Recipes for Residency

6. Interventional Radiology with Dr. Arsalan Saleem, MD

Austin Mefford

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This episode features Dr. Arsalan Saleem, MD. He attended medical school in Pakistan and finished up at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. He completed two residencies at UTMB, one in a Diagnostic Radiology (DR) and another in Interventional Radiology (IR). He recently joined the faculty at UTMB and will be serving as a co-program director for the IR and DR residency programs.

In this episode,  we talk about the up-and-coming field of IR and the current pathways/tracks to become an interventionalist. Dr. Saleem sheds some light on speaking with IR programs, letters of recommendation, research, and much more!

RESOURCES:

Society of Interventional Radiologists (https://www.sirweb.org/learning-center/rfs-landing-page/medical-student-and-resident-educational-resources/)

EMAIL:

Dr. Saleem: arsaleem@utmb.edu

Me: atmeffor@utmb.edu