Oregon Health & Science University OHSU Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

OHSU's Child Neurology residency is an academic, university-based program embedded within Doernbecher Children's Hospital, the sole pediatric tertiary/quaternary referral center for Oregon, southern Washington, and western Idaho, offering deep subspecialty exposure (epilepsy surgery, neuroimmunology, neuro-oncology, tone/spasticity, neuromuscular) alongside required adult neurology and child psychiatry rotations. The program is self-directed and flexible rather than rigidly structured, with no in-house call during neurology rotations and a clinician-scientist track available for residents with strong research interests, supported by OHSU's substantial neuroscience and pediatric research infrastructure (Vollum Institute, Brain Institute, 80+ active pediatric trials). Scholarship is encouraged but not formally mandated, with most residents completing case reports or faculty-linked projects rather than independent funded research, indicating the program values clinical excellence and self-motivated learning over a strict research pipeline. The stated aim of producing "leaders" across both clinical and academic pathways, combined with named subspecialty clinics and individualized mentorship, suggests the program values trainees who can identify and pursue their own focused interest area within a broad neuroscience community.