"Overall, I really liked the program and the people, I just wish it wasn't in the NE. - Residents seemed happy, and like they genuinely liked the program. There was also a graduate who had gone away for a Fellowship and then came back to do Peds Radiology there...Obv he liked it enough to want to come back (Likes the big-city amount of exposure and volume and the advances they're making in Peds, but he also likes that it's actually a smaller city with homey vibes. Collegial environment, team-based/supportive. Residents said the transitional is "steep" but that you have the help you need and even though you work decently hard there's still plenty of time to have a life. - Great PTO and work very few holidays (No holidays R1 year), free parking, get free meal stuff when on call, some meal perks but not the best (for me, would probably be enough). Starbucks across the street and 24/7 DD in the hospital. Decent restaurant options around the hospital (Chipotle, etc.) - Offer PGY-5 mini fellowships, 3 months. They also have MSK, IR, and breast fellowships there, but any fellowship you want that they don't have, they'll essentially make it up for you (They said most fellowships aren't ACGME certified anyway, so this allows you to do a fellowship at the same place that's basically tailored to you). - Rotate through like 5 different sites, all quite close except the outpt clinic in Latham, and even that is only 15-20 mins. - Considering the size, it has a broad range of cases and pathologies, a Level I trauma center w/ heli pad, a stroke center, a women's imaging center, MSK outpt exposure, and a children's hospital. - Radiologists without Borders - Uganda and Ukraine - Beyond Imaging lecture series - Covers a lot of non-academic/rad topics like resident health/wellness, financial guidance, ethics, research, QI, etc. - Few fellows in Rads, so very little "competition." - IT seems like they do a decent amount of fun stuff - Do an annual summer picnic w/ attendings, residents and their families, annual 1st-year resident walking restaurant and cheese tour, plus numerous resident-organized activities like bowling, 5ks, etc. - Offer moonlighting. Wellness committee and free access to Albany Med Fitness Center. Have a simulation lab. Formal mentoring program (resident paired with faculty) & working on increasing that so that residents are paired with an upper-level resident also. - Good educational stipends/resources, it seems. Pay for boards, AIRP, books, etc. - Call: R1 year, you essentially don't do any "Real" call - you just do "buddy call" every 1/6 wknds 12-8, answering phones and doing more assistant-type work, so you get the hang of it. R2 year is the worst, with more call and a lot more indep., but still not as bad as some places. Do both wknds and neuro call 5-10 on weekdays - like 2/month. Its typically busy, but you learn to read quickly and efficiently so you're well prepared to go out on your own. R3 and R4, you still do call but not as bad (R4 is pretty easy). Night float doesn't start until R2. You do 2 of these during the R2 year and 4 during the R3 and R4 years. Taken in two-week blocks. Every other week there is an attending reading as well (from home), but the opposite week is VRAD, so you're totally solo. - NOT a research-heavy program - YAY! They require 1 project for the whole four years; however, there are ample opportunities, and people happy to work with you if you desire to do that. - PD and other staff seemed great; there was one woman whose questions I didn't love, but she was still very friendly. Overall: 9.5/10...Almost all good except the location."

"The night before, the residents did a Q&A for the interview candidates. The morning of, the program coordinator shared a little bit about the program while waiting for the Program Director to give a powerpoint presentation about the program. We then moved into a waiting room with the other candidates and had the chance to chat with each other and occasionally with the program coordinator. We interviewed with the PD, faculty and the program coordinator. "

"Virtual interview, the PD and faculty are lovely people. Interview was very conversational and chill."

"Very kind interviewers. No medical questions. Long day though! But good. "

"it was a virtual interview! the first one was with APD which went really well, we connected very quickly and talked about many things i think she was impressed by me another one was with PD which also went well. he seems really nice and genuine doctor"

"It was a decent interview. It was virtual due to the times of COVID and all. Had a good time with every one."