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Department of Neurosurgery

Residency in Neurological Surgery


Programs in graduate medical education (GME) have been conducted at the Health Sciences Center since its opening in 1960. The charter of West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., formulated at the time of its incorporation in 1984, commits the Hospital to continue its high degree of support for GME.

Program Description

The Department of Neurosurgery Residency Program at WVU is a seven-year program under the direction of the Program Director, Charles L. Rosen, MD. PhD. Our program is structured to produce neurosurgeons who are broadly experienced, clinically mature, and academically well prepared for clinical practice. Institutional resources of well trained faculty, modern equipment, and a mixed tertiary and primary care patient population, ensure the neurosurgery resident the benefits of extensive hands-on eperience in a wide variety of routine and invasive neurosurgical procedures. Residents in this program are required to master the skills needed to function in an environment of progressively graduated responsibility, so that by the completion of training, they are capable of independent performance of the full range of neurosurgical interpretation and procedures. Together, the GME Department, West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., and the Department of Neurosurgery, strive to provide our residents with the highest quality educational experience available.

Board Examinations
Residents are strongly encouraged to take the written Board examination, through the American Board of Neurosurgical Surgery, for credit by the third year of training (PGY 4). Passing the examination is mandatory before a resident graduates the program.

Resident Financial Support
The Neurosurgery Department pays for residents to attend national meetings. Each junior resident is given a pair of specially fitted magnification loupes to use during their residency and after.

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