As a medical student at the U of M interested in Neurology, I found the program inviting, down to earth, and resident oriented. You split time between 3 hospitals with very distinctly different patient populations. HCMC is the "inner city" county hospital with some very interesting pathology, especially from recent immigrants. The UMN hospital has a good mix of patients, but gets some zebras and has a some strong interventional faculty. The VA is its own beast, but a wonderful group of patients with lots of TBI, PTSD and alcoholism. The faculty are great. Very focused on teaching. The former chair who just stepped down so he could get back to clinical work and teaching (Dr. Anderson) just won this years AAN A. Baker award. I would have strongly considered staying if my wife could stand the MN winters. Definitely worth checking out.
