Welcome to the University of Utah Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences!  Our department is focused on the four missions of academic radiology departments and, we feel strongly, excel at each.

Clinically, we have nearly 90 faculty members in the department.  While most are on site at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, we have an increasing number of both full-time and adjunct faculty members throughout the country.  This allows us to leverage the skillset of exceptional clinical radiologists and educators who can work from anywhere, and focus on hiring radiologists who are right for our group regardless of geographic location.  We cover two large hospitals – The University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Center – and are anticipating further growth in clinical volumes with the addition of multiple new sites with the construction of a new cancer center in Orem and a new hospital in West Valley.  Through attendance at multidisciplinary conferences and clinics, we remain intricately involved in patient care decisions that contribute to the health of our patient population. 

Research within the department continues to grow exponentially, and we are proud to be ranked in the top 35 universities (and in the top 15 public universities) in NIH funding for radiology departments.  More importantly, our researchers in both basic and clinical science continue to advance innovation and discovery in many important aspects of our field.

Education continues to be a major focus of the department.  With the advent of our Interventional Radiology Independent residency, we now have two exceptional residency programs in the department.  Both programs continue to produce outstanding clinical radiologists who advance to fellowship programs at some of the top academic programs in the country, including many who choose to stay at the University of Utah for their advanced training.  We take pride in not just teaching “radiology”, but in training individuals to become exceptional “radiologists”.

Service, in the form of both national and international contributions, is a major focus of the department.  An active chapter for Rad-Aid in both diagnostic and interventional radiology, our faculty, trainees, and staff travel to Uganda and Kenya in support of training programs and clinical care in those countries.  Faculty members have also served at leadership levels for national societies, boards, and colleges.

On behalf of the University of Utah Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, where all four missions are equally important and focused upon to advance the science and art of imaging and intervention to improve the welfare of our community – welcome!