Stony Brook Medicine-University Hospital Program

Program Identity & Fit

Stony Brook's Adult Neurology Residency is a categorical four-year program (PGY1 medicine integrated, no separate prelim match) based at the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center, serving as Suffolk County's sole tertiary academic referral point with named centers in epilepsy, MS, neuro-oncology, neuromuscular/ALS, and skull-base/spine disease. The program is fellowship-oriented in practice: the overwhelming majority of recent graduates pursue subspecialty fellowships (vascular, epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, neuro-oncology, movement, MS, neurocritical care), many completed in-house, reflecting a structured pipeline from residency into Stony Brook's own fellowship programs. Research is embedded but not mandatory-for-identity: a dedicated Research Division supports resident-led clinical studies, poster presentations, and an annual research award, with faculty running investigator-initiated trials in stroke, epilepsy, autism, and neurodegeneration. The program values broad exposure to a full-spectrum tertiary neurological caseload combined with active, hands-on scholarly participation rather than pure bench science, and draws heavily from DO-granting and international medical schools, indicating a culture receptive to varied training backgrounds.