the first through third years of training. Intensive review sessions are held for residents taking the American Board of Radiology Core Exam.

RADExam from the American College of Radiology is also utilized at the end of each rotation to help residents gauge their learning in each subspecialty discipline.

Call Duty

Independent call provided by residents is one of the strengths of our program and residents remain independent overnight at all of our clinical sites. Residents begin taking night call shifts after 12 months of radiologic training. The majority of call is distributed through a night-float system. This part of their education continues for the remainder of their residency. There is a strong faculty and fellow back-up system for supervision of all resident call duties.

Two residents at Parkland Hospital, with senior resident supervision
One resident at Children’s Health℠
One resident at Clements University Hospital, with senior resident supervision

Faculty

Facilities and Equipment

Conferences

Research Opportunities

Fellowship Placement

Nearly every resident pursues advanced training through prestigious fellowship programs following graduation, matching into their top training choices across the nation.

Class of 2025
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Massachusetts General Hospital	Body Imaging
University of California, San Francisco	Neuroradiology
UT Southwestern	Abdominal Imaging
UT Southwestern	Body MRI
UT Southwestern	Breast Imaging x 3
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology x 4
UT Southwestern	Pediatric Radiology
Class of 2024
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Massachusetts General Hospital	Neuroradiology
Northwestern University	Body Imaging
University of Pennsylvania	Interventional Radiology
UT Southwestern	Abdominal Imaging x 4
UT Southwestern	Body MRI
UT Southwestern	Breast Imaging x 2
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology
Class of 2023
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma	Musculoskeletal Intervention
Cincinnati Children's Hospital	Pediatric Radiology
Emory University	Breast Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital	Body Imaging
Memorial Sloan Kettering	Body MRI
University of Pennsylvania	Neuroradiology
UT Southwestern	Body MRI
UT Southwestern	Breast Imaging
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology
UT Southwestern	Pediatric Radiology
University of Wisconsin	Breast Imaging
Class of 2022
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
University of Alabama	Musculoskeletal Imaging
University of California San Francisco	Neuroradiology
University of Michigan	Breast Imaging
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology
UT Southwestern	Abdominal Imaging
UT Southwestern	Breast Imaging x 3
Class of 2021
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Duke University	Neuroradiology
Emory University	Breast Imaging
Jefferson University	Neuroradiology
Stanford Cancer Imaging	Body MR
Texas Children's Hospital	Pediatric Radiology
University of Alabama	Abdominal Imaging
University of Iowa	PET Imaging
UT Southwestern	Abdominal Imaging
UT Southwestern	Breast Imaging
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology x 2
Class of 2020
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Barrow Neurological Institute	Neuroradiology
Emory University	Breast Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital	Cardiovascular Imaging
Stanford University	Vascular & Interventional
UCSF	Neuroradiology
University of Michigan	MSK
UT Southwestern	MSK
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology x 2
UT Southwestern	Pediatric Radiology
Class of 2019
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Baylor Medical Center	Breast Imaging
Massachusetts General Hospital	Vascular & Interventional
Joint Program in Nuclear Med	Nuclear Medicine
Stanford University	Vascular & Interventional
UT Southwestern	MSK x 2
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology
UT Southwestern	Pediatric Radiology
UT Southwestern	Vascular & Interventional x 2
University of Virginia	Vascular & Interventional
Class of 2018
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Massachusetts General	Vascular & Interventional
Stanford University	Abdominal Imaging
Stanford University	Vascular & Interventional
UT Southwestern	Abdominal Imaging
UT Southwestern	Breast Imaging x 2
UT Southwestern	MSK x 2
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology x 3
UT Southwestern	Vascular & Interventional x 2
UT Southwestern	Women's Imaging
Class of 2017
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Northwestern	Body MR
Stanford University	Interventional
University of Michigan	Interventional
UT Southwestern	Abdominal Imaging
UT Southwestern	Body MR
UT Southwestern	MSK x 3
UT Southwestern	Neuroradiology x 3
UT Southwestern	Vascular & Interventional
University of Washington	Neuroradiology
Class of 2016
PROGRAM	SUBSPECIALTY
Massachusetts General Hospital	Breast Imaging
MD Anderson	Interventional
MD Anderson	Breast Imaging
Northwestern	Breast Imaging
Stanford University	Pediatric Radiology
UT Southwestern	Breast Imaging
UT Southwestern	Breast Imaging
UT Southwestern	MSK x 3
UT Southwestern	Vascular & Interventional
University of South Carolina	Vascular & Interventional

Salaries and Benefits

Hospital stipends are set annually and are competitive nationally with those of other teaching programs. The amount, shown in the chart below, depends on the year of residency training.

Low-cost hospitalization and dental insurance is available to contracted house staff, as well as a group life insurance plan.

Medical malpractice insurance is provided for Radiology house staff by the Department through the University of Texas System group plan.

Each resident receives 25 days of PTO annually. which can be rolled over from year to year. Six weeks of paid medical and parental leave are provided.

Free parking is available at all sites.

Salary
PGY 1	$63,900.00
PGY 2	$66,355.00
PGY 3	$69,112.00
PGY 4	$72,486.00
PGY 5	$75,835.00
PGY 6	$79,086.00
PGY 7	$82,716.00
PGY 8	$86,866.00

Parkland Contract

How to Apply

Application Process

This year, we will be providing thirteen Diagnostic Radiology positions, and three Clinician-Scientist Track positions.

Radiology residency applications should be submitted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).

It is strongly recommended that you complete your application by October 15. In addition to the ERAS application, applications must include:

Brief personal statement
Curriculum vitae
Medical school transcript
USMLE Step 1 and USMLE Step 2 reports
Dean's letter
Three letters of recommendation from physicians who have knowledge of your clinical experience

For the 2024-2025 ERAS® cycle, our program will be collecting and reviewing data from applicants supplemental ERAS applications. Completion of the standard MyERAS application is a requirement; completion of the supplemental ERAS application is optional.

In its third year of use, the supplemental ERAS application is designed to help applicants share more information about themselves and assist our program in finding applicants that fit our program's setting and mission. There is no cost to applicants and participation is optional.

The supplemental ERAS application provides:

geographic preferences (by division and by urban or rural setting;
information about an applicant's most meaningful experiences and other impactful life events, if applicable; and
program signals

Learn more about the AAMC supplemental ERAS application.

The Department acknowledges every application submitted. Following completion of the application, the Residency Selection Committee evaluates and selects candidates to interview. For this application cycle, interviews will be conducted from November 2024 to January 2025.

Applications are evaluated for both personal and professional qualities with the goal of a diverse program filled with qualified candidates.

All positions begin July 1 following successful completion of a preliminary year of training.

All positions are filled through the Match unless special circumstances apply. The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) program code for the four-year Diagnostic Radiology Program is 2835420A0, and the NRMP program code for the five-year Clinician-Scientist Track Program is 2835420A1.