Undergraduate Medical Program
The University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Diagnostic Radiology offers the medical student an opportunity to acquire a broad base of knowledge related to imaging in almost all aspects of medicine.
Formal instruction begins during anatomy in the first year and pathology in the second year. During the third or fourth year, students may elect to take the basic radiology course (RADI 540). The curriculum is supplemented with small group case discussions with the faculty and contact through interdepartmental rounds and conferences involving radiology during clinical rotations and pre-clinical years.
Third or Fourth Year Basic Radiology Elective, RADI 540
Small groups of students are assigned for a period of four weeks to the department of radiology. Groups are subdivided to allow individual instruction as the student rotates through a series of observation periods in selected subspecialties within the department. Students also receive an introduction to the department of diagnostic radiology.
Reading assignments, slide-tape exercises, a student teaching file, flipped classroom exercises, and seminars form the core of the learning experience. Students attend departmental conferences and joint conferences with other departments. An objective final examination is included in the course.
Third and Fourth Year Subspecialty Radiology Elective
Students learn more about the appropriate use of diagnostic imaging and interpreting images. The curriculum is flexible, tailored to the needs of the student's career choice. Students are expected to investigate a small aspect of imaging within their area of interest and make a short presentation to the faculty and residents.
This presentation and overall performance, as evaluated by the curriculum supervisor, serve as the evaluation criteria for this elective. Students are given the opportunity (in all sections) to perform clinical and/or lab research, correlate imaging evaluations, do statistical analysis, run literature reviews, etc.
Graduate Program
A four-year residency is offered in Diagnostic Radiology, and a five-year residency is offered in Integrated Interventional Radiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Please visit our website
Fellowships are offered in computed body tomography/ultrasonography/MRI, interventional and vascular radiology, neuroradiology, critical care trauma, musculoskeletal radiology, women's imaging, nuclear medicine, chest radiology, and imaging informatics.