Cooper Medical School of Rowan University-Cooper University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Cooper is a university-affiliated academic medical center in Camden, NJ, serving as the major tertiary/quaternary referral center for South Jersey, with a comprehensive stroke center offering thrombectomy and neuroendovascular capability under a chairman-led research and clinical trials infrastructure. The four-year categorical program (6 residents/class, guaranteed prelim medicine internship) emphasizes procedural exposure - neurocritical care in a 16-bed closed Neuro-ICU, NCS/EMG, image-guided LP, botulinum toxin injections, nerve blocks, and neuroendovascular exposure - alongside structured outpatient subspecialty rotations (epilepsy, movement, neuroimmunology, neuromuscular, neuro-ophthalmology) and dedicated pediatric neurology and psychiatry blocks. Research is actively woven into training through an active clinical trials portfolio (acute stroke, thrombectomy devices, carotid disease) and resident publications, with a protected research elective, though it is not positioned as mandatory for all trainees. The program explicitly values hardworking, team-oriented residents who are deeply committed to neurology, alongside wellness infrastructure (reading/wellness elective, resident-driven wellness committee) suggesting attention to burnout in a high-acuity tertiary environment.