This document provides information about the Clinician-Scientist Radiology Residency Program (CSRRP) at UCSD. The program aims to train radiology residents to become clinician-scientists through a combination of rigorous clinical training and protected research time. Residents spend their first year focused solely on research and receive 6 weeks of protected research time each clinical year. The program emphasizes career development through mentorship, workshops, and individual development planning. Since its founding in 2005, the CSRRP has graduated 23 residents who have gone on to academic or fellowship positions, published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, and received over $4 million in grant funding.

1. UCSD CSRRP
Clinician-Scientist Radiology Residency Program
Applicant Introduction
Program Co-Directors
Claude B. Sirlin, M.D.
Diagnostic Radiology
csirlin@ucsd.edu
Isabel Newton, M.D., Ph.D.
Interventional Radiology
inewton@ucsd.edu
Beverly Sastri, M.B.A
Dept. of Radiology
bsastri@ucsd.edu
Administrator

2. Vision
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• To be the best radiology research residency
training program in U.S.
• To prepare you for success as a radiology
clinician-scientist
• As independent PI or
• As co-investigator in team science
• To nurture your passion for research

3. Program Philosophy
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• Bottom up
• Teamwork, camaraderie, support

4. Motivation
• Clinician scientists needed to lead continued progress of radiology
• Talent is not enough, supplemental training is required
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5. Program Design
• Maximize research time, opportunities, success
• Clinical training
• Leadership experience
• Teamwork and empowerment
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6. Protected
Research
12 Months *
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* 6 weeks per year, usually as three 2-week blocks
R1 Year R2 Year R3 Year R4 Year R5 Year
RESEARCH & CLINICAL TRAINING
(IR/DR
PATHWAY)
R6 Year
Advanced IR
training
Clinical
Radiology
DR or IR/DR Pathway Rotations, plus Clinical Curriculum Lectures,
Interdisciplinary Conferences, Educational Courses
Program Design
One year of protected research up front
6 weeks of protected research
in each of the clinical years
Rigorous clinical training for next 4 years

7. CAREER DEVELOPMENT IS EMPHASIZED AND STRUCTURED
Encouraged
Continue
Refine and update IDP through structure mentorship
(see below)
Formulate
IDP
Individual
Development Plan
Encouraged
Training in
Ethics & Rigor
Formal courses
Continue
Structured
Mentorship
R1 Year R2 Year R3 Year R4 Year R5 Year
(IR/DR
PATHWAY)
R6 Year
Monthly
Workshops
Chief
Residency
Meetings w/ Dept. Chair &
PDs to plan fellowship/beyond
Complete K-, R-, or
equivalent grant application
Society grant
application
Continue
Strategic
Career Planning
Encouraged
Scientific Meetings
& Presentations
Leadership
Training
Encouraged
Grant Writing
Course
Outreach
& Diversity
Outreach
Leader
Reinforcement of formal courses through workshops (see above),
mentor’s lab meetings, and supplementary training
Regular meetings with scientific mentors, career mentors, and PDs to
discuss progress and solve problems, using IDPs (see above) as cornerstone
Trainees attend ≥ 1 scientific meeting in R1 year and ≥ 1 scientific meeting in R2-R5 years,
give ≥ 1 department-wide scientific presentation each year

8. Program Timeline
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3
6
9
12
15
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 22 23
Number
of
5-yr
Residents
Year
T32 Award –
7/07-6/12
T32 Award –
7/13-6/18
T32 Award –
7/18-6/23
8
~3 residents/year

9. Mentorship is KEY
• 1 or 2 lab
mentors
• Career
development
mentor
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Anders Dale Cynthia Santillan David Kleinfield
David Hall Eric Ahrens Eric Chang Graeme Bydder
Haydee Ojeda Isabel Newton Jiang Du Mingxiong Huang
Rebecca Rakow-Penner Richard Buxton Roland Lee Thomas Liu
Claude Sirlin
Current Mentors
David Vera
Nicole Steinmetz
Albert Hsiao
Kathryn Fowler

10. • Modalities: MRI, CT, ultrasound, PET, nuclear medicine, optics, MEG
• Models: animals, humans
• Organ systems: neuro, cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, GI, GU, MSK
• Pathophysiology: cancer, aging, metabolic disease, inflammation, degeneration
• Technology: A.I./deep learning, targeted agents, nanoparticles, instrumentation,
software, validation
• Departments: Radiology, Cell/Mol Biology, Oncology, Bioengineering, Physics,…
• Institutes: UCSD, Salk, Sanford-Burnham, La Jolla Immunology, Scripps, Novartis
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Variety of research opportunities

11. Monthly workshops
Topics
• Leadership
• Career development, career development awards
• Starting and running a lab
• Success in academics
• Collaboration/networking
• Patents
• Commercialization: industrial relationships, start-ups
• Grant writing
• Manuscript writing
• Ethics
• YOU decide 11
Speakers
• David Brenner (dean of
medical school)
• Alex Norbash (chair of
radiology)
• Chairs of other
departments
• Scott Lippman (director of
cancer center
• Basic scientists
• Clinician scientists
• YOU decide

12. 12
Julie Bykowski
MD
Ed Wong
MD/PhD
2010
David Karow
MD/PhD
Takeshi Yokoo
MD/PhD
2011
Isabel Newton
MD/PhD
Matt Cronin
MD
2012
Alan Chiang
MD/PhD
Moh Eghtedari
MD/PhD
2013
Sid Tavri
MD
August Tuan
MD/PhD
Farshad Moradi
MD/PhD
2014
Michael Hahn
MD/PhD
Rahul Desikan
MD/PhD
2015
Paul Murphy
MD/PhD
Emmi Olson
MD/PhD
David Heister
MD/PhD
2016
Chris Malone
MD
Rebecca Rakow
MD/PhD
2017
Kazim Narsinh
MD
23 CSRRP graduates – 78% went into academics or fellowship
Vipul Sheth
MD/PhD
Alex Vezeridis
MD/PhD
2018
Ghiam Yamin
MD/PhD
Andrew Sung
MD
2019
Fellowships at UCSD, Stanford, MGH, UCLA, UCSF, U Penn, Cincinnati Children’s, Miami Vascular, U Washington

13. 13
Yr4
Yr3
Yr2
Yr5
Yr1
Jun Rho
MD
James Tom
MD/PhD
Neal Corson
MD/PhD
Brendon Bagley
MD
Souda Fazeli
MD/MPH
Amin Jahromi
MD/PhD
William Hong
MD/MS
Tara Retson
MD/MhD
Kang Wang
MD/PhD
Adam Searleman
MD/PhD
Dustin Brown
MD/PhD
Ola Besser
MD/PhD
Tyler Mandt
MD (IR/DR)
Current
CSRRP
Residents
Angela Chen
MD
Brian Hurt
MD
Christine Boone
MD/PhD (IR/DR)
Julie An
MD

14. • >200 peer-reviewed articles (excluding poster and oral presentations)
• 50% received ≥1 grant = >$4M total in funding
• 47% received the prestigious RSNA research resident grant
• 23 residents graduated by 2019:
• 13 in academic faculty positions
• 3 in fellowship
Resident Accomplishments as of 2019
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15. Questions?
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