Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Baylor College of Medicine Temple Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a seven-year university-affiliated neurosurgery residency based at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple, a 640-bed teaching hospital and the only Level 1 Trauma Center between Austin and Dallas, giving residents high-acuity exposure across trauma, cerebrovascular disease, complex spine, pediatric neurosurgery, neuro-oncology and epilepsy surgery. The program integrates a dedicated PGY-5 research year with faculty-mentored lab placement, NIH-funded projects, institutional research infrastructure (OSRA, CATDAD Core), and an expectation of abstract and manuscript output, signaling that scholarly productivity is treated as a core professional habit rather than an elective add-on. Small annual cohort size (one to two residents), a two-tier chief structure (junior and administrative chief years), and rotations split between the adult trauma center and Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center suggest a program valuing longitudinal continuity, procedural breadth, and gradual accrual of operative autonomy. The faculty roster spans general and pediatric neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, and neuroradiology, reflecting a comprehensive, subspecialized but tightly integrated clinical/academic environment rather than a narrow community model.