MaineHealth Program

Program Identity & Fit

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center's Diagnostic Radiology Residency is a categorical, apprenticeship-model program at Maine's largest medical center, a 700+ bed Level 1 trauma and comprehensive stroke center with no competing fellows, giving residents direct hands-on ownership of procedures and case interpretation. The five-year curriculum (one preliminary Internal Medicine year plus four years of radiology) is notable for structured subspecialty rotations, an ESIR track, a funded 13-week pediatric rotation at Boston Children's Hospital, and a paid AIRP course in Washington, D.C., reflecting deliberate national-caliber exposure despite the program's small, community-city setting. Roughly 90% of graduates pursue subspecialty fellowships at top academic centers (neuro, body, MSK, breast, pediatric, IR), while a minority enter practice directly, including locally in Maine, and faculty represent a hybrid academic/private-practice model intended to expose residents to both career tracks. The program emphasizes one-on-one faculty mentorship, protected teaching time, growing but not yet dominant research infrastructure (a newly hired research navigator, required scholarly and QI projects), and a resident culture valuing personal fit, mentorship, and quality of life in Portland.