Residency Programs
The Department of Neurology offers a fully accredited, categorical four-year residency program in Adult Neurology. We select nine adult neurology residents per year. Graduates are eligible for board certification in Neurology.
In collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry, the Department of Neurology also offers a fully accredited, combined six-year residency program in Neurology-Psychiatry. We select one combined neurology-psychiatry resident per year. Graduates are board-eligible in both Neurology and Psychiatry.
The Division of Pediatric Neurology offers a fully accredited, three-year training program in Child Neurology and a combined five-year program in Pediatrics and Child Neurology. The program accepts five child-neurology residents each year. Graduates of the three-year program are board-eligible in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, and graduates of the combined program are board-eligible in both General Pediatrics and Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology.
The Division of Pediatric Neurology also offers a fully accredited four-year program in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and a combined six-year program in Pediatrics and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. The program accepts one neurodevelopmental disabilities resident each year. Graduates of the four-year program are board-eligible in both Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Graduates of the six-year program are board-eligible in General Pediatrics, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology, and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities.
The Pediatrics, Child Neurology, and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities programs are all based at Children's Health, adjacent to UT Southwestern.
Neurology Sub-Internship
Rohit Das, M.D.
Course Director
rohit.das@utsouthwestern.edu
Neurocritical Care Sub-Internship
Steve Figueroa, M.D.
Course Director
steven.figueroa@utsouthwestern.edu
Ambulatory Neurology
Mark Agostini, M.D.
Course Director
mark.agostini@utsouthwestern.edu
Neuro-Oncology
Michael Youssef, M.D.
Course Director
michael.youssef@utsouthwestern.edu
Virtual Electives
Rohit Das, M.D.
rohit.das@utsouthwestern.edu
Pediatric Neurology
Rana Said, M.D.
Course Director
rana.said@utsouthwestern.edu
(Neurology Sub-Internship, Neurocritical Care Sub-Internship and Pediatric Neurology pre-requisites: completion of Neurology core clerkship and Internal Medicine core clerkship)
- The materials requested under "Application Requirements" on UTSW's Visiting Student application page
- USMLE Step 1 score
- Personal statement explaining why you chose this particular elective, what you expect to achieve, and how you think it will help your future training
These must be submitted for your application to be considered for review.
