Henry Ford Health-Henry Ford Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Henry Ford Hospital's Neurological Surgery Residency is a high-volume, quaternary academic program built around a 30-bed dedicated neurosurgical wing, a 16-bed NICU, and over 3,200 operations annually across the full breadth of subspecialties (vascular, skull base, tumor, functional, epilepsy, spine, endovascular). Research is embedded from PGY-1 rather than confined to a dedicated year, supported by a structured resident-run journal club, the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative registry, the nation's second-largest brain tumor bank, and active NIH/DoD-funded labs, with a full protected PGY-5 research year and named research mentorship (Walters/Dallo). The seven-year curriculum layers a Level I trauma/quaternary main campus experience (PGY2, PGY4, PGY7) with dedicated subspecialty exposure including an away pediatric neurosurgery rotation at Cincinnati Children's and a community-based senior year at West Bloomfield Hospital emphasizing functional neurosurgery, APP-supported clinic leadership, and outpatient continuity. The program's identity centers on producing academically productive, technically versatile surgeon-scientists prepared for competitive fellowship and academic practice, valuing early scholarly engagement, operative independence, and structured critical appraisal of literature.