Education & Training

Education & Training

The academic mission of the Department is to provide a basic understanding of the causes of neurological disorders and through this understanding to develop effective new therapies. We aim to recruit the best, brightest and most motivated applicants in order to train the neurologists and neuroscientists of the future. Our residents receive outstanding training in all subspecialty areas by dedicated faculty members who view residency education as a critical element in the Department's academic mission. The academic faculty are distributed among four public teaching hospitals: the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview (UMMC); Hennepin Healthcare; the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital (VAMC); and Regions Medical Center. Diverse patient populations constitute a major strength of our clinical, research and training programs. Across the public teaching hospitals, the Department cares for more than 1,000 neurology inpatients per year, provides 2,000 inpatient consultations, and accounts for 10,000 outpatient visits.