Welcome to the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program! Our program offers a unique blend of first-rate radiology training at a state-of-the-art facility in a location conducive to a wonderful quality of life.
We are excited about the vision our new chairman, David Naeger, MD, FACR, FAAR, who arrived in August 2024, brings to our department. This includes an increase in our resident complement from 3 to 6 DR residents/year, first match with 6 residents in the 2025 ERAS Match. With few fellows, our program allows for a resident-centered experience, combining the best of academic subspecialty level teaching and research with hands-on active learning and unparalleled procedural experience.
The faculty’s commitment to resident teaching, led by several nationally recognized educators, creates an ideal environment for resident learning and growth. We have a 100% pass rate for both the ABR Core and Certifying Exams. Our residents also enjoy success in obtaining highly competitive fellowship positions for subspecialty training.
Our collegial atmosphere involves residents in all aspects of the training program, including curriculum design and resident selection. The timing and format of the ABR Core exam allows for a flexible, individualized fourth year of training with resident input a major driving force in the design of this year. In addition to allowing residents further training in clinical areas of interest, the fourth year allows elective opportunities in global health, radiology leadership/business, and informatics, as well as a clinician-educator pathway, non-radiology clinical experiences, community radiology, and dedicated research time. This innovative approach sets our program apart from others. We also offer a longitudinal radiology resident educator’s track for residents in their second or third year who have a strong interest in medical education and academia. In 2022-2023, we piloted a novel clinical spaced interval learning (SIL) curriculum for our first-year residents, which we have continued since the inaugural year. A departmental faculty-led 7-week research boot camp designed for our first- and second-year residents is offered biennially. Our residents also participate in the ACR RLI Health Care Economics Milestones Program.
We have Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology (ESIR) and ABR 16-month Nuclear Radiology pathways. We also have an Integrated Interventional Radiology residency program.
The input of our residents is highly valued in our selection process to ensure the recruitment of residents who are academically skilled, share our vision, and are team players. We are fully committed to recruiting across a diverse population and promoting equity and a climate of inclusion within our department. We are proud of the strength of the female leadership in our department. Our Women in Radiology group focuses on promoting support and mentorship among our women in training and faculty.
Program leadership strongly champions resident wellness, with several resident-initiated wellness endeavors implemented over the years.
As part of the Dartmouth College community, our residents have ready access to a variety of cultural activities, including theater, dance, music, and film, as well as a full spectrum of college sports. Our residents experience the best of what Northern New England has to offer with easy access to farmers' markets, country fairs, and spectacular outdoor recreational activities, including skiing, hiking, biking, rowing/canoeing, fishing, and gardening.
We are very proud of the excellent clinical training and unique opportunities our program provides, which prepare our residents for a successful career in academia or private practice. We hope you will consider joining our Dartmouth radiology family!
Sincerely,
Stephanie P. Yen, MD
Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology