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Time Frame. Becoming a radiologist requires four years at the undergraduate level, two years in medical school classrooms and labs and two more in rotation in a hospital. A five-year residence in radiology is also required. Overall, it takes about 13 years of training to become a radiologist. While 13 years may seem like an enormous commitment to make, the benefits are worth the effort. First, radiology pays well. On average, radiologists earn around $350,000 per year.
If there is an elective in diagnostic radiology, it must be in a department with an ACGME-accredited diagnostic radiology residency program and cannot be longer than two months. No more than a total of three months may be spent in radiation oncology and/or pathology.1  Four years in a diagnostic radiology program. A minimum of four months of the four-year diagnostic radiology training program must be spent in nuclear medicine. 2  A minimum of three months must be spent in mammography/breast imaging. 3  No more than 16 months may be spent in any one subspecialty or in research.