Diagnostic Radiology Residency
Introduction
The University of Wisconsin radiology residency is affiliated with the UW Hospital and the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison has a population of 200,000 and is nestled between two lakes in south central Wisconsin. Madison is the state capital and home of the main campus of the University of Wisconsin and its 40,000 students.
There are 7 residents per year in the radiology residency program. We no longer offer the 7-year combined program (neurology/radiology/neuroradiology). Applications for our residency program are accepted through ERAS, which can be reached at http://www.aamc.org/eras.
David Kim, MD is the current director for the residency program.
Additional information on the residency can be requested from:
Amy Richgels
GME Specialist
600 Highland Avenue E3/311 CSC
Madison, WI 53792
arichgels2@uwhealth.org
(608) 263-8310
General Information
The Department of Radiology's goal is to provide a well-rounded background in the radiological sciences to residents, medical and graduate students. While individual training programs are conducted by separate sections (diagnosis, nuclear medicine, physics and radiobiology), integrated didactic and practical work is offered to afford satisfactory development and correlation of knowledge.
The Department of Radiology offers separate residencies in diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine. Residents in the diagnostic radiology program are provided with six months of nuclear medicine training.
Resident conferences are held every morning at 7:30 AM and involve either case discussion or didactic lecture by a faculty radiologist. Radiology Grand Rounds lectures are held every Thursday at noon and are usually given by a visiting radiologist. A medical physics course is given every year, and there are additional interdepartmental conferences.
The department contains a learning center, which includes a laboratory with a computer-assisted learning program and the American College of Radiology (ACR) teaching discs, a film museum and extensive video tapes.
Research opportunities are readily available for interested residents, ranging from MR software development to interventional radiology animal studies to clinical research. Up to 3 months can be taken as a research elective, and presentation of results at national meetings is financially supported.
Rotations & Suggested Reading during your Residency
Required Rotations (click where available for more information)
AFIP (Case Preparation, Department of Radiologic Pathology (external link)), Bone
Electives:
Bone Procedures, DVI-CT, Interventional at LaCrosse, PET
Facilities
UW Hospital and Clinics ranks among the finest academic medical centers in the United States. The graduate medical education program rests on a solid foundation anchored by opportunities in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty programs. UW Hospital and Clinics has long been recognized as a national leader in many specialized fields of medicine, including radiology, cancer treatment, pediatrics, ophthalmology, surgical specialties and organ transplantation. The hospital is frequently sited in publications rating the nation's best medical facilities. For instance, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics ranked among the top 50 of the nation's teaching hospitals in eight medical specialties, according to the 2004 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" guide.
The UW Flight For Life Helicopter Services at UW Hospital and Clinics are comprehensive and wide-ranging. The 478-bed hospital has more than 900 active medical staff who annually care for more than 20,000 inpatients from throughout Wisconsin and around the world. More than 100 primary care and specialty clinics handle more than 400,000 outpatient visits yearly.
There are 51 full and part-time faculty in the UW radiology department. Combined with the adjacent VA Hospital, over 475,000 examinations are performed per year in all imaging modalities including MR Angiography.
This is an exciting time to be a part of the University of Wisconsin. The Department of Radiology has just completed construction of a 22,000 square foot addition and is continuing with the remodeling of our existing 18,000 square feet. We also opened the UW Comprehensive Breast Center, where we offer our patients the full complement of services at one site.
The UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of 26 comprehensive centers recognized by the National Cancer Institute, offers innovative cancer treatment to patients from throughout the Midwest. At any one time, the center manages more than 100 clinical trials, offering patients an opportunity to participate in studies of promising new therapies.
In addition, UW Children's Hospital - a complete medical and surgical center within UW Hospital and Clinics - provides a full range of services to meet the special health care needs of children and their families. Expert faculty and staff provide the most advanced inpatient, outpatient and home care, focusing on routing, preventive health care, as well as more specialized needs for infants through adolescents. UW Children's Hospital specialized in every field from allergy to adolescent medicine, cardiology and organ transplants.
All of the health care partners associated with the University of Wisconsin make up a comprehensive system known as UW Health. These partners include UW Hospital and Clinics, the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, UW Children's Hospital, University Health Care, University Community Clinics, the UW Medical Foundation, and clinical programs of the UW Medical School.
University Affiliated Hospitals
William S. Middleton Veterans Administration Hospital, a 120-bed general medical and surgical hospital attached to UW Hospital and Clinics, serves about 96,000 outpatients and 5,700 inpatients yearly. Imaging equipment includes Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, Angiography and a 1.0 Tesla MR scanner. There are four faculty radiologists who staff the VA and teach residents. Residents at the VA participate in all types of imaging of VA patients.
Meriter Hospital, a private, non-profit 517-bed hospital, offers care in every major medical specialty and provides Obstetrical Ultrasound training through the UW Department of Obstetrics.
Equipment
- CT:
- GE 64 slice scanner
- GE Lightspeed 16 detector scanner
- 2 GE Ultra 8 slice scanners
- GE Lightspeed Plus 4 slice scanner
- Lightspeed QXI 4-slice scanner
- CTI single detector smart view scanner with fluoro capability
- GE Discovery 4-slice PET-CT
- Ultrasound:
- 3 Philips IU-22
- 2 Acuson Sequoias
- 1 Philips HDI 5000s
- 3 GE Logiq 9s
- Ultrasound cine clip and 3D imaging capabilities
- MRI:
- 2 1.5 Tesla GE scanners with 10.0 level and 11.0 level software
- Current cardiac MRI software package
- 1.5 and .7 (open) Tesla scanners at our Research Park Facility
- 1.5 Tesla scanner at the Waisman Center
- 3.0 Tesla GE scanner coming in 2004
General Residency Requirements at UW Hospital
Applicants for appointments at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics must be graduates of medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. Students applying for first-year positions are required to register with the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
Exceptionally qualified graduates of foreign medical schools are eligible for appointment, provided they have been certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). For certification and examination information, contact ECFMG, 3624 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-2685, USA, or the nearest United States embassy consulate.
Wisconsin licensure is required of all house officers who have completed one year of approved postgraduate training in the United States or Canada.
Stipend and Benefits
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics strives to maintain house officer stipend levels at the mean of state-owned Midwest hospitals. Annual mean rates are based on the Council of Teaching Hospitals annual stipend survey and adjusted as necessary. Stipend levels depend on individual entrance requirements and previous training applicable toward eligibility for board certification in the training specialty.
See UW Health Compensation and Benefits for full details.
Application Information
- Application materials should be submitted through ERAS at http://www.aamc.org/eras.
- Applications will be considered complete when we have electronically received the following items:
- completed ERAS application, including a brief (less than one page) personal statement indicating your goals and reasons for selecting a radiology residency
- three letters of recommendation
- medical school transcripts
- USMLE transcript or Board scores (COMLEX transcripts do NOT satisfy this requirement)
- Dean's letter (the Dean's letter should be sent as soon as it is available)
- We strongly advise that applications be received by October 31, 2004.
- Interviews will be conducted during November, December and January.
- We will be interviewing for six radiology residency positions. Two of the six positions include the preliminary clinical year in Internal Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, beginning June, 2004. The remaining four positions will begin at the PGY-2 level July 1, 2005. The application process is the same for both. At the time of your interview, you can indicate if you wish to be ranked for one or both types of positions.
- Please address all correspondence to:
Dr. David Kim
Director, Residency
Department of Radiology, E3/311 CSC
600 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53792-3252.
- If you have any questions or would like further information, please contact Amy Richgels, GME Specialist at (608) 263-8310.
University of Wisconsin Information
Founded in 1907, the UW Medical School is a leading institution for educating and training physicians. The school provides the major source of state-supported medical education in Wisconsin and is dedicated to advancing knowledge through biomedical research. Its faculty provide specialized medical care at UW Hospital and Clinics, serving the region and beyond.
The UW Medical School has a worldwide reputation for extensive contributions to the advancement of medicine. With more than $84 million in federal awards coming to the medical school each year, the University of Wisconsin is one of the leading research institutions in the country. The benefits of this research extend beyond the laboratory - to patients throughout the world whose lives have been improved as a result of research conducted here.
For example, medical school transplant researchers pioneered work on the UW Solution, a remarkable preservative that has vastly increased the storage time for donor livers and pancreases, making it possible to transplant these organs on a semi-elective rather than emergency basis. In addition, one of the nation's first successful bone marrow transplants was performed at UW Hospital and Clinics based on an tissue-matching technique developed by UW Medical School immunologists.
The Clinical Science Center, located on the west end of the UW Madison campus, houses most of the UW Medical School's clinical programs and provides facilities for education, research and patient care. Additional occupants of the 1.5-million square foot facility include UW Hospital and Clinics, UW Children's Hospital, the UW-Madison School of Nursing and the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Located a mile from the state capitol on hills overlooking Lake Mendota, the Madison campus is known internationally for its educational quality, outstanding faculty and scenic beauty. Many UW Madison department, including those in the health sciences, are ranked among the top in the nation.
The UW Madison is a large, productive public research university. It ranks third among all institutions in research and development expenditures. More than 7,500 separate research projects are underway in a staggering array of fields from biotechnology and lake ecology, to organ transplantation and the sociology of the American family. In all, UW Madison's outside research and development spending totals nearly $370 million a year. And, in 1984, the university established a 325-acre research park to attract new industry to the area, encouraging partnerships between businesses and university researchers.
A brand new Health Sciences Learning Center has just opened as one of the most sophisticated instructional facilities in the nation. The entire facility is "wireless" and includes the HSLC Computer Laboratory with over 70 computers, printers and scanners, and four lecture halls on the ground floor of the HSLC--including the 350-seat Alumni Hall. The Ebling Library is housed within the HSLC and contains over 305,000 books, 3,000 journal subscriptions and over 40 databases covering the health sciences. UW-Madison Library system is the 15th largest library system in the United States with over 6 million holdings, nearly 50,000 journals (8,000 electronic) and over 300 databases. From your home or office, you can access health-related electronic resources including:
- 2,200+ full-text electronic journals in the health sciences
- 300+ full-text health reference books
- Dozens of health related databases
- In addition to health-related resources, you also have access to nearly all of the electronic resources available across the UW-Madison campus.
Faculty and staff have full access to the university's outstanding cultural and recreational facilities. Major attractions on the Madison campus include: the Elvehjem Museum of Art, which ranks among the largest university-funded fine arts museums in the country and houses more than 15,000 pieces of art; a 1,280-acre arboretum; the Wisconsin Union and its nationally acclaimed theater; and Camp Randall stadium, which accommodates 77,745 people.
Also located on campus near the Clinical Science Center are many gymnasiums for handball, racquetball, swimming, jogging, basketball, tennis, badminton, softball and other sports. The Nielsen Tennis Stadium, adjacent to UW Hospital and Clinics, houses 12 indoor tennis courts and six squash courts.
Other Helpful Resources
- University of Wisconsin Graduate Medical Education
- University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
- Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Madison.com, the Capitol Times/Wisconsin State Journal Madison Web Site
- Yahoo - Madison, WI Information
- South Central Wisconsin Multiple Listing Service (Area Real Estate Search)
- Madison Area For Sale By Owner
