Southern Illinois University Program

Program Identity & Fit

SIU's Neurology Residency is a university-affiliated, mission-driven program serving central and southern Illinois, with a 4-year structure (PGY-2 match, PGY-1 assured) and a high faculty-to-resident ratio that supports close clinical teaching. Clinical training spans two affiliated hospitals and named tertiary subspecialty programs (Alzheimer's/dementia via the state-funded Smith Center, Parkinson's/movement disorders with DBS access, epilepsy, neuromuscular/MDA Care Center, stroke, and neuro-oncology), giving residents structured exposure to a broad range of neurologic disease within a regional referral role. Research is woven throughout via required and elective clinical/lab rotations, active faculty clinical trial participation, and a PGY-4 research rotation, though the program frames this as integrated experiential exposure rather than a mandate for scholarly output. The program's explicit regional health mission, community-service orientation, and consistent above-average AAN in-service performance suggest it values residents oriented toward comprehensive general and subspecialty neurologic care for an underserved, non-urban referral population rather than pure bench science.