Welcome to the Child Neurology Residency Program!
Thank you for your interest in our Child Neurology residency-training program at Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center. We hope you have the opportunity to visit us virtually and learn about our unique program. We combine a highly supportive, friendly, family-style atmosphere with a large and diverse patient population drawn from a population of approximately 5 million individuals in Upstate and Western New York, northern Pennsylvania, and beyond.
The department currently has about 140 faculty, and the child neurology division includes 20 primary faculty members and 10 associated faculty with diverse subspecialty interests. Our faculty are incredibly down-to-earth and supportive and are terrific teachers. We prize active learning, autonomy, and flexibility as cornerstones to quality graduate medical education.
Key Strengths
- A large population served provides a high volume of diverse patients
- Thoughtful and strategic scheduling allows for a significant amount of child neurology exposure in the PGY-2 and PGY-3 years
- Focus on training residents to be great teachers
- Commitment to autonomy and flexibility provides the best learning experience for each resident’s unique needs
- Academic half-day for resident didactics allows for protected time and space for optimal and engaged learning
What Sets Us Apart
We support the idea of flexibility in residency to meet the needs of the individual resident and have specialized options to start child neurology rotations and clinic in the second year of training.
We ensure all residents form strong personal relationships and receive valuable mentorship to help support career development and success.
We provide ample opportunities for residents to learn the skills needed to develop their teaching skills, including the opportunity for education research.
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What Our Residents Say...
"I feel very fortunate to have trained here at Rochester. There are so many highlights- our large faculty group that spans the breadth of subspecialty child neurology, our wide catchment area that exposes us to both the bread and butter and the rare, and the tight knit feel of our residents. Our program has been an example of creating change for future child neurology training- for example, we are able to start our child neurology continuity clinic in our PGY2 year, giving us a full year of extra child neurology clinic training which is a huge strength. In my opinion, Rochester as a city is the best! It offers many similar experiences of a big city while also having a low cost of living, not to mention all the natural beauty of upstate NY. We can't wait to meet you and show you all Rochester has to offer!"
Laura Owlett, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical School: University of Rochester
Residency: University of Rochester
Hometown: Niskayuna, New York
