- 8 weeks of Neuro
- 8 weeks of Chest
- 6 weeks of Fluoroscopy/Gastrointestinal Radiology
- 6 weeks of Body CT
- 4 weeks of Body MRI
- 4 weeks of Interventional Radiology
- 4 weeks of Breast Imaging
- 4 weeks of Nuclear Medicine
- 4 weeks of Ultrasound
- 4 weeks of MSK CT Radiography/CT
Diagnostic Radiology Residency
College
- Center City Campus
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Degree Earned
- Residency
Program Length
4 years
Program Type
- On Campus
Name:
Michael Hoch, MD
Position:
Associate Program Director
Email:
Michael.Hoch@jefferson.edu
Program Information
Name:
Sofiane Moulla
Position:
- Education Coordinator, Radiology Residency Programs
132 South Tenth Street
Suite 780-A, Main Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email:
Sofiane.Moulla@jefferson.edu
Contact Number(s):
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Curriculum Overview
The core curriculum provides comprehensive training across all major radiology subspecialties. Rotations include the following:
- Breast
- Body CT
- Body MRI
- Chest
- Cardiovascular
- Emergency
- Fluoroscopy/Gastrointestinal Radiology
- Interventional Radiology
- Musculoskeletal
- Neuroradiology
- Nuclear Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Ultrasound
All our clinical rotations are located on the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital campus in Center City except for pediatric radiology and one rotation at our affiliated, community-based hospital. The pediatric radiology rotation provides outstanding experience at our affiliate, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware. The rotation at our community hospital, Jefferson Methodist Hospital, is three miles south of the Jefferson campus, staffed entirely by Jefferson radiologists, and provides residents an opportunity to experience working in a small, hospital-based practice setting.
During the third year, residents spend four weeks at the Radiologic Pathology course given by the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology.
During the fourth year, residents have up to 28 weeks of elective time for flexible individualization.
Sample Diagnostic Radiology Schedule
- 10 weeks of Junior Night Float (5 weeks nights/5 weeks day float flex)
- 4 weeks of Chest
- 2 weeks of Cardiovascular
- 4 weeks of Neuro
- 4 weeks of Breast
- 4 weeks of Fluoroscopy/Gastrointestinal Radiology
- 4 weeks of Interventional Radiology
- 4 weeks of Body CT
- 4 weeks of MSK Radiography/CT
- 2 weeks of Body MRI
- 2 weeks of MSK MRI
- 2 weeks of Nuclear Medicine
- 2 weeks of Ultrasound
- 4 weeks of Pediatrics
- 6 weeks of Senior Night Float (3 weeks nights/3 weeks day float flex)
- 4 weeks of Breast
- 4 weeks of Interventional Radiology
- 4 weeks of MSK MRI
- 4 weeks of Neuro
- 4 weeks of Nuclear Medicine
- 4 weeks of Pediatrics
- 4 weeks of Ultrasound
- 4 weeks of AIRP
- 4 weeks of Research
- 2 weeks of Body CT
- 2 weeks of Body MRI
- 2 weeks of Chest
- 2 weeks of Cardiovascular
- 2 weeks of MSK Radiography/CT
- 28 weeks Elective/Mini-Fellowship
- 8 weeks of Emergency
- 6 weeks of Senior Night Float (3 weeks nights/3 weeks day float flex)
- 6 weeks of Nuclear Medicine
- 4 weeks of Pediatrics
Clinical Rotations
Our call curriculum emphasizes graduated responsibility. R1 residents begin with focused weekend radiography and neuroradiology call with attending oversight after completing the prerequisite rotations. As residents gain experience, they progress to broader evening and weekend/holiday emergency coverage and ultimately to junior and senior night float rotations.
Junior night float focuses primarily on emergency radiographs, neuroimaging (CT and MRI), and cross-sectional musculoskeletal imaging, whereas senior night float focuses on chest and body CT, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and other urgent cross-sectional imaging. 1 junior and 1 senior night float resident will be on call every evening from 8:00 PM to 7:30 AM on weekdays, and 8:00 PM to 8:00 PM on weekends and holidays. Residents also participate in evening body and neuroradiology rotations as well as weekend emergency imaging rotations, providing additional experience with emergency and inpatient imaging.
Throughout training, residents work closely with our emergency radiology and subspecialty faculty, with attending supervision during the busiest evening and early overnight hours. For the remainder of the shift, the night float residents work independently with no in-house attending physician, but with subspecialty fellow and attending consultation available on call. This progressive structure is designed to build confidence, efficiency, and independent decision making in preparation for practice after residency.
On-call residents are responsible for all general radiology, neuroradiology, body CT and US, except for IR and neuroradiologic procedures. Back-up is available by both fellows and attending staff.