Neurological Surgery Residency

The Department of Neurosurgery at Indiana University offers a fully-approved 7-year Neurological Surgery Residency. The program takes two residents every  year.  The program is approved by the RRC for Neurological Surgery and graduates are eligible for board certification from the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). Applications for Residency are accepted through ERAS, the Electronic Residency Application Service. The PGY1 year is the surgery internship year. This is completed at Indiana University because a 3-month rotation on neurology is now part of the first year. This Neurology experience satisfies the ABNS requirement for Neurology. The PGY2-5 years are spent as a neurological surgery resident at Indiana University Hospital, Wishard Memorial Hospital, Methodist Hospital and Riley Children's Hospital. Each resident will have a protected laboratory rotation. The PGY6 and 7 years are spent as chief residents at the University Hospital, Wishard Memorial Hospital ,Methodist Hospital and the Roudebush VA Hospital. Resident education conferences include weekly conferences in: Neuroradiology, Neuropathology, Neurooncology, Stroke, Combined Neurology/Neurosurgery, Board Preparation, Case Presentations and Modern Medical Issues. Monthly conferences include Complications, Journal Club and Skull Base Surgery. All core competencies are taught. The residents are also expected to make one presentation per year. The residents take the board exam every year for assessment and must pass before completion of the program.  All work hours are obeyed and the inhouse call schedule is one night out of 5-6  nights.  Each resident is sponsored to attend one national meeting a year. Residents in the neurological surgery program at Indiana University Medical Center are responsible for the complete care of adults and children with neurological surgery problems including Intracranial and Carotid Vascular Surgery, Skull Base Surgery, Neurooncology, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Frame and Frameless Stereotactic Surgery, Epilepsy Surgery , Pallidotomy/Functional Neurosurgery, Neuroendoscopy, Level 1 Cranial and Spinal Neurotrauma, Spinal Instrumentation and Peripheral Nerve Surgery. The Neurological Surgery Section also 7 Ph.D. Neuroscientists that are dedicated to neurological surgery research.

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