McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a large academic diagnostic radiology residency at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, anchored at the tertiary/quaternary downtown Northwestern Medicine campus with additional experience at Lurie Children's Hospital and Jesse Brown VA, giving residents exposure to pediatric, veteran, and high-acuity adult populations. The program's distinctive ED-specific call structure grants residents genuine overnight autonomy reading in a high-volume Level 1 trauma emergency department, and its optional Radiology Interest Tracks (Business of Radiology, Education, Research, Global Health, Informatics) plus ACR Radiology Leadership Institute access signal an emphasis on individualized career shaping beyond core clinical training. Research infrastructure is substantial, including protected research time, funded conference travel, the Research Imaging Collaboration Office, a Center for Translational Imaging, and the interdisciplinary Medical Imaging Science Training Program linking Radiology with Biomedical/Electrical Engineering, indicating research is genuinely built into the department's identity rather than an afterthought. Alumni outcomes show heavy, near-default subspecialty fellowship placement (breast, neuroradiology, MSK, body/abdominal, IR), with a majority training and often staying at Northwestern itself, reflecting a program oriented toward producing academically-credentialed subspecialists.