HCA Healthcare-TriStar Nashville-Skyline Medical Center Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a young, HCA-Healthcare-affiliated 4-year categorical neurology program built around the high-volume stroke and neurocritical care infrastructure of TriStar Skyline and TriStar Centennial Medical Centers, two Comprehensive Stroke Centers with roughly 3,000 stroke admissions annually, plus a Thrombectomy-Capable Center, Level 1 trauma, dedicated Neurovascular ICUs, and pediatric/psychiatric hospitals on the same urban Nashville campus. The curriculum is structured with heavy inpatient stroke, neurocritical care, epilepsy/EEG, neuromuscular/EMG, and neuroradiology exposure, graded autonomy through a PGY4 senior-supervision and capstone year, and explicit dual preparation for either subspecialty fellowship or general neurology practice. A full-time Division Research Director and corporate-level scholarly infrastructure (Scholarly Commons, HCA Journal of Medicine, access to 30+ million patient encounters) signal that research is institutionally embedded and expected rather than incidental, even as the program's HCA-wide "Pathways to Flourishing" wellness framework emphasizes autonomy, belonging, and efficiency of practice. As a newly accredited, still-growing program tied to a large multi-hospital system, it appears to value residents who are adaptable, comfortable with high acute-care volume, and willing to contribute to a still-developing academic identity.