General Information

Welcome to the Website for the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences of the Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences. USU is your Federal Medical University.

Education
Our USU faculty are committed to the medical education of future military physicians, graduate students in the basic sciences, and students in the Graduate School of Nursing. We participate extensively in graduate medical education of residents in the National Capital Region, including Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, and the AFIP.

Research
Our staff are very active in medical research projects including Distance Learning (Tropical Medicine Central Resource - TMCR, Digital Mammography, and Cardiac/Vascular MRI.

Service
We also practice medicine and provide clinical services in Diagnostic Radiology (medical imaging), Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Oncology at our affiliated hospitals.  In addition, our medical and health physicists perform radiologic equipment surveys and Mammography Quality Assurance (MQSA) testing for the Department of Defense.

Location
The USU campus is located in Bethesda, Maryland - adjacent to the National Naval Medical Center (NNMC - Bethesda Naval Hospital)  that is across the street from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). [Directions to USU]

Staff
The Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences consists of twelve full-time/billeted faculty (including 8 diagnostic radiologists, 1 radiation oncologist, 1 MR research coordinator, and 2 physicists), a registered radiologic technologist, and three administrative support staff. In addition we have over 80 clinical and part-time faculty practicing in multiple hospitals world-wide.

History
In 1972, under the sponsorship of the late Congressman from Louisiana, F. Edward Hebert, Congress established the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). USUHS provides a comprehensive education in medicine to select young men and women who are committed to careers as Medical Corps Officers in the Uniformed Services.  In addition, the founding legislation authorized the University to develop advanced degree programs in the various health sciences.  Our first class graduated in 1980.
 

Teaching Facilities for USUHS Radiology

• The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), Washington, DC
• (Bethesda) National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, MD
• Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX
• Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA (MAMC)
• Magnuson Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (NIH)
• Malcolm Grow US Air Force Medical Center, Andrews AFB, Camp Springs, MD
• Naval Medical Center Portsmouth(NMCP), Portsmouth, VA
• Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), San Diego, CA
• Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI (TAMC)
• Travis Air Force Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Washington, DC
• Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center, San Antonio, TX (WHAFMC)
• DOD GME Programs and Sites