Program Overview
The Five-Year Clinician-Scientist pathway offers three spots per year and is designed to train the future generation of radiology clinician-scientists who push the limits of radiology and position themselves for a prestigious career in academic radiology. The program comprises one year dedicated to research (PGY-2) and four subsequent years of clinical radiology (see Four-Year Diagnostic Radiology Residency) during which six weeks of protected research time are incorporated each year.
The program is supported in part by an NIH T32 training grant and allows residents to work with world-renowned investigators in all fields of imaging science to select a project that will best meet their research and career goals. Residents are provided with support and guidance as they engage in cutting-edge research that will ultimately shape the future of diagnostic imaging. Publication and participation in radiology conferences and society meetings are encouraged and funded fully by the department for presenting authors. There are no clinical obligations during the first year, and the salary is commensurate with that of the clinical PGY-2 position.
For more information about the Five-Year Clinician-Scientist Radiology Residency, please visit the program’s page from the Department of Radiology.
Current Research Residents
Vitor F. Martins, MD, PhD
Dr. Martins is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was raised in Miami, Florida. He received his undergraduate degrees in Biochemistry and Mathematics from the University of Florida. He then completed his combined MD/PhD training at UC San Diego’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) where he studied the contribution of lysine acetylation towards skeletal muscle insulin action. Dr. Martins Joined the LIG in 2023, where he is currently investigating the intersection of medical imaging and metabolic diseases including Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, and MASLD. He is also passionate about increasing diversity within STEM and mentoring the future generation of physicians and researchers. When he’s not in the lab, Dr. Martins is usually at the beach, playing volleyball or walking his dogs with his partner.
Melina Hosseiny, MD
Dr. Hosseiny is involved in numerous projects at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medical imaging. She leads as the primary investigator on a prestigious $50K RSNA resident grant focusing on deep learning, and has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed papers garnering around 1500 citations. She holds several leadership roles within the radiology community, including serving as Chair of the Society of Advanced Body Imaging Early Career Committee (SABI-ECC), and she is one of the first radiology trainees to actively participate in the editorial boards of leading journals in the field, including RadioGraphics and JACR. Inspired by her mentors, Dr. Sirlin and Dr. Hsiao, Dr. Hosseiny is driven by a personal mission to make a lasting, positive impact in the world by enhancing medical imaging with AI.
