Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program

Program Identity & Fit

Loma Linda's Neurology Residency is a categorical PGY1-4 academic program anchored at a tertiary university medical center, with substantial rotations at the Jerry L. Pettis VA, Riverside University Health System county hospital, and SAC Health System FQHC, giving residents exposure across university, veteran, safety-net, and underserved primary-care patient populations within the Inland Empire. Subspecialty infrastructure is deep and clinically distinctive: a NAEC Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, ALS Association Certified neuromuscular center, MS center, and movement disorders/device programs, supported by in-house Clinical Neurophysiology, Epilepsy, Movement Disorders, and Neuromuscular fellowships. A required clinical research project and dedicated Neurology Clinical Research Center (leveraging a large, non-coastal-competing catchment area) signal that research is built into training rather than optional, and PGY-3 elective structure is explicitly designed to support fellowship-directed career development. The program values residents who can function across disparate care settings (academic, VA, county, FQHC) and who progress toward subspecialty fellowship training.