Introduction

The University of Washington Neurological Surgery Residency and Training program is a clinically robust and diverse academic program. It is designed to provide the Neurological Surgery resident with a comprehensive exposure to clinical neurosurgery while simultaneously preparing him/her to become an independent scientific investigator. Our Department’s stated mission, over the course of four decades, has been to mentor the neurosurgeon-scientist.

View our current list of Residents

Link to Trainee Awards section and

1998-2008 Trainee Awards - Recent Residents -pdf file

The Department’s clinical practice and Faculty expertise is centered on the following nine major specialty disciplines covering the breadth of Neurological Surgery:

• Neuro-Oncology (skull base, primary tumors and metastatic disease)
• Surgical treatment of Epilepsy and Brain Mapping
• Cerebrovascular Disorders (Extra and Intracranial, cranial microsurgery and interventional/endovascular surgery)
• Spine and Spinal Cord Disorders
• Trauma, Cranial and Spinal
• Pediatric and Congenital Disorders
• Stereotactic Surgery and Radiosurgery
• Surgical Treatment of Pain and
• Restorative Neurosurgery (Deep Brain Stimulation, Spacticity and Peripheral Nerve Surgery).

The academic and clinical program is enhanced by the fact that the training occurs in four diverse locations:

• University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC)
• Harborview Medical Center (HMC)
• Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center (CHRMC)
• St. George's Hospital, London, England
  

Patients are referred to the only academic Neurological Surgery Program from a 5- state region called WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), which encompasses approximately 25% of the landmass of the USA.

The training at UW is eight years in duration:

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