Emory University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

Emory's Child Neurology residency is an academic, university-affiliated program based at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Arthur M. Blank Hospital and Scottish Rite), embedded in a large Division of Neurology with eighteen faculty and fourteen advanced practice providers spanning epilepsy surgery, neurophysiology, and complex chronic disease management. The program offers a five-year categorical pathway integrating preliminary general pediatrics training at Emory, with residents assuming primary leadership of the inpatient neurology service and fellow continuity clinics, indicating expectations of early clinical ownership. Institutional infrastructure - NIH-ranked research funding, dedicated pediatric research space in the Health Sciences Research Building, and structured pathways like the MD/PhD and Georgia CTSA training programs - signals that scholarly activity is woven into the training culture even though the residency page itself emphasizes clinical exposure over a mandated research curriculum. The program values residents who can function as leaders within a multidisciplinary tertiary academic environment involving neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, and neuroradiology.