Program Overview

Graduate Medical Education

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University offers a comprehensive range of graduate medical education programs.

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Interventional Radiology Residency Program

The Interventional Radiology department at Temple University offers a five-year ACGME accredited integrated IR/DR radiology residency. Two IR/DR residents are accepted per year. After completing a 1-year preliminary or transitional internship year, residents will complete 3 years in diagnostic radiology alongside their diagnostic radiology resident peers, followed by dedicated 2 years in interventional radiology, to become board eligible for the IR/DR certificate.

Program Description

The program provides a comprehensive training experience that encompasses diagnostic and interventional radiology with a focus on providing superior clinical patient care in an academic tertiary and quaternary care setting. The interventional radiology department performs a full spectrum of procedures that residents will train in. Over 12,000 IR procedures are performed each year across Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center. Hands-on training is paramount to success, and residents easily surpass the minimum number of common and complex procedures required to be well-prepared for the demands of being an IR attending.

Rotations

Residents spend time in various rotations, including:

• 1 month in the busy Temple surgical intensive care unit to gain additional training in the care and management of critically ill patients
• 1 month in specialty training on noninvasive peripheral vascular lab interpretation
• 1 month at the prestigious Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) to gain exposure to pediatric interventional radiology
• 1 month at Atlantic Medical Imaging to gain experience working in an outpatient-based lab performing procedures including complex peripheral arterial disease cases
• 1 month with neurosurgical colleagues to gain experience with neurointerventional procedures and management

Program Aims

The aims of the integrated interventional radiology residency program at Temple University Hospital are:

1. To provide residents with a supportive educational environment rooted in the practice of evidence-based medicine, to develop a thorough understanding of the clinical diagnosis and care of patients with diseases commonly treated with interventional radiology procedures.
2. To enable residents to develop expertise in the imaging techniques and interpretation skills needed for procedure planning, execution, and patient follow-up and achieve competency in performing common and advanced interventional radiology procedures such that they may practice autonomously and confidently upon graduation.
3. To provide residents with opportunities for research, teaching, and mentoring that will prepare them for and enable them to excel in academic practice, if they should choose that path upon graduation.