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The MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program selects candidates with qualifications that meet the ACGME Common Program Requirements summarized on this page. Any request for eligibility exception must be approved in advance of offering an interview/ranking/position by the MHMMC GME Executive Committee.

Residents are selected from among eligible applicants on the basis of their ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communication skills and personal qualities such as motivation and integrity. The MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program engages in practices that focus on mission-driven, ongoing, systematic recruitment and retention of a diverse and inclusive workforce of residents, faculty members, senior administrative staff members and other relevant members of its academic community.

We are committed to maintaining an educational environment where all persons are treated with professionalism, dignity and respect. All interactions and relationships among educators, learners, and other members of the hospital educational environment will be free of unlawful bias, prejudice, discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation, including as applicable on the basis of color, race, creed, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, whistleblower status, veteran or military status, national origin or any other protected status protected by law.

The MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program only accepts applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS^®). Applicants must submit their application along with a personal statement, at least three letters of recommendation, Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE or “Dean’s Letter”), medical school transcript, ECFMG Status Report (IMGs only), photograph, and United Stated Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and/or COMLEX-USA transcripts. All MD (or IMG equivalent) applicants must have successfully passed the USMLE Step 1 and 2 exams. All DO (or IMG equivalent) applicants must have successfully passed the COMPLEX Level 1 and 2 exams. There is no required minimum score.

• At least one letter of recommendation must be from a radiologist, preferably an interventional radiologist.
• DO applicants are not required to take the USMLE exams.
• Our program's application deadline is October 31.

After ERAS releases the applications (typically in late September), the Residency Selection Committee (comprised of the individuals listed below) screens applications and selects applicants to interview using the following strategies:

• Mission-aligned evaluation of all aspects of an application to look for “distance-traveled” utilizing highest standards of practice as described by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Mission-Aligned Selection and Retention guidelines.
• Decreased reliance on application elements documented to be susceptible to bias (e.g., USMLE scores, medical school grades, AΩA status, etc.).
• Non-consideration of whether an applicant has done an elective at MHMMC.
• Blinding photographs of candidates until just prior to interviews.
• Blinding interviewers to portions of the application known to be susceptible to bias (USMLE scores, AΩA, grades, etc.) until after interview scoring has been completed.

Interview invitations are typically sent out in November and December

• We use Thalamus as our platform to offer, schedule, and conduct interviews. It is recommended that you set no-reply@thamalamusgme.com as a trusted address in your email account to ensure that communications do not go to your spam folder.
• You will create a profile within Thalamus to accept an interview offer. This cannot be done until you are offered an interview. The Thalamus Applicant User Guide will assist you in setting up an account.
• Applicants have two days to respond to an interview offer.
• We do not offer more interviews than available interview slots.

The MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program conducts virtual interviews in January. This is consistent with the AAMC recommendation that, "all [programs] use a virtual interview format. Reducing the cost of interviewing is a critical step in widening access and improving equality." Virtual interviewing is also consistent with MaineHealth's Strategic Plan supporting environmental sustainability. Unless there are extraordinary circumstances, applicants recruited outside The Match are interviewed as well.

• The applicants meet with the IR Residency Program Director, Associate Program Director, Program Manager or Coordinator, one or more additional faculty member(s), and at least one resident. All faculty, staff, and residents who are involved in recruitment (interviewing, open houses, etc.) engage in pre-recruitment employment and inclusion and equitable care training.
• Applicants are assessed for their overall presentation and fit for the program. In keeping with ACGME and NRMP requirements, all interviewed applicants have an opportunity to review the MHMMC policies on visas, stipends and benefits, as well as a sample MHMMC contract.
• At the end of the interviewing period, a final score is generated for each applicant. The Residency Selection Committee uses these scores to populate the NRMP Rank Order List (ROL).

The MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program participates in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) Main Residency Match. Recruitment practices follow procedures outlined by the NRMP.  Candidates for positions outside The Match must be reviewed and approved by the Designated Institutional Official, or, in their absence, by the Vice President of Medical Education.

Please note that mission-aligned selection is a very time-consuming process, and so invitations to interview with the MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program are typically not sent out earlier than November.

In addition, candidates who apply to both the MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program and the MHMMC Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program should be aware that our interviews are conducted separately, and that an invitation to interview for one program neither implies nor guarantees an interview for the other.

Interview dates for the 2027 NRMP Main Residency Match

• January 5, 2027
• January 8, 2027
• January 22, 2027

The MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program typically hosts one or more virtual, non-evaluative, "meet and greet" event(s) in January. Please note that inability to attend will not adversely affect your ranking. 

We also typically host an in-person, non-evaluative, "open house" event in February after the program’s NRMP ROL has been certified but before the medical student ROL is due. Please note that inability to travel to Maine for this event will not adversely affect your ranking, and that an in-person visit to MHMMC does not guarantee ranking. Furthermore, the program abides by the NRMP ethics policy of non-communication with candidates about their ranking.

Details about any meet and greet and open house events will be provided to candidates in January.

It is advisable that transfers occur at the end of an academic year to facilitate summative evaluation and milestones assessments prior to transfer. Transfers into the interventional radiology PGY-2 year are not allowed. Transfers into the PGY-3 or PGY-4 years must be from the equivalent level in a DR or integrated IR residency program.

Residents transferring into the PGY-5 year must have taken or be eligible to take the ABR Core Examination or the AOBR Diagnostic Radiology Combined Physics and Diagnostic Imaging Written Exam, and must have successfully completed at least three rotations in IR.

The MHMMC Integrated IR Residency Program does not currently have any unfilled positions.