{"id":1411,"date":"2021-01-25T11:54:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=1411"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:35:23","slug":"career-outline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/medical-students\/career-outline\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Radiology has two major residency programs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Diagnostic Radiology<\/li>\n<li>Interventional Radiology\n<ul>\n<li>Integrated pathway (PGY2-6)<\/li>\n<li>ESIR (PGY 5 after DR)<\/li>\n<li>Independent pathway (PGY 5-6 after DR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Diagnostic radiology<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PGY1: Medical, Surgical or Transitional Internship<\/li>\n<li>PGY2-5: Diagnostic Radiology<\/li>\n<li>PGY6\/7: Optional one or two year Fellowships (&gt;90% graduating residents do a Fellowship)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Interventional Radiology (combined IR\/DR certificate)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sirweb.org\/learning-center\/ir-residency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for more details of the 3 different pathways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Integrated IR\/DR Residency:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PGY 1: Usually Surgical Internship<\/li>\n<li>PGY2-4: Diagnostic Radiology<\/li>\n<li>PGY5-6: IR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Areas of specialization<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most radiologists subspecialize in one or more areas (listed below) either in academic radiology or private practice. These subspecialties require fellowships.\u00a0 Other radiologists remain generalists, usually in private practice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abdominal Imaging<\/li>\n<li>Body Imaging<\/li>\n<li>Breast Imaging<\/li>\n<li>Cardiovascular<\/li>\n<li>Interventional Radiology<\/li>\n<li>Emergency Radiology<\/li>\n<li>Musculoskeletal<\/li>\n<li>Neuroimaging<\/li>\n<li>Neuro\/Interventional<\/li>\n<li>Nuclear Radiology<\/li>\n<li>Pediatric<\/li>\n<li>Thoracic<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s imaging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Resources for Applying to Radiology<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aarad.memberclicks.net\/assets\/Affinity_Groups\/AMSER\/Educator_Resources\/Residency-Guide\/FINAL.%20July%202024-%20AMSER%20Guide%20V.13.pdf\">AMSER Guide to Applying to Radiology Residency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voice.adobe.com\/a\/PLMBB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15 Reasons To Join Dartmouth Hitchcock's Radiology Residency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gme.dartmouth-hitchcock.org\/diagnostic_radiology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information for potential applicants to the DHMC Radiology Residency<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to contact <a href=\"mailto:stephanie.p.yen@hitchcock.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephanie Yen MD<\/a>, the Program Director with any questions<\/p>\n<p>Check out the videos here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC7aZwR6dgw8Kp7q68i4WS2A\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DHMC radiology residency YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Radiology has two major residency programs Diagnostic Radiology Interventional Radiology Integrated pathway (PGY2-6) ESIR (PGY 5 after DR) Independent pathway (PGY 5-6 after DR) Diagnostic radiology PGY1: Medical, Surgical or Transitional Internship PGY2-5: Diagnostic Radiology PGY6\/7: Optional one or two year Fellowships (&gt;90% graduating residents do a Fellowship) Interventional [\u2026] <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"more_link clearfix\" href=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/medical-students\/career-outline\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"parent":1384,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","author-36"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3086,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1411\/revisions\/3086"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/radiology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}