URMC Neurology

Dedicated to Excellence

Welcome to the Department of Neurology of the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry. Rochester’s Neurology Department has a long tradition as one of the premier neurology training programs in the United States. First established by Dr. Robert J. Joynt in 1966 - 1986 and then expanded between 1987 - 2007 by Dr. Robert C. Griggs, the department now has over 125 total faculty members; these include 92 full-time academic faculty and attending staff, and 22 voluntary and adjunct faculty, among others. In the 2010 Academic Year, extramural research support totaled $36.8 million, and the department has consistently ranked within the top 6 nationally in NIH research funding. Yet rather than rest on its laurels, the department is again expanding further, with an aggressive program of recruitment anticipated over the next 5 years, as part of the University of Rochester’s strategic plan for 2009-13.

Steve Goldman, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Neurology