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What is the best major for someone who wants to become a radiologist?

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Katie’s Answer

Hi there! A radiologist is a medical doctor (8 years of college—4 years of premed, and 4 years of medical school. Then after becoming an MD, they go on for another 4 years of specializing in radiology. 12 years of college.
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Catherine’s Answer

I would say check with your school first and see what their options are but usually sciences are a good start. It is a career that requires Med school so taking some premed classes could definitely help too. Some radiologists may do choose specific imaging modalities to focus on too so I think it’s more of what type of imaging you want to focus on but definitely try to reach out to see what your school offers since they would probably tell you the options they have for you.
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Bilal’s Answer

Biology and physics are the most convenient majors.
Biology is related to medicine.
Physics is related to radiology because it explains what is X-ray, sonography, doppler and MRI.
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Joseph’s Answer

I don't know how things work where you are, but here in the UK, I know my nuclear physics Masters shared several key modules with a Medical and Radiation Physics Masters, and a lot of the students on that course were looking to get into either radiotherapy or radiology. I don't know what the exact entry requirements were for that Masters, but the students on that course I spoke to all came from a BSc Physics background.
I don't think that course was the only route into radiology, though; I think there's another route (which I think is perhaps more widely used) for students from biology or medicine degrees, but I don't know the details of how that works - it might involve training as a junior doctor and specializing out into radiology.

I'd imagine the routes and requirements are going to be slightly different in different places, so what I'd recommend as the first port-of-call is to check the website of the appropriate professional body for radiology in your area - my guess is that would be the American College of Radiology. On their membership page (see link below), it looks like they have options for either Physicians, or Medical Physicists.

Joseph recommends the following next steps:

https://www.acr.org/Member-Resources/membership/Membership-Eligibility
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