University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

UNMC's neurosurgery residency is a small, seven-year academic program (two residents/year) anchored at Nebraska Medicine, a tertiary/quaternary academic medical center, with additional operative and clinical exposure at Nebraska Methodist Hospital (community-based) and Children's Nebraska (pediatric neurosurgery). This combination gives residents a full spectrum of adult and pediatric neurosurgical pathology across academic and private-practice-style environments rather than a single-site experience. The program follows the standard ACGME neurosurgery structure with a dedicated, flexibly-mentored research year, and institutional infrastructure (GME research collaborative, GME research journal, annual research symposium) supports resident scholarship without positioning the program as an academic powerhouse or physician-scientist pipeline. The emphasis on "strong operative experience" alongside multi-site exposure suggests the program values residents who want broad hands-on case volume across pediatric, tertiary, and community settings.