Are you looking to get into the interventional radiology residency program of your dreams? We’ve got you covered! Here, we’ll give you the inside scoop on which interventional radiology programs have the highest and lowest publications, MD-PhDs, AOA, and Gold Humanism members among matched applicants. So, if you’re curious about interventional radiology or have a specific program in mind, you can learn all the details you need to maximize your chances of becoming an interventional radiologist.
Which Interventional Radiology Residency Programs Require the Most Research?
As discussed previously, matched interventional radiology applicants have a moderate number of abstracts, presentations, and publications.
But how many publications are expected of each interventional radiology residency? Here, we’ll discuss which programs have the most – and fewest – publications among their residents. That way, you can make an informed decision and feel hopeful about getting into the program that’s right for you.
Let’s look at which interventional radiology residency programs have the most – and least – publications among their members. (NOTE: the data here report the Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants. This is more narrow – and restrictive – than the “abstracts, presentations, and publications,” measure found on ERAS and reported by the Charting Outcomes in the Match reports.)
| Residency program name | City | State | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | New Hyde Park | NY | 7 | 4 | 0% | 10 | 10 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 7 | 6 | 1 | 11% | 8 | 0 | OPT | 40 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 9 |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7% | 33 | 13 | OPT | 14 | ||||
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14% | 20 | 0 | REQ | 67 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 14 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 6 | 12 | 1 | 9% | 27 | 7 | OPT | 11 | ||||
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 6 | 11 | 0% | 40 | 20 | OPT | 8 | |||||
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program | New York | NY | 5 | 8 | 0% | 20 | 0 | REQ | 7 | |||||
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 5 | 7 | 0% | 50 | 6 | REQ | 25 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 14 | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 5 | 5 | 0% | 40 | 0 | NA | 15 | |||||
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 5 | 8 | 0% | 27 | 9 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 12 | |
| University of Washington School of Medicine Program | Seattle | WA | 5 | 5 | 0% | 33 | 7 | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | Saint Louis | MO | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10% | 50 | 20 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 4 | 8 | 0% | 47 | 20 | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 3 | 6 | 0% | 30 | 0 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 9 | |
| University of Alabama Hospital Program | Birmingham | AL | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| George Washington University School of Medicine Program | Washington | DC | 0% | NA | 2 | |||||||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) Program | Jacksonville | FL | 0% | OPT | 5 | |||||||||
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | OPT | 5 | |||||||||
| Spectrum Health/Michigan State University Program | Grand Rapids | MI | #DIV/0! | 0 | ||||||||||
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine Program | Jackson | MS | 0% | REQ | 3 | |||||||||
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | Saint Louis | MO | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program | New Brunswick | NJ | 0% | REQ | 2 | |||||||||
| Rochester General Hospital Program | Rochester | NY | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital Program | Port Jefferson | NY | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 7 | |||||
| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 0% | OPT | 2 | |||||||||
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | REQ | 10 | |||||||||
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | REQ | 1 | |||||||||
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | NA | 4 | |||||||||
| Oregon Health & Science University Hospital Program | Portland | OR | 0% | OPT | 7 | |||||||||
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 9 | |||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital-Lifespan Program | Providence | RI | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Program | Charleston | SC | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals Program | Galveston | TX | 0% | OPT | 4 | |||||||||
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 0% | OPT | 4 | |||||||||
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Aurora Health Care Program | Milwaukee | WI | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What Are the Most Research-Heavy Interventional Radiology Programs?
Here are the interventional radiology programs with the highest average publications among matched applicants:
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program (7 publications on average)
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program and Duke University Hospital Program (6 publication on average)
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program (5 publications on average)
- 4 programs with five publications on average
What Are the Least Research-Heavy Interventional Radiology Programs?
Here are the interventional radiology programs with the lowest average publications among matched applicants:
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program (four publications on average)
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program (four publications on average)
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program (three publications on average)
Which Interventional Radiology Residency Programs Have the Most MD-PhDs?
Are you hoping to get into an interventional radiology residency program? Having an MD-PhD may help you stand out, but it’s not always necessary.
Having an MD-PhD is associated with a decreased likelihood of matching into interventional radiology as a specialty. Note that this is a relatively high disadvantage (~12% match rate decrease for those with a PhD vs. those without).
Check out this list of interventional radiology residency programs in the US and their MD-PhD percentages.
| Residency program name | City | State | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 14% | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 0 | REQ | 67 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 14 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 11% | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | OPT | 40 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 9 |
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | Saint Louis | MO | 10% | 1 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 20 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 9% | 1 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 7 | OPT | 11 | ||||
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 7% | 1 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 13 | OPT | 14 | ||||
| Spectrum Health/Michigan State University Program | Grand Rapids | MI | 0% | 0 | ||||||||||
| University of Alabama Hospital Program | Birmingham | AL | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| George Washington University School of Medicine Program | Washington | DC | 0% | NA | 2 | |||||||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) Program | Jacksonville | FL | 0% | OPT | 5 | |||||||||
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | OPT | 5 | |||||||||
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine Program | Jackson | MS | 0% | REQ | 3 | |||||||||
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | Saint Louis | MO | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program | New Brunswick | NJ | 0% | REQ | 2 | |||||||||
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | New Hyde Park | NY | 0% | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 0% | 3 | 6 | 30 | 0 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 9 | |
| Rochester General Hospital Program | Rochester | NY | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program | New York | NY | 0% | 5 | 8 | 20 | 0 | REQ | 7 | |||||
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital Program | Port Jefferson | NY | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 7 | |||||
| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 0% | OPT | 2 | |||||||||
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | REQ | 10 | |||||||||
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | REQ | 1 | |||||||||
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | NA | 4 | |||||||||
| Oregon Health & Science University Hospital Program | Portland | OR | 0% | OPT | 7 | |||||||||
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | 5 | 7 | 50 | 6 | REQ | 25 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 14 | |
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 9 | |||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital-Lifespan Program | Providence | RI | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Program | Charleston | SC | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 0% | 5 | 5 | 40 | 0 | NA | 15 | |||||
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 0% | 4 | 8 | 47 | 20 | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals Program | Galveston | TX | 0% | OPT | 4 | |||||||||
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 0% | OPT | 4 | |||||||||
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 0% | 5 | 8 | 27 | 9 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 12 | |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| University of Washington School of Medicine Program | Seattle | WA | 0% | 5 | 5 | 33 | 7 | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 0% | 6 | 11 | 40 | 20 | OPT | 8 | |||||
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Aurora Health Care Program | Milwaukee | WI | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Interventional Radiology Programs with the Highest Percentage of MD-PhDs
Here are the interventional radiology programs with the highest reported % of residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs:
- Duke University Hospital Program (14%)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program (11%)
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program (10%)
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program (9%)
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program (7%)
Interventional Radiology Programs with the Lowest Percentage of MD-PhDs
As noted previously, having an MD-PhD can have a disadvantage in matching into interventional radiology, note that there are many (many) programs without an MD-PhD among their residents. In fact, there were only 5 programs that reported having any graduates from MD-PhD programs.
Which Interventional Radiology Programs Have the Most AOA and Gold Humanism Honor Society Members?
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) and Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) memberships are two important factors in the interventional radiology residency matching process. AOA recognizes students and residents who excel academically, in leadership, and in professionalism, while GHHS recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional qualities in patient-centered care and humanism.
As noted before, AOA membership is associated with an increased likelihood of matching into interventional radiology.
Here we list the US interventional radiology residency programs and the % of their residents who were AOA or GHHS members. Note you can search for individual programs, sort the data, and many other useful things in your interventional radiology residency search.
| Residency program name | City | State | % matched applicants members of Alpha Omega Alpha (at the time of application) | % matched applicants members of Gold Humanism Honor Society (at the time of application) | # current residents who were graduates of joint MD-PhD program | % current residents who were graduates of MD-PhD programs | Average number of peer-reviewed publications among matched applicants | Average number of research experiences among matched applicants | Program curriculum includes a dedicated research rotation | % completed residents with non-academic U.S. practice career plans | % completed residents with plans to continue training in another program | % completed residents with plans to obtain a full-time or part-time academic position | % completed residents with other career plans | Total # Residents on Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program | Saint Louis | MO | 50 | 20 | 1 | 10% | 4 | 4 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| University of Pennsylvania Health System Program | Philadelphia | PA | 50 | 6 | 0% | 5 | 7 | REQ | 25 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 14 | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program | Dallas | TX | 47 | 20 | 0% | 4 | 8 | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program | Nashville | TN | 40 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 5 | NA | 15 | |||||
| Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program | Milwaukee | WI | 40 | 20 | 0% | 6 | 11 | OPT | 8 | |||||
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus) Program | New York | NY | 33 | 13 | 1 | 7% | 6 | 9 | OPT | 14 | ||||
| University of Washington School of Medicine Program | Seattle | WA | 33 | 7 | 0% | 5 | 5 | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program | New York | NY | 30 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 6 | REQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 9 | |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Program | Houston | TX | 27 | 7 | 1 | 9% | 6 | 12 | OPT | 11 | ||||
| University of Virginia Medical Center Program | Charlottesville | VA | 27 | 9 | 0% | 5 | 8 | OPT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 12 | |
| New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program | New York | NY | 20 | 0 | 0% | 5 | 8 | REQ | 7 | |||||
| Duke University Hospital Program | Durham | NC | 20 | 0 | 2 | 14% | 6 | 8 | REQ | 67 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 14 |
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program | New Hyde Park | NY | 10 | 10 | 0% | 7 | 4 | OPT | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program | New York | NY | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11% | 7 | 6 | OPT | 40 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 9 |
| University of Alabama Hospital Program | Birmingham | AL | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital Program | Washington | DC | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| George Washington University School of Medicine Program | Washington | DC | 0% | NA | 2 | |||||||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) Program | Jacksonville | FL | 0% | OPT | 5 | |||||||||
| Henry Ford Hospital Program | Detroit | MI | 0% | OPT | 5 | |||||||||
| Spectrum Health/Michigan State University Program | Grand Rapids | MI | #DIV/0! | 0 | ||||||||||
| University of Minnesota Program | Minneapolis | MN | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester) Program | Rochester | MN | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Mississippi School of Medicine Program | Jackson | MS | 0% | REQ | 3 | |||||||||
| St Louis University School of Medicine Program | Saint Louis | MO | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program | Omaha | NE | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Program | Lebanon | NH | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Program | New Brunswick | NJ | 0% | REQ | 2 | |||||||||
| Rochester General Hospital Program | Rochester | NY | 0% | REQ | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester Program | Rochester | NY | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program | Bronx | NY | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Albany Medical Center Program | Albany | NY | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Mather Hospital Program | Port Jefferson | NY | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| University of North Carolina Hospitals Program | Chapel Hill | NC | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | 7 | |||||
| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Program | Winston-Salem | NC | 0% | OPT | 2 | |||||||||
| Ohio State University Hospital Program | Columbus | OH | 0% | REQ | 10 | |||||||||
| Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | REQ | 1 | |||||||||
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation Program | Cleveland | OH | 0% | NA | 4 | |||||||||
| Oregon Health & Science University Hospital Program | Portland | OR | 0% | OPT | 7 | |||||||||
| UPMC Medical Education Program | Pittsburgh | PA | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center Program | Hershey | PA | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Temple University Hospital Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH Program | Philadelphia | PA | 0% | OPT | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 9 | |||||
| Geisinger Health System Program | Danville | PA | 0% | REQ | 4 | |||||||||
| Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital-Lifespan Program | Providence | RI | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Program | Charleston | SC | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals Program | Galveston | TX | 0% | OPT | 4 | |||||||||
| University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine Program | San Antonio | TX | 0% | OPT | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| University of Utah Health Program | Salt Lake City | UT | 0% | OPT | 4 | |||||||||
| Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program | Richmond | VA | 0% | OPT | 8 | |||||||||
| University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Program | Madison | WI | 0% | OPT | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Aurora Health Care Program | Milwaukee | WI | 0% | NA | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Interventional Radiology Programs with the Most and Least AOA and GHHS Members
The interventional radiology residency programs with the highest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium Program
- University of Pennsylvania Health System Program
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program
- Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Program
The interventional radiology residency programs with the lowest reported percentage of AOA members are:
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program
- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Program
- Duke University Hospital Program
- New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) Program
Are AOA Numbers Artificially Low in the Most Competitive Interventional Radiology Residency Programs?
As we can see above, while AOA and GHHS membership can be beneficial, it’s not necessarily a critical factor in being accepted into an interventional radiology residency program.
For example, the University of Virginia interventional radiology program only had 27% of its residents with AOA membership and only 9% with GHHS membership.
So, why might some of the most competitive interventional radiology residency programs have fewer AOA and GHHS members? One potential explanation is that some of the most prestigious medical schools don’t have AOA chapters. For example, the medical schools at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and UCSF all lack AOA chapters.
Ultimately, it’s essential to remember that AOA and GHHS membership can be important factors in getting accepted into an interventional radiology residency program. However, they’re not the only ones. There are plenty of other ways to make your application stand out, such as having strong USMLE scores, letters of recommendation, and a well-crafted personal statement.
Concluding Thoughts
Publications; AOA and GHHS membership; and having a PhD can all benefit an application into interventional radiology. However, as we can see, different interventional radio residency programs have different expectations as to what they are looking for in applicants.
