- ChristianaCare has been a top-rated academic medical center for more than a century. Our residents and fellows experience a rigorous and rewarding combination of academic training and hands-on training.
- Our curriculum builds a solid foundation of knowledge and experiences that creates doctors who are innovative leaders in their field.
- The Interventional Radiology Residency program offers 1 Integrated Pathway and 1 Independent Pathway appointment each year. ESIR is also available through the Diagnostic Radiology Residency program.
- Some highlights of the program:
- Excellent faculty-to-resident ratio in a program that includes 9 full-time body IR physicians as well as 4 full-time neuro IR physicians.
- Superior mid-level support with 5 ½ physician extenders minimizing the burden of ‘scut’ work on trainees.
- Busy ICAVL accredited vascular lab resulting in a large volume of arterial and venous studies performed yearly.
- Clinically based practice with a fully-staffed VIR office seeing and working up patients daily.
- Level 1 trauma center.
- Direct involvement of VIR within multidisciplinary clinics as well as numerous tumor boards at the Helen Graham Cancer Center.
- Integrated surgical clinical year including vascular surgery rotations.
- Interventional pediatric radiology experience at the nationally ranked #1 children’s hospital in the nation ‘The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’.
- Faculty that is highly active in clinical research producing numerous peer reviewed publications annually.
- Sample Schedule
PGY 2
Block
1Block
2Block
3Block
4Block
5Block
6Block
7Block
8Block
9Block
10Block
11Block
12Block
13Institution/Site
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Rotation
FLUORO
CT-BODY
BALLROOM
NEURO
BALLROOM
NUCS
US
NEURO
CT-BODY
FLUORO
VIR
WILM
MAMMO
% Outpatient
5%
50%
15%
30%
15%
30%
30%
30%
50%
5%
50%
15%
100%
% Research
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
PGY 3
Block
1Block
2Block
3Block
4Block
5Block
6Block
7Block
8Block
9Block
10Block
11Block
12Block
13Institution/Site
1
1
1
1
2 or 3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Rotation
BODY
MRNEURO
NF
US
PEDS
VIR
H&N
NUCS
BODY
MRNEURO
FLUORO
MAMMO
NF
% Outpatient
50%
30%
0%
30%
50%
40%
50%
30%
50%
30%
5%
100%
0%
% Research
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Vacation/CME:
PGY 4
Block
1Block
2Block
3Block
4Block
5Block
6Block
7Block
8Block
9Block
10Block
11Block
12Block
13Institution/Site
1
2 or 3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Rotation
CT-BODY
PEDS
NF
NUCS
NEURO
US
BODY
MRAIRP
NUCS
VIR
CARDIAC
BALLROOM
VIR
% Outpatient
50%
50%
100%
30%
30%
30%
50%
0%
30%
40%
50%
15%
40%
% Research
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
50%
0%
0%
Vacation/CME:
PGY 5
Block
1Block
2Block
3Block
4Block
5Block
6Block
7Block
8Block
9Block
10Block
11Block
12Block
13Institution/Site
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Rotation
MAMMO
CT/US
VIR
ICU
NIR
VIR
VIR
VASC
VIR
VIR
PEDS
IRVIR
VIR
% Outpatient
100%
40%
40%
0%
30%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
% Research
50%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Vacation/CME:
PGY 6
Block
1Block
2Block
3Block
4Block
5Block
6Block
7Block
8Block
9Block
10Block
11Block
12Block
13Institution/Site
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Rotation
VASC
USVIR
VIR
NIR
VIR
CT/US
VIR
VASC
VIR
PEDS
IRVIR
VIR
VIR
% Outpatient
40%
40%
40%
30%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
40%
% Research
50%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%