Program overview
Geisinger neurosurgery residents rotate yearly on the following schedule.
- PGY-1: General neurosurgery, neurology, neuro ICU
- PGY-2: General neurosurgery/junior
- PGY-3: General neurosurgery/junior
- PGY-4: Research/directed training
- PGY-5: General neurosurgery/senior
- PGY-6: General neurosurgery/senior
- PGY-7: General neurosurgery/chief year
Weekly Resident Didactics (Rotating)
Fridays, 8 a.m. – noon
- Neurosurgery case review
- Chief resident case conference
- Neuroradiology
- Neuropathology
- Neuroanatomy and surgical anatomy
- Research didactics and review
- Spine case review
- Skull base/onc case review
- Vascular case review
- Peds case review
Department Conferences
Resident attendance is required at the following:
- Neurosurgery M&M (monthly)
- Neuroscience grand rounds (monthly)
- Neurosurgery grand rounds (monthly)
- Neurosurgery journal club (monthly)
- Epilepsy conference (weekly)
- Spinal case conference (monthly)
- Tumor board (weekly)
- Vascular clinical case series (weekly)