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[gfarahma]

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I was just wondering if anyone had any information of the combined Peds Neuro program. Does anyone know which schools have the combined program. Any info would be of great help. Thx

 

[MadameLULU]

I think this post may be more appropriate in the peds residency forum. I worked for a month on a pediatric neuro floor on my peds rotation and from what I was told the combined program works like this: 2 years peds, 1 year adult neuro, 2 years pedi neuro fellowship.

 

[eviorr]

All peds neuro (just about) do to 2 peds / 1 adult neuro / 2 child neuro format. For non-combined programs, you just leave your peds residency after year two, and the adult neuro year is packaged together with the child neuro program. There are a handful of combined programs (including U.Mich, which impressed me when I interviewed there), and there are also some programs that although not combined, do give special consideration to candidates who have matched to their child neuro program when putting together their peds rank lists (since child neuro is an early match). I'm in such a program right now as a pediatric intern, and one of my fellow interns will also be my co-child neuro resident in two years.

- Erick

 

[Scar McDyess]

Of the top of my head...

Cincinnati Children's
Univ of Mich
WashU - St. Louis Children's
Iowa
Saint Louis Univ - Cardinal Glennon
Baylor - Texas Children's
UMKC - Children's Mercy
UTSW - Children's Medical Center (Dallas)
Louisville
Indiana
Cleveland Clinic
Utah
Pittsburgh
Univ of Washington - Seattle

There may be a few more, and I am sure more in the works as lots of programs are starting to offer guaranteed admission to their peds program if you match into child neuro (making 5 years at the same place). Most of these are in the midwest, and I think it is a pretty big incentive to look at a program. I only accepted interviews at places that had 5 years guaranteed for a couple of reasons.

Places are adding this option fairly rapidly, some like Pitt, Utah, UMich, don't even have a 5 year option listed on the SFMatch distribution list yet.
When I interviewed at Mich, they said that they had a drop off in the quality of applicants once the match started (I think this is the fourth year of the match) because they had to basically tell people that the odds of you matching here for peds is highly unlikely.

When I was at Baylor they told me that they fully expected that the Child Neuro / NDD training system (2-1-2, with two separate matches) would be revamped as soon as the current contract with the SFMatch expires in a few years.