Department of Radiology

Radiology Residency Program

The Radiology Residency Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has been carefully designed to provide a superb academic experience and nurturing environment for trainees that they will draw from throughout their medical careers. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education currently accredits our program for 60 residents. The residency is four years in length, consisting of rotations through all subspecialties of radiology, taking a divisional approach to radiology training with eight major divisions.

Residents spend the majority of their time at UPMC Presbyterian, the flagship hospital of UPMC. Rotations are also done at UPMC Shadyside, the Oakland Campus Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Magee-Women's Hospital of UPMC, UPMC Mercy and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. All residents also participate in a four-week course in radiologic-pathologic correlation at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. This curriculum complies with the ACGME requirements.

Radiology residency positions nationwide have become increasingly competitive over the last several years, and our radiology residents compare favorably with those from any other program in the country. Quantifiable measures of resident performance include written and oral American Board of Radiology examinations and the annual American College of Radiology (ACR) Diagnostic Radiology In-service Examination. Over the past decade, the mean performance of University of Pittsburgh radiology residents on these standardized examinations has been consistently excellent. In addition, the Radiology Residency Program is well represented at several major radiology meetings yearly by residents' scientific presentations and exhibits. Residents present yearly at the two largest national radiology meetings — the Radiological Society of North America and the American Roentgen Ray Society, as well as other subspecialty conferences throughout the U.S. Many of our residents have also participated in publications in peer-reviewed journals including Radiology and the American Journal of Roentgenology.

The majority of our residents undertake subspecialty fellowship training following the completion of their residencies. Our residents consistently obtain fellowship positions at other leading institutions across the country. Many have then gone on to academic positions at various institutions, but our residents are equally well-suited for careers in community radiology.

Major Divisions

Our department has taken a divisional approach to radiology training with major divisions
as follows:

Abdominal Imaging
plain film, uroradiographic, and GI barium studies, plus computed tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen and pelvis

Women's Imaging
diagnostic mammography and breast needle localizations, as well as all other diagnostic radiology examinations related to women's health care

Neuroradiology
computed tomography, magnetic resonance, myelography, and angiography of the head and neck

Musculoskeletal Imaging
plain film, CT, MR and MR arthrography, biopsies and pain management procedures

Nuclear Medicine
routine nuclear medicine studies, cardiac nuclear medicine studies, and PET imaging

Pediatric Radiology
all modalities in patients 18 years of age or younger

Interventional Radiology
angiography and interventional procedures of the abdomen, pelvis, and extremities

Thoracic Imaging
cardiac MR and CT, plain film, thoracic CT and MR, PET/CT of primary chest abnormalities and thoracic diseases