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UA Receives Approval to Train Neurosurgeons
By Jo Gellerman
July 30, 2003
Contact Information
Jo Gellerman
AHSC Public Affairs
520-626-7301
[email protected]
The department of surgery in the University of Arizona College of Medicine has established a newly accredited residency training program in neurosurgery.
A residency review committee from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved a residency program in neurological surgery. The six-year program will participate in the National Residency Matching Program and is slated to accept its first student July 1, 2004. The program will continue to accept one student per year.
The Section of Neurosurgery had been taking active steps to establish the program for more than 10 years, says Dr. Martin Weinand, associate chief of the section of neurosurgery and the residency program director. To meet the criteria for approval, the proposed program must demonstrate capable faculty, a broad spectrum of clinical cases, and a significant level of institutional support. The arduous application process is followed by an on-site visit by ACGME representatives.
"This has been a major effort to ensure that the University of Arizona meets all the rigorous criteria to qualify for training neurosurgeons in the United States. It is a great honor and a huge responsibility that we welcome," says Dr. Allan J. Hamilton, chairman of the UA department of surgery and chief of the section of neurosurgery.
Currently there are four other ACGME-accredited residency programs in the UA department of surgery: general surgery, urology, vascular surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. Including the new neurosurgery program, the UA College of Medicine sponsors 22 ACGME-accredited residency programs.
"This residency program will enhance all of the other residency training programs in the Department of Surgery. Our focus will be on producing top-notch neurosurgery physicians," Dr. Weinand says.
The ACGME awards accreditation for the nation's residency programs, in which doctors spend years of intense preparation in a specialty.
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UA Receives Approval to Train Neurosurgeons
By Jo Gellerman
July 30, 2003
Contact Information
Jo Gellerman
AHSC Public Affairs
520-626-7301
[email protected]
The department of surgery in the University of Arizona College of Medicine has established a newly accredited residency training program in neurosurgery.
A residency review committee from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved a residency program in neurological surgery. The six-year program will participate in the National Residency Matching Program and is slated to accept its first student July 1, 2004. The program will continue to accept one student per year.
The Section of Neurosurgery had been taking active steps to establish the program for more than 10 years, says Dr. Martin Weinand, associate chief of the section of neurosurgery and the residency program director. To meet the criteria for approval, the proposed program must demonstrate capable faculty, a broad spectrum of clinical cases, and a significant level of institutional support. The arduous application process is followed by an on-site visit by ACGME representatives.
"This has been a major effort to ensure that the University of Arizona meets all the rigorous criteria to qualify for training neurosurgeons in the United States. It is a great honor and a huge responsibility that we welcome," says Dr. Allan J. Hamilton, chairman of the UA department of surgery and chief of the section of neurosurgery.
Currently there are four other ACGME-accredited residency programs in the UA department of surgery: general surgery, urology, vascular surgery and cardiothoracic surgery. Including the new neurosurgery program, the UA College of Medicine sponsors 22 ACGME-accredited residency programs.
"This residency program will enhance all of the other residency training programs in the Department of Surgery. Our focus will be on producing top-notch neurosurgery physicians," Dr. Weinand says.
The ACGME awards accreditation for the nation's residency programs, in which doctors spend years of intense preparation in a specialty.
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