University of Maryland Program

Program Identity & Fit

The University of Maryland Diagnostic Radiology Residency is a university-based, tertiary/quaternary academic program anchored at UMMC and the adjoining Baltimore VA Medical Center, serving as the flagship referral center for the Mid-Atlantic region with faculty recognized nationally in trauma and cardiac imaging. The program is structured around a highly individualized track system - Early Specialization in Interventional Radiology (ESIR), dual ABR/ABNM certification, Educator Track, Research Track, and longitudinal or fellowship-based Informatics training - reflecting an emphasis on tailoring the final years of residency to a resident's specific subspecialty or career trajectory. Scholarly work is structurally embedded (dedicated research time in R2/R3, a Research Academy, sponsored attendance at the four-week ACR Institute for Radiologic Pathology course taught by its own faculty), and a self-organized global health curriculum through RAD-AID and Health4TheWorld chapters signals institutional support for international elective experience. The program explicitly foregrounds collegiality and relational culture as its defining feature, alongside progressive graded autonomy culminating in independent in-house call by R2.