ROCHESTER GENERAL
HOSPITAL
Radiology Residency Training Program
Rochester Regional Health System
RGH
NWH
Batavia
CSH
Unity
Hybrid program
Academics
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Tertiary care hospital + 4
feeder hospitals
5 residencies
Medical student / Resident
rotations
Daily conferences
Real-time read out
Private Practice-RRA
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Mindful of logistics of
practicing radiology
RVU’s / TAT / Billing /
Insurance / Coding
Ability to practice across
spectrum of populations
and imaging centers
Academics
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10 hrs conference/wk
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Plus multidisciniplinary (tumor
board, pulm, ortho, mammo,
med informatics)
Subspecialty staffing
Research/scholarly activity
National committee
representation
Real-world radiology
Attending Staff
Learning Resources
Academics
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94% first time Core Exam pass rate
100% first time Certifying Exam pass rate
100% fellowship placement
Board pass rate
96%
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92%
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88%
82%
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UPMC Medical Education 96 % Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 96 % Brigham and Womens Hospital/Harvard Medical School 96 % University of Washington 96 % Emory University 96 % Pennsylvania
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System 96 % YaleNew Haven Medical Center 96 % Oregon Health & Science University 96 % Duke University Hospital 96 % New York Presbyterian Hospital
(Cornell Campus) 96 % University of California (San Francisco) 96 % College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Rochester) 96 % University of Michigan 96 % Tufts Medical Center 96 % Stanford University 96 % Vanderbilt
University 96 % Johns Hopkins University 96 % University of Pennsylvania 96 % New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) 96 % Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School 96 %
University of Chicago 92 % University of North Carolina Hospitals 92 % New York University School of Medicine 92 % Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 92 % University of New Mexico 92 % McGaw Medical
Center of Northwestern University 92 % Indiana University School of Medicine 92 % National Capital Consortium 92 % George Washington University 92 % Georgetown University Hospital 92 % DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center 92 % University of Florida 92 % University of Colorado Denver 92 % Baylor University Medical Center 92 % Wake Forest University School of Medicine 92 % Boston Medical Center 92 %
Rush University Medical Center 92 % Brown University 92 % CedarsSinai Medical Center 92 % Ohio State University Hospital 92 % UCLA Medical Center 92 % Cleveland Clinic Foundation 92 %
Thomas Jefferson University 88 % University Hospital/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 88 % Tulane University 88 % St Louis University School of Medicine 88 % St LukesRoosevelt Hospital Center 88 %
Loyola University 88 % University of Arizona 88 % Temple University Hospital 88 % University of Massachusetts 88 % University of Maryland 88 % University of California (Davis) Health System 88 % University of
California (Irvine) 88 % University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria 88 % University of California (San Diego) 88 % Los Angeles CountyHarborUCLA Medical Center 88 % Loma Linda University 88 %
University of Virginia 88 % University of Vermont/Fletcher Allen Health Care 88 % University of Texas at Houston 88 % Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center 88 % Drexel University
College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital 88 % Baylor College of Medicine 88 % Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Case Medical Center 88 % University of Texas Southwestern
Medical School 88 % University of Wisconsin 88 % College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Arizona) 88 % University of Utah 88 % University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center 88 % Grand Rapids Medical
Education Partners/Michigan State University 88 % University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago 88 % University of Rochester 88 % John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County 88 % Kaiser Permanente Southern
California (Los Angeles) 88 % William Beaumont Hospital 88 % Lahey Clinic 88 % University of South Florida Morsani 88 % Creighton University 88 %
Medical University of South Carolina 82 % Texas A&M College of MedicineScott and White 82 % Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L Foster School of Medicine 82 % University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences 82 % Virginia Commonwealth University Health System 82 % University of Alabama Medical Center 82 % WinthropUniversity Hospital 82 % Virginia Mason Medical Center 82 % Tripler Army
Medical Center 82 % UMDNJRobert Wood Johnson Medical School 82 % UMDNJNew Jersey Medical School 82 % West Virginia University 82 % Wheaton Franciscan HealthcareSt Joseph 82 % Washington
University/BJH/SLCH Consortium 82 % University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 82 % University of Louisville 82 % Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center 82 % University of South Alabama 82 % University of
Minnesota 82 % University of Mississippi Medical Center 82 % University of Puerto Rico 82 % University of MissouriColumbia 82 % University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine 82 % University of
Kentucky College of Medicine 82 % University of Kansas School of Medicine 82 % University of Kansas (Wichita) 82 % University of Toledo 82 % University of Connecticut 82 % University of Missouri at Kansas City
82 % University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals 82 % University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 82 % University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville 82 % University of
Tennessee/Methodist Healthcare 82 % University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville 82 % University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center 82 % SUNY Upstate Medical University 82 % Albany Medical Center
82 % Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University 82 % Eastern Virginia Medical School 82 % Florida Hospital Medical Center 82 % Geisinger Health System 82 % Harlem Hospital Center 82 % Hartford
Hospital 82 % Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University 82 % Integris Baptist Medical Center 82 % Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System 82 % Lenox Hill Hospital 82 % Louisiana State University
82 % Louisiana State University (Shreveport) 82 % Madigan Healthcare System 82 % Maimonides Medical Center 82 % Maine Medical Center 82 % David Grant Medical Center 82 % Cooper Medical School of
Rowan University/Cooper University Hospital 82 % College of Medicine Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville) 82 % Albert Einstein College of Medicine 82 % Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Jacobi) 82 % Albert Einstein
Healthcare Network 82 % Allegheny General HospitalWestern Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Education Consortium (AGH) 82 % Atlantic Health (Morristown) 82 % Aultman Hospital/Mercy/NEOMED 82 % Aurora
Health Care 82 % Baptist Health System 82 % Baptist Memorial Hospital 82 % Baystate Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine 82 % Bridgeport Hospital/Yale University 82 % BronxLebanon Hospital
Center 82 % Bryn Mawr Hospital 82 % Case Western Reserve University (MetroHealth) 82 % Christiana Care Health Services 82 % Maricopa Medical Center 82 % Medical College of Georgia 82 % Presence St
Francis Hospital 82 % Providence Hospital and Medical Centers 82 % Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center (Spokane) 82 % Rochester General Hospital 82 % San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education
Consortium 82 % Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital 82 % Santa Clara Valley Medical Center 82 % Southern Illinois University 82 % St Barnabas Medical Center 82 % St Joseph MercyOakland 82 % St Josephs
Hospital and Medical Center 82 % St Vincent Hospital 82 % St Vincents Medical Center 82 % Staten Island University Hospital 82 % SUNY at Stony Brook 82 % Penn State University/Milton S Hershey Medical
Center 82 % Ochsner Clinic Foundation 82 % Oakwood Hospital 82 % Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals 82 % Memorial HealthUniversity Medical Center/Mercer University School of Medicine
(Savannah) 82 % Mercy Catholic Medical Center 82 % Michigan State University (Flint) 82 % Monmouth Medical Center 82 % Mount Auburn Hospital 82 % Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida 82 % Nassau
University Medical Center 82 % Naval Medical Center (Portsmouth) 82 % Naval Medical Center (San Diego) 82 % New York Medical College (Richmond) 82 % New York Medical College at Westchester Medical
Center 82 % Newark Beth Israel Medical Center 82 % Norwalk Hospital 82 % NSLIJHS/Hofstra North ShoreLIJ School of Medicine at North Shore University Hospital 82 % SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn
82 %
Fellowship Placement
DR/IR Residency
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One of only a few programs in the country to offer
new DR/IR residency
3 DR years + 2 dedicated IR years
New certificate of qualification in DR/IR
No more fellowships after 2022
Technicals
Equipment
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3 VIR suites including Philips bi-plane room with dedicated full anesthesia setup (with CT reconstruction,
XperGuide, and other advanced guidance software)
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approved plans for a new fourth dedicated IR “small procedures” room with a C-arm (for vascular access) and US unit in
the next 2 years
2 dedicated Siemens P300 Premium US machines in the IR suites; 1 SiteRite US machine for vascular access
TVI with 3 Siemens P300 Premium US machines and 2 Angiodynamics 1470 laser
CT’s – 9 (with software and workstations for non-invasive vascular imaging and cardiac CTA)
MRI’s – 4 (including 3T 2016)
US’s - 12
Fluoro - 5
DXA – 5
PET/CT - 1
Nuclear medicine labs - 3
IT support
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Fully integrated RIS/PACS/EMR
Full voice rec (PS360) PLUS transcription
Radiology Admin Coordinator
Full capabilities offsite
Call
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Night float
Tiered system; 13x of each call over 4 yrs
Mix of buddy call, shared call (with attending), and
independent call
Mix of full dictations and prelims
Longest typical shift=11hrs
Will I see enough volume and pathology?
Volume
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304,997 studies annually
 Access
to ‘high end’ imaging:
 Coronary
CTA
 2nd / 3rd trimester OB
 MRS
 CTP
 UE
 PET/CT
WNYCK
5%
WNYNH
5%
WIL
4%
RDIRD RMG
2% 1%
DEM
0%
214AP
4%
MBRAD
11%
NWH
16%
RGH
52%
Growth
Hands-on
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See one, do one, teach one
No restriction based on training year
No fellows, no rotating residents
Independence
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Primary consultant on service:
 Protocols
 No
pre-read
 Primary radiologist for consults
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Independent call
1;6hrs
3hrs
1.5hrs
1;5hrs
1;6 hrs
Next phase after medical school
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House
Family
Kids
Housing
Traffic-20m to anywhere
Schools
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6th best in the NATION
Program Perks
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Full funding AIRP (full tuition + $2,350 housing/travel)
1 free conference/board review
Dedicated Radiology Admin Coordinator
Updated resident room and call room
Meal stipend on call
Book fund ($1,250/yr)
Chief stipend ($1,000)
Residency sponsored activities
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Journal club (off-site / hosted by attending)
Team building
Red Wings Night Out / Resident mixer
AUR ‘Family Dinner’
Residency Boards Party
Graduation
Holiday Party
Moonlighting & Employment
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Moonlighting offered to R2-4 residents
Teaching opportunity with RIT PA course
External moonlighting permitted
PACS downtime support
Why RGH?
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Academics
Fellowship placement
Ability to do academic radiology or private practice
DR/IR track
Livable city
Fun!