University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

UT Southwestern's integrated IR residency is an academic, tertiary/quaternary program anchored across three distinct clinical sites - Parkland Memorial Hospital (a massive county safety-net hospital), Clements University Hospital (a quaternary university hospital), and Children's Medical Center (a free-standing pediatric hospital) - giving residents exposure to both underserved county populations and high-complexity referral cases, including dedicated pediatric and neuro IR training in the final year. The six-year curriculum builds graduated procedural autonomy through a structured DR-to-IR ramp, dedicated IR clinics with embedded PA/NP support at two sites, moonlighting opportunities beginning R2 year, and a supplemental curriculum on private-practice business/administration alongside academic research training. Research infrastructure is substantial (translational IR research in drug delivery, theranostics, and radiomics via the Advanced Imaging Research Center's preclinical animal imaging lab), reflecting the broader institution's deep basic-science culture, but the program explicitly frames itself as preparing residents for both academic and private practice careers rather than mandating a research-heavy path. The program values procedural volume across varied acuity settings, longitudinal patient-care skills (dedicated IR clinics), and adaptability across both underserved and quaternary-referral practice environments.