Going into neurology after an IM residency

[MtnMan09]

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I am currently a PGY2 at an osteopathic institution and I am loving neuro right now. Once I finish next year (woo hoo!), I was considering doing a neuro residency. Would I have to do 4 years of Neuro if I applied to a allopathic program, or could I come in as a PGY2?

 

[buckley]

You can actually transfer as a PGY2 now if you wanted to

 

[MtnMan09]

But could I transfer into a MD program if I did an DO internship/residency?

 

[coleus blumei]

the chief resident at Tufts went into neurology after an IM residency

 

[peppy]

You would probably be able to get credit for your past IM training at an osteopathic neurology program but from what I understand an allopathic neuro program probably would not be able to give you credit unless you are part of a dually accredited IM program. You might want to try contacting the ABPN to confirm that though.

 

[typhoonegator]

You would probably be able to get credit for your past IM training at an osteopathic neurology program but from what I understand an allopathic neuro program probably would not be able to give you credit unless you are part of a dually accredited IM program. You might want to try contacting the ABPN to confirm that though.

...which is totally ridiculous since by then he will be qualified to be a medicine attending almost anywhere in the country. I'd take that over a crappy community transition year any day of the week. But you're right, you'd want to check with ABPN and/or any specific programs you'd be interested in.

 

[MtnMan09]

Thanks everyone for their responses. I will check with ABPN.

 

[PhakeDoc]

It gives me nice warm fuzzies for having chosen the "right" specialty knowing folks from other fields wanna join the ranks! 😀 G'luck!

 

[Terpskins99]

I am currently a PGY2 at an osteopathic institution and I am loving neuro right now. Once I finish next year (woo hoo!), I was considering doing a neuro residency. Would I have to do 4 years of Neuro if I applied to a allopathic program, or could I come in as a PGY2?

If you plan to go into an ACGME adult neurology residency, you must complete an ACGME internship (with at least 6 months of medicine/medicine subspecialty rotations).

I ran into a similar problem when I matched ACGME neuro but not an internship. I had several osteopathic internships offer me a spot, but an accreditation officer at ABPN informed me that I would not be eligible to sit for neurology boards if I did not complete at least 1 year of an ACGME internship prior to starting the neurology residency. Ultimately, I ended up scrambling into a dual accredited ACGME/AOA internship.

Obviously, a way to circumvent this is by entering an osteopathic neurology residency. But if you want to go into an ACGME neuro residency, you need the ACGME internship.

 

[medsRus]

Try Methodist in TX -- they have someone who transferred from IM (cat).