University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago Program

Program Identity & Fit

UIC's Diagnostic Radiology Residency is an academic, university-based program anchored at UI Health, a 495-bed tertiary-care safety-net hospital in Chicago's Illinois Medical District, with a large referral population, high-volume transplant and interventional oncology practice, and a Comprehensive Stroke Center, supplemented by a pediatric rotation at Lurie Children's Hospital. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: residents have access to wet-lab and MRI research infrastructure, NIH/DoD-funded faculty, an Annual Resident Research Symposium, and formal "Graduation with Distinction" tracks in either Research/Scholarship or Clinical Service/Education that require sustained scholarly output across residency. Fellowship placement is the default outcome, with recent graduates entering neuroradiology, body, MSK, breast, and interventional subspecialty fellowships at academic centers nationally, alongside some entering private practice or teleradiology. The program values residents who will engage proactively in scholarship and longitudinal service/education projects on top of clinical training, reflecting a structured, metrics-driven approach to resident development.