Stony Brook Medicine/University Hospital Program

Stony Brook, NY

Specialty:Musculoskeletal radiology

ACGME Code:4263521011

NRMP Code:-

Status:Continued Accreditation

Overview

This program in Musculoskeletal Radiology at Stony Brook Medicine focuses on providing a comprehensive curriculum designed to encompass the full breadth of musculoskeletal radiology. The educational experience is multifaceted, integrating a variety of teaching methods to ensure an in-depth understanding of the field.

Curriculum Overview

The curriculum emphasizes daily activities that enhance clinical and diagnostic skills. One primary component involves:

Daily Plain Film Review: Residents review all inpatients on the orthopedic service and orthopedic consults. This also includes outpatient clinic films related to the musculoskeletal system spanning various orthopedic divisions, rheumatology service, general medicine, and family medicine.
Daily Review of Musculoskeletal CT and MRI Cases: Residents engage in discussions regarding correct protocols and desired imaging sequences, along with thorough reviews of pertinent anatomy, mechanisms of injury (particularly in sports medicine and trauma cases), and identification of pathology.
Monitoring of MRI Cases: Regular monitoring of musculoskeletal MRI cases is essential to ensure that examinations are comprehensive and any pathology is accurately characterized before patient dismissal.

The curriculum also covers the Indications, Techniques, and Interpretation of all procedures related to musculoskeletal radiology, including joint aspirations, arthrography, bone biopsies, disc aspirations, and discography.

Educational Materials and Lectures

A comprehensive lecture series spans over a two-year period, primarily focusing on case examples. Residents are encouraged to identify and discuss pertinent findings, which enhances observational skills crucial for accurate diagnosis. Factual information regarding differential diagnoses is extensively covered during these sessions.

The departmental library provides additional commercial educational materials, including the ACR teaching file on both film and CD-ROM. These resources support the educational experience and allow residents to access a broader range of information.

Moreover, an introductory lecture series is presented each summer to acclimatize incoming residents and medical students to key concepts in musculoskeletal radiology, featuring topics such as:

Approach to trauma
Initial evaluation of the cervical spine
Evaluation of solitary bone lesions

Training Sites

The program offers diverse training sites that provide exposure to various aspects of musculoskeletal imaging, including a range of clinical settings which reinforce comprehensive education.

Competitiveness and Application Requirements

The program is recognized as competitive and attracts individuals with a strong interest in musculoskeletal radiology. Applicants should be mindful of any special application requirements, including specific criteria regarding year of graduation and any failed STEP exams.

Visa Support

The program provides support for various visa types, which can be crucial for international medical graduates looking to pursue residency in the U.S. Detailed guidance on the types of visas sponsored will be available to prospective residents.

This structured and detailed curriculum equips residents with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in the field of musculoskeletal radiology.

Web sources

1. Musculoskeletal Radiology Residency

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Program data

ACGME History ^[2]

Accreditation Last updated: Jul 16, 2026

Initial accreditation4

Full accreditation0

Continued18

Warning0

Probationary Accreditation0

Withdrawal0

#	Academic Year	Status	Effective Date
01	2005 - 2006	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2006
02	2006 - 2007	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2006
03	2007 - 2008	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2006
04	2008 - 2009	Initial Accreditation	Jul 1, 2006
05	2009 - 2010	Continued	Nov 12, 2009
06	2010 - 2011	Continued	Nov 12, 2009
07	2011 - 2012	Continued	Nov 12, 2009
08	2012 - 2013	Continued	Nov 12, 2009
09	2013 - 2014	Continued	Feb 3, 2014
10	2014 - 2015	Continued	Feb 20, 2015

Program

Program Size

-- (1 years)^[1]

Accreditation Status

Continued Accreditation

(Effective: January 29, 2026)

Composition

Training

Fellowship Rate:--

Faculty-to-Residents Ratio:4X^[1]

Residents Career Path

Quality of Life

First Year Paid Sick Leave: --

First Year Paid Vacation: --

First Year Salary: $99,694^[1]

First Year Maximum Consecutive Hours on Duty: 10 hours ^[1]

First Year Average Weekly Hours: 45 hours^[1]

Admission

USMLE Step 2 Score: --

Visa Sponsorship:--

YOG Cutoff:1^[1]

Race / Ethnicity

No race data available.

Gender

No gender data available.

Incoming Schools

No incoming school data available.

Rotation Duration by Site

No rotation duration data available.

Benchmarks

Roster

Location

Stony Brook, NY ^[4]

Population

13,467

Median income

$162,054Above

Education

68.1%Above

Employment

60.9%Below

Health

0.9%On par

Age

45Above

Above the national average
Below the national average
Similar to the national average

Housing — Rental prices ^[5]

Rental prices

Typical Observed Market Rent Index - ZORI Over Time

Date

Region - Patchogue, NY

State - New York

United States

1/31/2015

N/A

$1,526

$1,193

2/28/2015

N/A

$1,534

$1,199

3/31/2015

N/A

$1,538

$1,206

4/30/2015

N/A

$1,546

$1,213

5/31/2015

N/A

$1,546

$1,228

6/30/2015

N/A

$1,553

$1,233

7/31/2015

N/A

$1,557

$1,235

8/31/2015

N/A

$1,566

$1,241

9/30/2015

N/A

$1,568

$1,245

10/31/2015

N/A

$1,575

$1,253

11/30/2015

N/A

$1,579

$1,259

12/31/2015

N/A

$1,591

$1,263

1/31/2016

N/A

$1,595

$1,275

2/29/2016

N/A

$1,592

$1,279

3/31/2016

N/A

$1,595

$1,282

4/30/2016

N/A

$1,598

$1,285

5/31/2016

N/A

$1,411

$1,291

6/30/2016

N/A

$1,457

$1,294

7/31/2016

N/A

$1,459

$1,295

8/31/2016

N/A

$1,467

$1,303

9/30/2016

N/A

$1,469

$1,307

10/31/2016

N/A

$1,476

$1,311

11/30/2016

N/A

$1,470

$1,312

12/31/2016

N/A

$1,477

$1,313

1/31/2017

N/A

$1,481

$1,317

2/28/2017

N/A

$1,496

$1,324

3/31/2017

N/A

$1,501

$1,335

4/30/2017

N/A

$1,507

$1,346

5/31/2017

N/A

$1,514

$1,353

6/30/2017

N/A

$1,519

$1,357

7/31/2017

N/A

$1,523

$1,359

8/31/2017

N/A

$1,520

$1,363

9/30/2017

N/A

$4,238

$1,406

10/31/2017

N/A

$4,524

$1,414

11/30/2017

N/A

$4,293

$1,413

12/31/2017

N/A

$3,950

$1,420

1/31/2018

N/A

$3,654

$1,422

2/28/2018

N/A

$3,687

$1,427

3/31/2018

N/A

$3,679

$1,429

4/30/2018

N/A

$3,705

$1,434

5/31/2018

N/A

$3,710

$1,438

6/30/2018

N/A

$3,704

$1,444

7/31/2018

N/A

$3,806

$1,449

8/31/2018

N/A

$3,854

$1,455

9/30/2018

N/A

$3,974

$1,461

10/31/2018

N/A

$3,877

$1,465

11/30/2018

N/A

$3,978

$1,473

12/31/2018

N/A

$3,964

$1,482

1/31/2019

N/A

$4,077

$1,492

2/28/2019

N/A

$4,147

$1,495

3/31/2019

N/A

$4,124

$1,503

4/30/2019

N/A

$4,114

$1,509

5/31/2019

N/A

$4,121

$1,514

6/30/2019

N/A

$4,215

$1,519

7/31/2019

N/A

$4,189

$1,526

8/31/2019

N/A

$4,151

$1,531

9/30/2019

N/A

$4,064

$1,534

10/31/2019

N/A

$4,159

$1,541

11/30/2019

N/A

$4,247

$1,545

12/31/2019

N/A

$4,393

$1,552

1/31/2020

N/A

$4,427

$1,560

2/29/2020

N/A

$4,461

$1,565

3/31/2020

N/A

$4,450

$1,565

4/30/2020

N/A

$4,411

$1,566

5/31/2020

N/A

$4,603

$1,563

6/30/2020

N/A

$4,656

$1,562

7/31/2020

N/A

$4,879

$1,571

8/31/2020

N/A

$4,818

$1,574

9/30/2020

N/A

$4,982

$1,586

10/31/2020

N/A

$4,567

$1,593

11/30/2020

N/A

$4,783

$1,602

12/31/2020

N/A

$4,777

$1,606

1/31/2021

N/A

$4,835

$1,613

2/28/2021

N/A

$4,611

$1,620

3/31/2021

N/A

$4,431

$1,629

4/30/2021

N/A

$4,495

$1,649

5/31/2021

N/A

$4,531

$1,663

6/30/2021

N/A

$4,538

$1,686

7/31/2021

N/A

$4,513

$1,707

8/31/2021

N/A

$4,412

$1,729

9/30/2021

N/A

$4,395

$1,752

10/31/2021

N/A

$4,298

$1,767

11/30/2021

N/A

$4,259

$1,777

12/31/2021

N/A

$4,429

$1,791

1/31/2022

N/A

$3,999

$1,800

2/28/2022

N/A

$4,016

$1,820

3/31/2022

N/A

$3,942

$1,829

4/30/2022

N/A

$3,920

$1,841

5/31/2022

N/A

$3,908

$1,852

6/30/2022

N/A

$3,803

$1,861

7/31/2022

N/A

$3,836

$1,868

8/31/2022

N/A

$3,867

$1,872

9/30/2022

N/A

$3,859

$1,875

10/31/2022

N/A

$3,815

$1,873

11/30/2022

N/A

$3,767

$1,875

12/31/2022

N/A

$3,696

$1,874

1/31/2023

N/A

$3,598

$1,877

2/28/2023

N/A

$3,523

$1,879

3/31/2023

N/A

$3,477

$1,884

4/30/2023

N/A

$3,518

$1,886

5/31/2023

$2,499

$3,481

$1,886

6/30/2023

$2,569

$3,480

$1,886

7/31/2023

$2,601

$3,476

$1,891

8/31/2023

$2,637

$4,091

$1,908

9/30/2023

$2,582

$4,108

$1,912

10/31/2023

$2,558

$4,083

$1,916

11/30/2023

$2,540

$4,049

$1,918

12/31/2023

$2,567

$4,092

$1,921

1/31/2024

$2,592

$3,999

$1,928

2/29/2024

$2,570

$4,037

$1,932

3/31/2024

$2,568

$4,050

$1,935

4/30/2024

$2,526

$3,961

$1,942

5/31/2024

$2,516

$3,938

$1,946

6/30/2024

$2,518

$4,883

$1,973

7/31/2024

$2,555

$4,081

$1,958

8/31/2024

$2,589

$5,266

$1,992

9/30/2024

$2,637

$5,212

$1,993

10/31/2024

$2,639

$5,232

$1,995

11/30/2024

$2,651

$5,092

$1,999

12/31/2024

$2,632

$4,762

$2,003

1/31/2025

$2,637

$4,459

$2,006

2/28/2025

$2,630

$4,468

$2,007

3/31/2025

$2,643

$4,399

$2,016

4/30/2025

$2,689

$4,331

$2,019

5/31/2025

$2,716

$4,421

$2,022

6/30/2025

$2,704

$4,430

$2,026

7/31/2025

$2,670

$4,473

$2,029

8/31/2025

N/A

$4,354

$2,027

9/30/2025

$2,651

$4,359

$2,030

10/31/2025

$2,687

$4,666

$2,052

11/30/2025

$2,704

$5,988

$2,095

12/31/2025

$2,728

$5,556

$2,086

1/31/2026

$2,733

$7,380

$2,160

2/28/2026

$2,768

$6,969

$2,178

Crime — All violent offences ^[6]

Rate per 100,000 residents

Rate per 100,000 people Over Time

Date

Region - Stony Brook, NY

State - New York

United States

4/1/2021

5/1/2021

6/1/2021

7/1/2021

8/1/2021

9/1/2021

10/1/2021

11/1/2021

12/1/2021

1/1/2022

2/1/2022

3/1/2022

4/1/2022

5/1/2022

6/1/2022

7/1/2022

8/1/2022

9/1/2022

10/1/2022

11/1/2022

12/1/2022

1/1/2023

2/1/2023

3/1/2023

4/1/2023

5/1/2023

103

6/1/2023

104

7/1/2023

108

8/1/2023

104

9/1/2023

10/1/2023

103

11/1/2023

12/1/2023

1/1/2024

2/1/2024

3/1/2024

4/1/2024

5/1/2024

108

6/1/2024

106

7/1/2024

111

8/1/2024

104

9/1/2024

10/1/2024

101

11/1/2024

12/1/2024

1/1/2025

2/1/2025

3/1/2025

104

4/1/2025

108

5/1/2025

115

6/1/2025

114

7/1/2025

118

8/1/2025

109

9/1/2025

105

10/1/2025

102

11/1/2025

12/1/2025

1/1/2026

2/1/2026

3/1/2026

Living in Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook, NY, offers a suburban setting with easy access to beautiful beaches, vibrant communities, and a range of recreational activities.

Crime Rate and Safety

Stony Brook has a relatively low crime rate, making it a safe place to live and work.

Fun Activities

Residents can enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, and fishing, as well as cultural attractions like museums and theaters.

Climate

Stony Brook experiences four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Residents can enjoy activities like sunbathing in the summer and skiing in the winter.

Races and Population

Stony Brook has a diverse population with a mix of different races, creating a multicultural community.

Education

Stony Brook is home to Stony Brook University, providing educational opportunities for residents and a vibrant campus atmosphere.

Cost of Living

The cost of living in Stony Brook is higher than the national average, mainly due to housing costs. However, the area offers a high quality of life.

Proximity to Bigger Cities

Stony Brook is approximately a 1.5-hour drive from New York City, offering access to the Big Apple's vast cultural, entertainment, and career opportunities.

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References

1. Freida - https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/4263521011

2. ACGME - Accreditation Data System (ADS) - https://apps.acgme.org/ads/Public/Programs/Search

3. NRMP Results and Data: 2022-2026 Main Residency Match - https://www.nrmp.org/match-data/2026/03/program-results-2022-2026/

4. United States Census Bureau - https://data.census.gov/profile/City,_VS?g=160XX00US3671608

5. Zillow Research - Observed Rent Index (ZORI) - https://www.zillow.com/research/data/

6. FBI - Crime/Law Enforcement Stats (Uniform Crime Reporting Program) - https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/ucr