NEUROSURGERY RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Welcome!
The neurological surgery residency training program at the University of California (UC), Irvine is a comprehensive residency training program designed to give trainees broad experience in all aspects of adult and pediatric neurological practice as well as all clinical practice settings including clinical academic, academic research, health maintenance organization, and private practice. The program is seven years long and generally accepts one resident trainee per year. The residency program, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), was officially launched on July 1, 2008.
UC Irvine Medical Center, located in the City of Orange, is a comprehensive medical care center and Orange County's only university research hospital. It is the principal clinical facility of the School of Medicine operated by the University. In early 2009, UC Irvine Medical Center openned its doors to the new seven-story, 482,428-square-foot UC Irvine Douglas Hospital. With the expansion Phase II, the new hospital will be equipped with a total of 19 operating rooms and 424 licensed beds. Services are provided in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, family medicine, dermatology, pathology, radiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, ophthalmology, neurology, anesthesiology, orthopedics, geriatrics, oncology, neurosurgery, otolaryngology, and radiation oncology. UC Irvine Medical Center also has cardiac, pediatric, neonatal, respiratory, burn medical-surgery, and neuroscience intensive care units and more than 90 specialty outpatient clinics. It is the designated countywide Level 1 trauma center.
The Application Process
The 2010 Residency Match applications will be processed via the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) with the usage of the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS).
For details on how to apply, please visit the following websites at www.nrmp.org and www.aamc.org.eras. Applicants must register with both NRMP and ERAS to participate in the services of each.
The PGY-1 is now a categorical year of training under the direction of our Neurosurgery Department. Students do not need to match and interview separately with General Surgery for the PGY-1 internship year.
You may submit your application to the University of California, Irvine starting on 9/1/2009.
For more information on the Match, please visit the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS) website at http://www.societyns.org/match_information.html
International Medical Graduates must have the following to be considered:
- Medical Board of Califronia's Postgraduate Training Authorization Letter (PTAL)
- Proof of current ECFMG certificate (You must also be certified by ECFMG if you wish to take Step 3 of the three-step United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). ECFMG Certification is required to obtain an unrestricted license to practice medicine)
- Visa: J1 or provide proof of permanent residence status
Residency Coordinator Contact:
Pauline David
Email: pbdavid@uci.edu
Phone: (714) 456-6966
Residency Program Overview
The first year (PGY-1) of training includes 9 months of surgery training tailored towards neurological relevance as well as 3 months neurology training. The remaining 6 years include 51 months (4.25 years) of required neurosurgical and 3 months of elective neurosurgical training time, plus 1 year or research, in addition to 6 months of non-neurosurgical training in the clinical neurosciences. These six years include the following: PGY-2: 12 months neurosurgery at UCIMC, PGY-3: 6 months neurosurgery at Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Anaheim (KFH), 3 months neuropathology at UCIMC and 3 months of neuroradiology at UCIMC, PGY-4: 6 months neurosurgery at Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and 6 months clinical neurosurgery at KFH, PGY-5: 12 months of research at UCIMC or UCI main campus, PGY-6: 6 months Neurosurgery at CHOC and 3 months stereotactic radiosurgery at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (HMHP), Newport Beach. An elective of either 3 months of Interventional Radiology including Endovascular Surgery at UCIMC or 3 months of Multi-disciplinary Spine Service at UCIMC, PGY-7: (NS-5) 12 months as chief resident at UCIMC.
Beginning with the PGY-2 year of training, residents are expected to prepare and submit at least one manuscript for peer review publication each year of their training. They take the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) written examination for either practice or credit each year of training beginning with the PGY-2 year. The earliest year they can take the examination for credit is the PGY-4, and they must pass the ABNS written examination by the completion of their PGY-6 year in order to progress to their final chief residency year. Assuming that the above requirements are met, and that the faculty evaluations of the resident are satisfactory, the entire program is expected to be complete in a total of seven years from its beginning.
Affiliated Hospitals
Children's Hospital of Orange County
CHOC is a 202 bed, not for profit pediatric hospital located in the City of Orange. CHOC offers nearly every pediatric specialty and provides a full spectrum of healthcare services. CHOC has pediatric medical/surgical units, a pediatric intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, a cardiovascular intensive care unit, a neuroscience unit and a oncology intensive care unit. At present it is the 15th busiest Pediatric Hospital in the United States.
Kaiser Foundatin Hospital, Anaheim
Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Anaheim, is a 167 bed facility. There is a major emphasis on neurosurgery with a full spectrum of neurosurgical cases with five neurosurgeons available. The facility is also a referral center for cerebrovascular cases, from the Kaiser system. Both microsurgical and endovascular capabilities are present in the hospital. This institution adds a considerable volume of neurosurgical procedures which will enhance the residents' experience in adult neurosurgery particularly for general primary and secondary neurosurgical cases and cerebrovasular neurosurgery.
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a 511 bed, not for profit, acute care hospital located in Newport Beach, CA. The Hoag/UCI Gamma Knife Center is located at this hospital and will be the base for resident training in radiosurgery.
Neurosurgery Department Documents
Evaluations, Academic Documents, and Resident Forms - UCINetId login required
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