Tufts Medical Center

Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) provides heart, kidney, liver and bone marrow transplants, comprehensive neurological and neurosurgical care, and cutting-edge cancer treatments. It is also home to the Boston Gamma Knife Center, the first and only Gamma Knife Center in Massachusetts and Northern New England.

New England Baptist Hospital

Fourth-year residents attend a 1-month advanced musculoskeletal radiology elective at New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH), a nationally recognized hospital for orthopedic surgery and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

Boston Children's Hospital

Second-year residents attend a 3-month pediatric radiology rotation at Boston Children’s Hospital, the leading children’s hospital in the country.

If you have an idea and a place to go, we will help you get there! 
 

Resident project examples

Shawn Fitzsimmons (pictured right), Class of 2019

Traveled to Malawi with Bridges to Malawi  on their annual medical mission trip, which was led by an ED and orthopedic physician.  The group brought two new ultrasound probes (which connected to an iPhone), and Dr. Fitzsimmons trained local staff to be able to use the iPhones as well as how to perform ultrasound.

Sara Cohen (pictured left), Class of 2018

Traveled to Cape Verde with the Rad-Aid informatics group, for preliminary assessment and survey prior to PACS implementation in Sao Felipe.  They also brought a portable ultrasound to Mosteiros and provided diagnostic examinations.

Vera Mayercik, Class of 2017

Traveled to Korogwe Hospital in Tanzania during February 2017 with a group of volunteer physicians from Tufts Medical Center. During her stay, she offered diagnostic imaging interpretation, as well as a series of radiology-based lectures.

Elaine Shiang, Class of 2016

Traveled to Haiti with Merge Healthcare to establish a cloud-based PACS through their ultrasound department. They provided lectures, case-based teaching and board –review style lectures in GI, GU, Breast, IR and Neuroradiology. Two attendings led the trip and also taught ultrasound-guided interventional techniques.

Additional benefits Include:

• Competitive salary
• Health, vision and dental insurance
• 4 weeks of paid vacation/personal days per academic year
• Meal vouchers for float shifts and holidays
• $1,000 annual book fund and $800 for core preparation
• Travel time (3 days) and stipend for scientific research presentations/educational exhibits ($1,500 and $1,000 respectively)
• Allocated interview days for fellowship interviews
• Tuition & $2000 Housing/travel allowance for 4 week AIRP course in Silver Spring, MD
• Monthly New England Roentgen Ray (NERRS) Meeting
• Additional annual stipend for chief residents

Following interviews, we submit our official rank list to the NRMP. Decisions regarding selection for interview and rank order are made without regard to applicant race, sex, creed, ethnic background or national origin.

Eligibility criteria

Medical training at one of the following:

1. LCME-accredited medical schools in the U.S. or  Canada
2. AOA-accredited colleges of osteopathic medicine in the U.S. accredited by AOA (must have USMLE scores).
3. International medical schools, with either a valid ECFMG certificate or a full license to practice medicine in Massachusetts. Alternatively, international graduates may complete a Fifth Pathway program at an LCME-accredited medical school

USMLE scores

All applicants must have Step 1 completed. Foreign Medical Graduates must have Steps 1 and 2 completed for consideration.

Visas

We support J-1 Visas only. Unfortunately, we cannot support H1-B Visas.

A clinical year in a program accredited by the ACGME or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in medicine, surgery, OB/GYN, neurology, family medicine, emergency medicine or in a transitional program is required prior to radiology residency.

Helpful forms and resources

Tufts MC Graduate Medical Education (GME) information

For more information, please feel free to contact:

Janella Whyte
Residency Program Coordinator
Radiology Administration
Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington Street, Box 299
Boston, MA 02111
phone: 617-636-0067
fax: 617-636-0041
email: janella.whyte@tuftsmedicine.org

Second year fellows

Amy Schmitt MD
Medical School: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Residency: Tufts Medical Center
Clinical Interests: still exploring everything rheumatology has to offer, but so far I am interested lupus, PMR
Hobbies: going on walks/hikes and exploring the outdoors in New England; traveling; Peloton
 

First year fellows

Babray Laek MD
Medical school: Erasmus Universiteit Faculteit der Geneeskunde
Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Clinical interests: Sjogren's, RA, Gout
Hobbies: Soccer and chess

Garielle Yorke, MD
Medical School: St. George's School of Medicine
Residency : Norwalk Hospital Internal Medicine Residency, CT
Clinical Interests: SLE, health care disparities affecting minority populations
Hobbies: Interior Design
 

Graduate success

Our alumni have gone on to successful careers in academic medicine, private practice, and research. Our fellows have joined the following practices in last five years.

• Academic Practice – University of Illinois, Chicago
• Private Practice – N Andover, Massachusetts
• Clinician/Educator – University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Private Practice – Pawtucket, Rhode Island
• Private Practice – Chicago, IL (Northwestern affiliate)
• Private Practice – Lewiston, Maine
• Private Practice - Lowell, Massachusetts
• Private Practice – Salem, Massachusetts (North Shore Medical)
• Academic practice – Lahey Health, Massachusetts
• Clinician/Educator – Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Private Practice – Wenatchee, Washington
• Academics – Seoul, South Korea