Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Program

Radiology-Diagnostic Analyst Verified · May 24, 2026

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Program

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Program is a residency program specializing in Radiology-Diagnostic, located in Colton, California, directed by John Sohn, MD and coordinated by Mona Hughes. and holds an accreditation status of Initial. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at [email protected] or (909) 580-1369. 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

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center's Diagnostic Radiology Program is a young (initial ACGME accreditation 2021), county-owned, university-affiliated safety-net tertiary teaching hospital in the Inland Empire, serving a high-volume, medically indigent and diverse patient population across trauma, burn, and comprehensive stroke center services. The program explicitly trains residents for both independent community practice and academic medicine, requiring a dedicated research rotation and a publication/poster or QI project for graduation, indicating research is built into the structure rather than optional. Twenty-four-hour in-house and teleradiology faculty coverage, high patient census, and broad pathology exposure due to the underserved population define the clinical training environment. As a newer program embedded in a multi-specialty county GME system, it appears to value residents comfortable with high-volume safety-net radiology and willing to engage in structured research/QI work rather than pursuing radiology only as a subspecialty academic track.

Who it fits

An applicant drawn to safety-net, underserved-population radiology who has demonstrated community-service or public-hospital experience and can point to a concrete research or QI project reflecting the program's mandatory research/graduation requirement.

Research intensity

Moderate - a dedicated research rotation and a publication/poster or QI project are required for graduation, but research is not described as central to the program's identity beyond this requirement.

Career orientation

Mixed - Community Practice, Academic Medicine

Important

The program uses the ERAS supplemental application, including program signals and geographic/urban-rural preferences, and the prerequisite clinical year may be completed in medicine, surgery, or a transitional year.

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