HOW TO BECOME AN INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST?

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How to Become an Interventional Radiologist? By: Marah Abu-Muhsen

Interventional radiology (IR) was established as a unique speciality in medicine in 2012 by the American Board of Medical Specialties, and a dedicated interventional radiology residency was approved by The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 2014. So it is considered a new speciality.

The traditional pathway for the IR is one year of IR fellowship after graduation from a diagnostic radiology residency (The diagnostic radiology (DR) is known to be a 4 year residency program) a total of 5 years after finishing the internship year. This is offered until June 30, 2020 then it’s anticipated to be ceased, and your way to train in IR will be through the IR residency: either the Integrated Residency or the Independent one; which differs from the traditional pathway in the years spent in DR, IR, and clinical rotations.

For the integrated residency, it is a 5 year training program after finishing the internship year and it includes 3 years in DR and 3 years in IR. While the independent residency consists of 1-2 years after having completed a diagnostic radiology residency, that is; 5-6 years after the internship year.

So if you are a 3rd year DR resident or younger and wish to become an interventional radiologist, then you have to go through the independent pathway.

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