U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of the Surgeon General
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The Residency Program in Diagnostic Radiology is a fully accredited 4-year program leading to specialty certification by the American Board of Radiology.  Established in 1991, it is one of 20 physician training programs sponsored by Madigan Army Medical Center, a 243-bed hospital facility and multi-specialty, outpatient mall at Fort Lewis, Washington.  The program is affiliated with Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, and provides a comprehensive clinical experience in all imaging modalities and radiology subspecialties.  the didactic curriculum includes teaching conferences at MAMC and at the University of Washington Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program.  Participation in clinical investigations and other scholarly activity is a requirement for graduation.  Ninety-eight percent of the program's graduates have achieved board certification and have gone on to serve successfully as general radiologists and fellowship-trained sub specialists in U.S. Army MEDDAC's, MEDCEN's, and private practice.

There are 18 residents-in-training for SY 2005-2006.  The program admits four new residents to PGY-2 training each year; three are typically PGY-1 transitional interns pre-designated to continue directly into residency.

The Department of Radiology performs more than 170,000 examinations annually, serving a diverse patient population in excess of 400,000 federal beneficiaries.  Interpretation and review of all modalities except mammography is performed using the GE Centricity Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) on state of the art digital workstations.  The department's imaging technologies are:

  • 9 Radiographic Rooms; 2 are Direct Radiographic Systems (DR)

  • 4 Computed Radiography Readers

  • 3 Mammo Units plus Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) System; 1 Mammo US unit and Stereotactic Biopsy System

  • 2 Digital Fluoroscopy Systems

  • 2 Multi-Slice CT, 1-4, 1-16

  • 2 Interventional Suites/1 Biplane

  • 2 1.5 Tesla MRI

  • 5 US Systems

  • 6 Nuclear Medicine Cameras - 5 Dual Head Cameras plus 1 Single Head