Westchester Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a newly launched, five-year categorical Child Neurology program integrated within a well-established academic Neurology department (est. 1962) at Westchester Medical Center, the only pediatric quaternary care referral center in the lower Hudson Valley, based at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital. Trainees complete two pediatrics years before moving through a structured PGY-3–5 sequence combining adult and child neurology, with graded autonomy culminating in a fellow-like inpatient senior role overseeing a level 4 epilepsy center, EMU, and NICU/PICU/ED consults. Research is woven into the program's identity through NYMC faculty appointments, an active neuroscience research group, and encouraged resident scholarship, though the stated "North Star" remains clinical training rather than investigation. The program values residents who can thrive in a new, evolving structure, contribute to interdisciplinary teams, and pursue individualized extra-clinical interests such as quality improvement, education, or research.