MedStar Health Georgetown University Program

Program Identity & Fit

MGNNR is a four-year categorical academic neurology program anchored by a formal NIH/NINDS partnership, offering a distinct Clinician-Scientist track with protected research time alongside a Clinician-Scholar track for those pursuing predominantly clinical or subspecialty-fellowship careers. Clinical training spans multiple sites with distinct identities: MedStar Georgetown (tertiary referral, specialized neuro-nursing units), Washington Hospital Center (high neuro-infectious disease volume tied to DC's HIV prevalence, active stroke trials), and Children's National (top-ranked pediatric neurology). The program emphasizes graduated autonomy, a structured senior-to-junior teaching hierarchy, deep subspecialty clinic exposure (movement, epilepsy/EEG, neuromuscular/EMG, MS, headache, neuro-oncology, neuro-ophthalmology), and an optional global health/underserved neurology track. Graduate outcomes cited include fellowship placement, academic faculty positions, program directorships, and department chairs, indicating the program values intellectually curious residents capable of functioning across both high-acuity tertiary care and safety-net/infectious-disease-heavy populations.