We remain true to the principles developed by Dr. David B. Clark when he brought his team from Johns Hopkins to establish our Department and our training programs in 1967:
1. Child and adult neurology are co-equal halves of a single discipline and should be taught through an integrated training program.
2. Our physicians feel a special responsibility to the underserved children in Kentucky’s Appalachian counties.
Overview
Our child neurology program is unconventional in its integration of the adult and child experiences. Our incoming PGY-3 residents begin their training on the child neurology service. After becoming oriented on the child service, our residents go on to do their 12 months of adult neurology and 12 months of selective time interwoven with child neurology experiences throughout the 3 years of the program. This keeps our residents in touch with their pediatric expertise and helps them to better understand how their adult neurology experiences contribute to a better understanding of the neurological disorders of infants and children. It also gives them an ongoing and strong relationship with the adult neurology residents and easy access to the subspecialty skills of the adult neurology faculty.
Appalacian Clinics
All of our child neurology residents and attending physicians regularly participate in our rural, Appalachian clinics. These clinics are run by local nurses and staff. Moreover with the assistance of the Commonwealth of Kentucky we are able to fund services, tests and medications for any Kentucky child with neurological complaints or disease, regardless of the family’s ability to pay. In part because of our large Appalachian referral area, we see a substantial number of children with unusual neurological disorders.
Application
The program is an ACGME-approved program. Graduates will be board eligible in Pediatrics and in Neurology with special competency in Child Neurology.
- We have positions for one resident per year. UK Department of Pediatrics offers a specific 2 year program for senior medical students who match in Child Neurology. You do not have to apply separately through ERAS to obtain that Pediatrics position. It is automatic when you match to Child Neurology.
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- This year’s Match is in transition from the old San Francisco early match to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). For this year only, applications are being processed by the Association of University Professors of Neurology (AUPN). Their website www.aupn.org has detailed instructions for the application process. If you are a senior medical student or are completing your PGY-2 year in Pediatrics and wish to apply for a PGY-3 Child Neurology spot for 2012, this is where you need to go.
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- If you are currently a PGY-1 and wish to apply for a PGY-3 position in 2013, there is no match for you and you should send your application directly to J. Marlene McClure, our residency coordinator here at UK.
Our institution currently has position openings for residents who will be starting their PGY-3 Child Neurology training in 2012, 2013, or 2014.
Interviews for the Child Neurology and Pediatrics departments will be held separately, but usually can be scheduled in the same day. Specific dates and times will be arranged through J. Marlene McClure.
Contact Us
Department of Neurology and Child Neurology Residency Coordinator - J. Marlene McClure (859) 218-5038, jmarlenem@uky.edu.
Department of Pediatrics – Program Director Dr. Jenna Ross (859) 323-6211
Please select a link below to learn more about our Residency Program:
Child Neurology Faculty
Current Child Neurology Housestaff
Kentucky Children’s Hospital |
