SSM Health-Saint Louis University School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-based, four-year categorical adult neurology program at a Jesuit academic medical center, sponsored by SSM Health in partnership with SLU School of Medicine, with a tripartite mission spanning patient care, education and clinical/basic science research on nervous system disorders. Residents rotate across three distinct sites - the main SLU University Hospital (a comprehensive stroke center), John Cochran VA Medical Center, and Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital - giving exposure to both high-acuity tertiary/quaternary neurological disease and a broad general neurology population drawn from Missouri and Illinois. Research is structurally embedded (required QI project, CITI certification, resident research day, GME research scholarships, funded national conference attendance) but not positioned as the program's primary identity; most graduates pursue subspecialty fellowships, with accredited in-house fellowships in clinical neurophysiology and vascular neurology and unaccredited pathways in interventional neurology and movement disorders. The program emphasizes graded autonomy (PGY-4s functioning as "faculty-in-training" leading overnight teams), close faculty mentorship, and a holistic, well-being-oriented culture consistent with the institution's "cura personalis" mission.