Stony Brook Medicine-University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Stony Brook's Child Neurology program is university-based and tertiary-care-anchored, functioning as the only tertiary care medical center in Suffolk County with Stony Brook Children's Hospital providing regional advanced pediatric neurology care. The five-member pediatric neurology faculty, trained at institutions such as Duke, Yale, and Harvard, emphasizes one-on-one didactics, an open-door mentorship style, and particular strength in pediatric epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders, supported by subspecialty centers including a Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and the nation's first National Pediatric MS Center. Research is embedded through departmental clinical trials, basic science labs, and proximity to Cold Spring Harbor and Brookhaven National Laboratories, with residents expected to engage in scholarly output presented at national meetings (AAN, AES, Neuro-Oncology society). The program favors trainees drawn to a small, close-knit division with direct faculty access who want exposure to complex epilepsy and neurodevelopmental cases within a broader academic neuroscience institute.