University of Southern California-Los Angeles General Medical Center USC-LA General Program

Program Identity & Fit

USC/LA General is an academic, integrated Interventional Radiology program built on a tri-site model that pairs an enormous public safety-net trauma center (LA General, the region's busiest Level I trauma center with 4,500+ trauma cases annually) with a private tertiary/quaternary referral hospital (Keck) and an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center (Norris). Residents get graduated procedural autonomy through a structured call progression (R1 call-free, then escalating independent inpatient/procedure coverage) and concentrate advanced IR training in R4 mini-fellowships at Keck and oncologic-imaging rotations at Norris. The department explicitly states a mission to inspire graduates toward academic medicine, teaching, and research, backed by 40+ active clinical studies, dedicated imaging research labs (Fan MRI Lab, Radiomics Lab, Molecular Imaging Center), and ten subspecialty fellowships including ACGME-accredited Neuroradiology and VIR. The program values residents who can thrive across an extreme range of acuity and resource settings, from high-volume public trauma call to complex quaternary interventional oncology cases, while progressively assuming independent decision-making responsibility.