Tower Health Program

Program Identity & Fit

This five-year categorical Child Neurology program at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Tower Health/Drexel-affiliated) combines two years of general pediatrics, one year of adult neurology at Temple University Hospital, and two years of child neurology, embedding trainees within a safety-net institution serving a largely Hispanic, economically underserved population in Philadelphia. The clinical experience emphasizes general neurology alongside subspecialty exposure (neuromuscular disease, sleep medicine, refractory epilepsy with ketogenic diet and surgical options) and a longitudinal continuity clinic spanning all three neurology years, with graduated autonomy including home call rather than in-hospital call during the child neurology years. The program explicitly supports both academic and private-practice trajectories, with graduates pursuing fellowships at institutions such as CHOP, Children's Hospital Colorado, and Boston Children's, indicating fellowship readiness is valued but not mandated. Its stated mission mirrors that of St. Christopher's itself: delivering comprehensive neurologic care to an underserved community, suggesting a program identity built around mission-driven, multidisciplinary pediatric neurology rather than pure research output.