Kaiser Permanente Southern California Program

Interventional Radiology-Integrated Analyst Verified · Mar 17, 2021

Kaiser Permanente Southern California Program

Kaiser Permanente Southern California Program is a residency program specializing in Interventional Radiology-Integrated, located in Pasadena, California, directed by George Vatakencherry, MD and coordinated by Residency Coordinator. The program accepts applications through October 17, 2027. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (323) 783-7169. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

This is an integrated Interventional Radiology residency based at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, a large tertiary health-system site with a high-volume vascular and interventional radiology division. The program reports averaging 2000 inpatient consultations, 500 hospital admissions, and roughly 5000 outpatient clinic visits annually, with trainees logging over 50 aortic repairs, 100+ lower-extremity revascularizations for critical limb ischemia, about 500 transarterial chemoembolization/Y90 procedures a year, and over 100 tumor ablations annually. Residents receive 3 months of dedicated neurointerventional time and become stroke trained within a comprehensive stroke center, gaining exposure to peripheral arterial disease, interventional oncology, pain/MSK, neuro-, pediatric, women's health, and GI/GU interventions. Only one resident is matched per year at the PGY1 level through NRMP, and applicants who completed a PGY2-level internship elsewhere are not accepted into the program.

Who it fits

An applicant seeking broad procedural exposure across the full spectrum of interventional subspecialties, including neurointerventional and oncologic work, within a high-volume clinical practice environment.

Research intensity

Low - the description centers on clinical and procedural volume with no stated research requirement or emphasis.

Career orientation

Community Practice - the program describes preparing trainees to build a comprehensive interventional practice from scratch.

Audition rotation

Student - An Interventional Radiology rotation is offered at the Los Angeles Medical Center for visiting medical students; application must be completed via VSLO.

Important

The program does not accept applicants at the PGY-2 level who have completed internships elsewhere, and one resident is accepted annually at the PGY1 level through NRMP; applications require three letters of recommendation, one of which should be from the specialty being applied to.

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