Congratulations MSC Seniors! The deadline to apply for the 2020 Medical Student Council has passed. For more information on other ways to get involved, click here! MSC Chair Hanzhou (Hanssen) Li Emory Univ IR MSC Reserves Lynsey Maciolek MD Anderson/Univ. of TX – Houston IR Biodesign & Innovation Yosef Frenkel Montefiore Read more…
As the career path to interventional radiology evolves, so too do the aspects of what may make a competitive candidacy. What was previously a decision about fellowship during the PGY3-4 years can now be a specialty choice made as an MS3 (or earlier). Like other competitive specialties, spending an extra Read more…
Author: Gregg Khodorov, MBA MS4, Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School You’re fresh off your preclinical years, and you’re finally getting the hang for clinical medicine. Maybe you’re checking up on a post-surgical patient with an abscess that needs drainage…or maybe you’re following a patient who needs a chemotherapy Read more…
Written by: Dylan RopertDO Candidate, Class of 2020 Western University of Health Sciences COMP-Northwest Interview with Hilary Swift Hilary Swift graduated from Western University of Health Sciences COMP-NW in Lebanon Oregon in 2019. She was accepted to the Integrated IR residency program at the University of Michigan and is currently Read more…
Written By: Sarah Benich With the establishment of Integrated IR/DR residency programs, interest in interventional radiology continues to rise among medical students. As competition grows, more and more medical students are considering away rotations. Anecdotally speaking, older residents, fellows, and attendings have told me they have noticed more visiting students Read more…
Sarah Benich, MS4, Penn State University College of Medicine The typical block schedule of a third year medical student consists of varying weeks of “core electives” ranging from surgery to psychiatry. Whether your medical school offers elective flexibility during your third year or fourth year, many electives exist which Read more…
Chris Zinsmeister, Wake Forest School of Medicine, MS3 Interventional Radiology student interest groups (IRIGs) are a great way to introduce students to the field and connect like-minded individuals. These groups serve as a platform to disseminate information about IR-related topics, connect students with residents and faculty for research/shadowing opportunities, and Read more…
Claudine Yee, MS4, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University The American Board of Medical Specialties recently established interventional radiology as a primary specialty. In recognition of IR as a unique field of medicine, combined residency programs in both IR and diagnostic radiology are replacing the traditional pathway that Read more…
This article is a summary of a webinar held by Public Relations and Communications Committee on Navigating Visiting Student Application Service (VSAS) and Q&A with a fourth year who completed two away rotations and faculty interventional radiologists on M4 IR away rotations.
By Kunal Karani, MS4, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Every year, more medical students are choosing to delay their graduation date to pursue a dedicated research year (1). The percentage of medical students pursuing non-degree research years has more than doubled in the last 15 years (1). In 2009, Read more…