 The Diagnostic Radiology program at St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital participates in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) with the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). We will be recruiting applicants to fill 6 positions at the PGY II level for July 2014. Please note that the NRMP does not allow us to discuss, interview, or offer positions to applicants that have preexisting match committments for 2014. You must have an NRMP waiver before we are allowed to even discuss a position. All residents are required to complete a clinical year prior to matriculation in our program. This year must consist of training accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), or equivalent organization in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery or surgical specialties, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, family medicine, emergency medicine, or any combination of these. The clinical year may also comprise a transitional year accredited by the ACGME or equivalent organization.
We do not have a minimum USMLE score criteria. The USMLE Step 1 score is one component of the total application. The middle 50% score range of the applicants who have matched with us from 2010-2012 is 234-246. Our mean Step 1 score for the 2012 match was 241. For the 2012 match, we received 524 applications, for 6 positions, before the November 1 deadline.
In addition to current fourth year medical students, we consider the applications of applicants currently in preliminary year programs or those who would like to transfer from other programs. Applications will only be considered if your program director writes a letter of recommendation. We also consider the applications of international medical graduates. (One of our IMG graduates, Michel Mawad '80, is now Chair of Radiology at Baylor). The strongest candidates have US clinical experience. These applications will only be considered if your program director writes a letter of recommendation. All accepted residents must pass pre-employment drug testing. Please refer to the St. Luke's-Roosevelt GME website for other requirements. Students who matched to our program in the last four years, graduated from the following medical schools: Albany Medical College Albert Einstein Baylor Columbia University Medical College of
Georgia New York College of
Osteopathic Medicine of NYIT (2) New York Medical College (2) Saint Louis University Salahaddin Medical College SUNY Downstate SUNY Stonybrook (3) Tehran University University of Cincinnati University
of Florida (2) University of Maryland University of Miami UT San Antonio UT Southwestern Dallas Weill Cornell Medical College What are we looking for?
We would like applicants to know what radiology residents do after 5PM. Most applicants have spent time in a radiology department during the day shift. We highly encourage applicants to shadow a radiology resident on call. ( You may even find something to write about for your personal statement.)
Critical thinking skills are important. We don't want residents to take everything they read or hear at face value. For example, after a journal club, residents have had their comments/analysis published in letters to the editor. We would like future residents to do this as well.
The resident often has to work with a team and at times is in charge of the department. In addition to medical knowledge, interpersonal and leadership skills are very important. Some applicants have had opportunities to develop interpersonal and leadership skills in the workplace or volunteer situations.
Radiology is one of the specialties where physics plays an integral role in patient care. We would prefer that applicants see this as one of the attractions of the field.
Our interview:
We have used a behavioral type (targeted selection) interview for many years. From our exit surveys, this technique is not in common use. Behavioral interviews are based on the assumption that past behavior is a good predictor of future behavior. For example, in order to assess the way an applicant handles stress, we may ask, "Tell me about your most stressful experience in medical school." The applicant should then discuss a specific example. The interviewer may ask some follow-up questions and will take notes. We will ask the same questions of all the applicants. We feel that this standardized approach is the most fair to the applicants. We do not feel that hypothetical questions are useful (e.g. What historical figure would you like to meet.) We will not ask, "Why do you want to be a radiologist?", (this should be evident from your personal statement).
Our residents participate in the interview process and preparation of the rank list. We consider this part of their education/development. We feel it is important for our residents to know optimal strategies to interview candidates. The business world has embraced these techniques. The interested student can find many resources on the internet on this topic.
The personal statement:
In keeping with our interview philosophy, please try to incorporate specific examples in your personal statement. If you state that you handle stress well, you should describe a situation where you handled stress well. When the residents prepare their statements for fellowship, I often ask them to add examples. For example, "I like the high tech aspects of neuroradiology." vs. describing a case with a diffusion/perfusion mismatch, the neurointerventional team lysed the clot, and the patient had no permanent deficit.
For the 2013 match: We encourage completion of the application (with the exception of the MSPE) by October 1, 2012. We will only consider applications that are complete at the time that Dean's letters (MSPE) are released, November 1, 2012.
Applicants will be notified of their interview status by 12 noon, November 16, 2012. We plan on interviewing about 80 applicants. We try to limit the number of invited applicants in order to minimize the amount of travel and time spent on this process. AAMC ID: 10601573 NRMP Code: 2070420A0 ACGME Program # 4203521224
For further information about our program, please direct your inquiries to: Nolan Kagetsu, M.D. Residency Program Director Department of Radiology
St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons kagetsu@columbia.edu Kim Williams |