Dear future radiology residents,
As chief residents for the 2024-25 academic year, we are pleased to introduce you to the Radiology Residency program. We are excited for you as you begin your journeys and we appreciate your consideration of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for your training.
While you will undoubtedly get excellent training wherever your path may take you, we truly believe Dartmouth offers many unique opportunities which make it a wonderful place to train. We are a level-one trauma center located in rural New Hampshire. We have an extensive catchment area which provides a wide breadth of pathology and high volume to learn from. While our fellowship opportunities are growing, we remain a resident-run program which allows for immersive, hands-on training from day one. We are comfortable reading all modalities, we are technically competent performing multiple procedures, and we are given graduated autonomy as we progress through our training. We have the privilege to work at the world-renowned Boston Children's Hospital for 3 months to supplement the pediatric training we receive from Dartmouth Health Children's Hospital. Overall, we receive a well-rounded education that allows our residents to match and excel in fellowship and throughout their careers.
We could continue to boast of the outstanding training and education we receive at Dartmouth, but it is the people who truly make this program. It stems from the leadership of our program director, Dr. Yen. Not only is she an amazing person, she is our strongest advocate, consistently striving to improve our program and supporting us in our individual academic interests and in shaping the program to align with the residents’ vision. When you arrive at work each day, you are surrounded by individuals who are passionate about their work. Our reading rooms are filled with attendings who love and excel at teaching. We have amazing physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and radiology technologists whose hard work makes our jobs easier. Our colleagues in other departments are truly an asset; we learn from them as much as they learn from us and they make our work much more rewarding. The wonderful culture and people are what entice many of our residents and fellows to continue their careers at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
On top of the outstanding education and supportive culture, we are lucky to train in the beautiful mountains of New Hampshire. We are fortunate to have stunning trails and lakes in the warmer months and world-class skiing and snow sports in the winter. Simply looking out the hospital windows, you are inspired by the beauty of where we live and train.
We wish you all the best of luck in your careers. We hope you consider joining us at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in our charming little corner of quintessential New England.
Best,
Jessica Rubino, MD
Lillian Dominguez-Konicki, MD
IR Chief welcome
Thank you for your interest in our program. I was standing in the cafeteria of my medical school hospital, waiting to get my usual breakfast eggs when I got an email that I instantly knew would change my life forever. It was my interview invite to Dartmouth, my dream program. Dartmouth Hitchcock is an amazing place for an aspiring interventionalist. I did my first procedural biopsy as a PGY-2, something others only get exposure to much later in their training, and 4 years on it has helped mold me into a confident and proficient physician. Our program offers the setting to be as hands on as you would like. There is no competition for procedures and opportunities are plenty.
In order to be a strong interventionalist, you also have to be a strong diagnostician and our training is multi-faceted in that you will be comfortable in interpreting radiographs, ultrasound and cross-sectional imaging. You will also develop fantastic hands-on ultrasound skills, which are critical to our work. On the IR front, we have 2 biplane rooms and 2 single plane rooms in addition to a C-arm room for vascular access procedures (the second biplane room coming up at the end of September 2021). We share these rooms with Neurointervention and Vascular Surgery, both very collegial services we rotate on as part of our training.
Our division handles a vast variety of procedures, ranging from imaging-guided biopsies and drainage, dialysis and vascular access, trauma and hemorrhage angiography to oncologic interventions. The attendings become your de facto mentors, sharing their personal and professional wisdom with you. We also enjoy tremendous support of one another as residents. If I had to do it all over, I would pick Dartmouth a million times. We look forward to reviewing your applications and learning more about you!
Sidak Pannu, MD - IR Chief Resident