Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Program

Program Identity & Fit

VCU's Child Neurology Residency is a small, single-resident-per-year categorical program embedded within a university-affiliated academic medical center, combining two years of pediatrics training with three years progressing through adult and child neurology under the Division of Child Neurology. The curriculum emphasizes graduated clinical responsibility, structured didactics (neuroscience, neurophysiology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuroradiology, neuropathology) and weekly grand rounds, with dual board-eligibility in pediatrics and neurology upon completion. Research is available through NIH- and university-funded labs for senior residents alongside elective flexibility (pediatric neuro-rehabilitation, neuromuscular, movement disorders, palliative care), but the program's tone centers on close-knit faculty-resident camaraderie and individualized subspecialty exploration rather than a mandated research track. Residents and alumni describe the appeal as strong interpersonal community and the ability to branch into diverse child neurology subspecialties within a supportive, mentorship-oriented structure.