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)