Residency Program and Application Process
- Resident Profiles
- Dura: Resources for Neurosurgy Residents
- Advanced Residency Training Program (ARTS)
Prerequisites
The Neurosurgery Training Program covers a period of 6 years following the Post Graduate Year One (PGY-I) year. We are an integrated program and reserve a position in our Combined Neuro/General Surgery internship (PGY-I). This year includes 4 months of General Surgery as well as 8 months of Neuro-related electives—including Neurosurgery, Neurology, Neuroradiology and Neuropathology.We admit 3 residents per year and we reserve a PGY-I position in the Combined Neuro/General Surgery Program at Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC).
Although on-campus housing is limited, housing is available in the nearby vicinity. All first-year residents are offered a second year of training, providing performance has been satisfactory.
Application Process
Neurosurgery Training Program Educational and License Requirements: State law requires certain educational requirements for licensure in California. In most circumstances, graduates of American and Canadian medical schools will have little, if any, difficulty in meeting these requirements.
- Has the applicant graduated and been awarded the M.D. degree from an LCME/CCME accredited medical school?
- Has the applicant successfully completed at least 32 months of medical training?
- Has the applicant completed at least 72 weeks of clinical training?
- Has the applicant completed at least one period of clinical training in each of the five core areas of surgery, pediatrics, medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry?
If the answers to the above four questions are "yes," the medical education requirements are considered to have been met and no further inquiry with respect to basic medical education is pursued. All residents are required to write clinical research or basic science manuscripts and they will present their work at local, regional and national meetings.
Please send any additional application materials to:
Department of Neurosurgery
300 Pasteur Drive, Room R281
Stanford, CA 94305-5327
We award three residency positions per year. Visiting neurosurgical clerkships are available at the Stanford University Medical Center and the Palo Alto Veteran's Administration Hospital . All students must apply and be registered with Stanford University School of Medicine's Office of Student Affairs.
After applications have been reviewed, qualified candidates will be offered an interview. Resident interviews are held once in December and once in January, exact interview dates can be found on The Society of Neurological Surgeons website. We typically interview approximately 20 resident applicants. All interviewees are invited to dinner with our residents the evening prior to their interview. Applicants must interview with our program to be considered. For questions about the Stanford Neurosurgery Training Program, please contact us at (650) 725-5562.