Kettering Health Network Program

Program Identity & Fit

Kettering Health's Diagnostic Radiology program is a community-based, osteopathically-rooted 4-year advanced residency in Dayton, Ohio, training residents across multiple network sites (Kettering Health Main Campus, Dayton, Miamisburg, Washington Township) plus Dayton Children's Hospital for pediatric imaging exposure. The program explicitly frames itself as offering "academic sized volume" within a community practice structure, emphasizing high case-load and procedural exposure as a marketable differentiator. Research is supported through institutional infrastructure (library, biostatistics consultation, a network research navigator, boot camps, and writers' workshops) to meet ACGME scholarly requirements rather than as a defining institutional mission. Despite its community identity, nearly all graduates pursue competitive subspecialty fellowships at major academic centers, indicating the program functions as a strong pipeline into fellowship-driven subspecialty radiology careers while still preparing some residents for community practice.