This ACGME-accredited Neurology Residency Program offers a well-rounded neurological education with experience in a variety of subspecialties. Residents who choose UPMC Hamot for their residency are exposed to a wide variety of pathologies and patients.
Our residents are well-prepared to enter either general neurological practice or fellowship training upon completion of their residency.
Contact Us
Thank you for considering UPMC Hamot for your residency. If you have any questions that are not answered by this website, please contact Autumn Geiger, geigera@upmc.edu or call 814-877-4178.
Our Mission
The UPMC Hamot Neurology Residency Program's mission is to produce the highest-quality, most well-rounded, competent, compassionate, and respectful general neurologists to serve patients today and tomorrow.
UPMC Medical Education, the UPMC Hamot Board of Directors, the UPMC system, and UPMC Hamot Hospital Executive Leadership are committed to graduate medical education as our collective responsibility and mission.
- We provide the necessary financial support for administrative, educational, and clinical resources.
- We maintain exceptional personnel to provide residents with an optimal environment to achieve and advance in their learning, profession, and personal well-being.
- We strive to provide the highest-quality education possible in the art and science of medicine.
- We direct that our patients receive the most fiscally responsible, unparalleled-quality care, delivered with empathy and safety.
- We endeavor to select and retain the most qualified applicants.
Integral to our efforts in advancing the profession of medicine is the mission of scholarship, research, evidence-based care, and continual clinical innovation. We foster and require an ethical atmosphere — one of professionalism and collegiality among our faculty, learners, and academic leadership.
The UPMC Hamot Neurology Residency Program aims to:
- Deliver a well-rounded neurological education and produce neurologists with expertise across a range of pathologies.
- Train residents to care for patients of all ages in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Educate residents through purposeful didactics, clinical experience, and meaningful research projects.
- Achieve resident proficiency in forms of neurological procedures and testing.
- Cultivate and support subspecialty interests amongst trainees in preparation for neurological fellowships.
- Attract high-quality candidates to strengthen the program and its reputation.
- Recruit residents into the UPMC Hamot Neurology Division upon completion of the program.
About Our Hospital
- UPMC Hamot draws from a patient population of close to one million.
- UPMC Hamot is the only comprehensive stroke center in the Erie, Pa., region.
- UPMC Hamot has a new state-of-the-art 64-bed intensive care tower with a dedicated trauma-neuro ICU, cardiovascular ICU, and medical ICU.
About Our Patients
Our patients come from both urban and rural settings. They each have their own unique pathologies and socioeconomic dynamics. The clinical experience provides access to inpatient and outpatient care for patients of all ages.
About Our Residency Program
Internship curriculum
Interns are gradually introduced into the process of becoming neurology residents through a shadowing program with senior residents throughout the year. This experience allows the interns a seamless transition into their second year.
Year one curriculum includes:
- Two months internal medicine.
- Three months neurology.
- One month internal medicine elective.
- One month emergency medicine.
- One month cardiology.
- Two months across all ICUs.
- One month nephrology.
- One month ophthalmology.
Residency
Residents are taught pertinent procedures throughout their training. The residents will become proficient at performing lumbar punctures, administering botulinum toxin injections, interpreting carotid and intracranial Doppler testing, and performing vagal nerve stimulator and deep brain stimulator adjustments. Residents will learn the business side of medicine through exposure to office management, coding, and billing concepts.
Residents become very familiar with treating acute stroke patients by administering TNK or determining if they need neurointervention for clot removal.
Years two through four curriculum includes:
Year Two
- Nine months inpatient neurology.
- One month neuroradiology.
- One month EEG.
- One month elective.
Year Three
- Five months inpatient neurology.
- Three months EMG.
- One month EEG.
- Two and a half months elective.
- Two weeks neuropathology.
- One month research.
Year Four
- Three months inpatient neurology.
- Three months neuropediatrics — UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
- Two months outpatient selective.
- One month elective.
- One month multiple sclerosis.
- One month psychiatry.
Dedicated research time
The schedule allows dedicated time for residents to work on research projects. A full-time PhD research director is eager to assist residents with any research projects. We also have the capability to collaborate with the larger UPMC system and several local universities and medical schools.
Elective rotations
Residents have elective rotations from which they can choose a variety of subspecialties to help supplement their training.
Rotations include:
- Epilepsy (with EEG interpretation training, vagal nerve stimulator, and an epilepsy monitoring unit).
- Movement disorders (with experience in botulinum toxin injections and deep brain stimulation).
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Nerve conduction studies and EMG training.
- Neurointensive care.
- Neurointervention.
- Neurology inpatient service.
- Neuroradiology.
- Neurorehabilitation.
- Neurosurgery.
Residents also have access to a wide variety of other subspecialty electives through our connection with the entire UPMC system.
Benefits, salary, and contract information
Benefits provided to members of the UPMC Hamot Neurology Residency program include:
Health care
- Employee Health Services.
- Medical and dental insurance.
Income protection
- Long-term disability.
- Workers' compensation.
Life insurance and AD&D
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
- Resident life insurance.
Professional assistance
- Registration for step/level 3 of board exams is paid for by UPMC GME.
- Malpractice insurance.
- Professional dues.
Vacation and sick time
- 20 days paid time off (PTO) per year.
- Short-term disability.
Retirement plan
- Employer match 403(b) plan.
Miscellaneous benefits
- Lab coats.
- Meals.
- Medical library.
- Moving expenses.
- On-call quarters/lounge.
- Parking.
Learn more about UPMC ME Benefits and Stipends.
Our Residency Program Faculty
Residency Program Eligibility
Residents are selected on the basis of academic performance, interviews, and recommendations.
Applicants must meet one of the following qualifications to be eligible for an ACGME accredited program:
- Graduated from a medical school in the U.S. or Canada accredited by the LCME.
- Graduated from a college of osteopathic medicine in the U.S. accredited by the AOA.
- Graduated from a medical school outside the U.S. or Canada and either holds a valid ECFMG certificate prior to appointment or holds a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the U.S. licensing jurisdiction in which the ACGME-accredited program is located.
How to Apply to the Neurology Residency Program
- Complete the ERAS application form.
- Submit at least three letters of recommendation from physicians who are acquainted with your work or capabilities.
UPMC Hamot participates in the ERAS Program and the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). No additional information outside of ERAS is required.
Interviews will be held in November, December, and January. The deadline for applications is Nov. 1.
