Washington University-B-JH-SLCH Consortium Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a five-year categorical (PGY1-5) academic child neurology program embedded within WashU Medicine's tertiary/quaternary neuroscience enterprise, offering five formal career tracks (Education/Clinician-Educator, Master Clinician/General Child Neurology, Global Health, Physician-Scientist, Clinical Research) rather than a one-size-fits-all curriculum. Residents choose between an Early Start Pathway into pediatric neurology continuity clinic or a Dual Board Eligibility pathway toward general pediatrics ABP certification, and accrue over 12 months of elective time plus up to 9 dedicated research months in the final year, reflecting genuine flexibility in career design. The physician-scientist track (R25-linked, with formal lab mentorship and quarterly reviews) and an extensive portfolio of NIH/foundation-funded labs spanning neuroimaging, epilepsy, movement disorders and neurodevelopment indicate a program built to launch investigators, while the parallel clinical and education tracks show equal institutional investment in clinician-educators and general clinicians. Structured mentorship ("families," dual clinical/research mentors, semi-annual PD reviews) and named subspecialty clinics (neurofibromatosis, Rett, tuberous sclerosis, neuroimmunology) point to a program valuing early specialization and longitudinal patient continuity over generalist breadth alone.