The combined Pediatric Neurology Residency Program is a five-year residency offered by Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) in Philadelphia and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware in Wilmington, Del. Most residents enter in the first year, and some transfer into later stages from other programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
As a resident in this program, you’ll spend the first two years in pediatrics. The next two years are divided between adult neurology at TJU and pediatric neurology at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware. The fifth year is at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware.
During the residency, you’ll master six core competencies in caring for children and young adults, from birth through age 21, in accordance with ACGME requirements:
At the end of the residency, you’ll be qualified to take the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology exam in neurology with special qualifications in child neurology.
This program participates in The Match for PGY1 and currently PGY3 positions.
Each year includes 13 rotations of 4 weeks each:
Each year, you’ll also spend one half-day session per week in your own continuity clinic at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware. During multispecialty clinic rotations at Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware, you’ll rotate at clinics in Bryn Mawr, Glen Mills in Pennsylvania; and at Deptford in New Jersey.
The Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware is a multispecialty, tertiary care teaching institution located on a 300-acre estate in the scenic Brandywine Valley in Wilmington, Del.
Among the hospital’s amenities for all staff are:
Because of our location in the tri-state area of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, we offer unique living/working opportunities. For example, you can choose to live in the downtown Philadelphia area and easily commute to our park-like hospital campus in Wilmington.
If you’re looking for a rewarding program built on academic excellence and family-centered care, Nemours Children's offers outstanding medical, surgical, pharmacy, nursing, therapy and psychology programs. Train with faculty who are respected leaders in their fields, a patient care model that stands apart and access to groundbreaking research.
Deadline: October 31, 2022
1. Submit application electronically using ERAS
2. Personal statement
3. Board scores
4. Three letters of recommendation
5. Dean's letter
6. Transcript
Note: Letter from the Chairman is not required.
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