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 unless otherwise noted.

During training residents will spend time at the following institutions:

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) – a 600+ bed hospital in central Philadelphia with 140-160 neurology inpatient neurology admissions/month; 14 bed Neurosensory intensive care Unit (Gibbon Building), 16 bed Neuro-intensive care Unit (JHN), 18 bed Intermediate Neuro Care Unit, 12 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) – a hospital also located in central Philadelphia 2 blocks from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital dedicated to neurological, neurosurgical, and opthalmogical patient care and research.  This facility supports a 10 bed Neuro-intensive care Unit and 20 bed Intermediate Neuro-Intensive Care Unit on which neurology residents have patient care responsibilities.  The Neurology departmental offices and outpatient clinic are located on the 2nd floor.

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. Additional outpatient sites include duPont at Jefferson, duPont at Einstein, duPont at Virtua (Voorhees, NJ), duPont at Bryn Mawr, and duPont at English Creek (Atlantic City).

Jefferson Headache Center at Methodist – a 12 bed Headache Unit run by the Jefferson Headache Center, in which neurology residents will spend 2 months 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.