College
- Center City Campus
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Degree Earned
- Residency
Program Type
- On Campus
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901 Walnut Street
Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19107
901 Walnut Street
Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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Curriculum
Our residency program is designed to provide exposure to core neurological diseases through the ward, consult, and night float rotations, and by a weekly continuity clinic throughout all three years. Residents also see a diverse array of neurologic subspecialties throughout all three years of training, from the multispecialty clinic in PGY-2 year to the variety of electives available in more senior years. There is also graduated responsibility through senior night float and ward and stroke senior in the PGY-3 and PGY-4 years.
All rotations are at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) unless otherwise noted.
PGY-2 Curriculum
| Multispecialty Out-Patient Clinic at JHN | 10 Weeks |
| Ward Service | 8 Weeks |
| Stroke Service at JHN | 8 Weeks |
| Inpatient Headache Service at Methodist | 6 Weeks |
| NICU at TJUH | 8 Weeks |
| Night float (in 1 week blocks) | 5 Weeks |
| Neuroradiology | 3 Weeks |
| Vacation | 4 Weeks |
PGY-3 Curriculum
| Inpatient and Stroke/ER Consultation Service | 12 Weeks |
| Elective | 15 Weeks |
| Inpatient Epilepsy | 10 Weeks |
| NICU at JHN | 4 Weeks |
| Pediatric Neurology at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | 4 Weeks |
| Senior Night Float at JHN (in 1 week blocks) | 3 Weeks |
| Vacation | 4 Weeks |
PGY-4 Curriculum
| Elective | 13 Weeks |
| Senior Floor Resident (Ward or Stroke) | 12 Weeks |
| Pediatric Neurology at AI DuPont | 8 Weeks |
| Consultation-Liaision Psychiatry | 4 Weeks |
| Neuropathology | 4 Weeks |
| Senior Night Float at JHN (in 1 week blocks) | 3 Weeks |
| Multispecialty Out-Patient Clinic at JHN | 4 Weeks |
| Vacation | 4 Weeks |
During training residents will spend time at the following institutions:
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) – a 926 bed hospital in central Philadelphia with 140-160 neurology inpatient neurology admissions/month; 14 bed Neuro-intensive care Unit (Gibbon Building), 28 bed Neuro-intensive care Unit (JHN), 20 bed Intermediate Neuro Care Unit, 14 bed Stroke Unit with cardiac monitoring, 8 bed video EEG unit. Continuity Clinic will be scheduled one time per week for the full three years of the residency.
Jefferson Hospital for Neurosciences (JHN) – JHN, a hospital dedicated to neurological and neurosurgical patient care and research, is located just two blocks from our main hospital. This facility supports a 28-bed Neuro-intensive Care Unit, 20-bed Intermediate Neuro-intensive Care Unit and a 15-bed Stroke Unit.
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children – a pediatric hospital located in Wilmington, Delaware with active inpatient and consultative service, including video EEG monitoring, and active outpatient subspecialty clinics including epilepsy, neuromuscular, and headache.
Jefferson Headache Center at Methodist – a 12 bed Headache Unit run by the Jefferson Headache Center, in which neurology residents will spend 6 weeks of their residency managing complex headache cases. Residents will also spend time learning outpatient headache management at the Headache Center located at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
