UVA Neurosurgery Residency Training Program

PGY-1

Each Neurosurgery resident will complete 6 months of the General Surgery internship, rotating through 1 month of general surgery, trauma, vascular, cardiothoracic, pediatric, and surgical intensive care unit.  Following completion of 6 months of general surgery, PGY-1's will complete the required 3 months of neurology in the neurosurgical intensive care unit and neurology consult service, in addition to rotations in neuroradiology, neuro-opthalmology, and the neurosurgery service.

PGY-2 & 3

Post-graduate years 2 and 3 are spent on the clinical neurosurgery service.  During these years, residents undertake graduated responsibility for patient care and surgical management as their experience grows.  Residents rotate individually through each attending physician's service, and often make decisions regarding patient care directly with the attending.  Each resident on the clinical service does 4 week rotations with each attending, with the 5th week being taken up by "night float", during which the resident takes call from 7pm-7am Sunday through Friday, with Saturday off.  

PGY-4 & 5

These years are dedicated to laboratory work, and residents are free to work on both clinical and basic science research, with ample resources available for both.  No call is taken during these years.

PGY-6  

During this year, residents complete an international medicine rotation at Auckland Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand as a senior resident in Neurosurgery . 

PGY-7

After completion of the international medicine rotation, residents return to the University of Virginia as Chief Resident, responsible for patient care as well as the administrative tasks necessary to run the clinical service.