University of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a four-year categorical neurology program based at Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix, a large tertiary academic medical center with a dedicated neuroscience infrastructure (24 neuro-ICU beds, a 14-bed stroke unit, and 42 neuroscience beds) that anchors an institute-driven training model. The program explicitly frames itself around producing effective clinical neurologists who can serve as expert consultants, while cultivating intellectual curiosity and an understanding of clinical research and scholarship as part of practice, rather than positioning research as the program's central mission. Training occurs within the broader Banner – UMC Phoenix ecosystem, which also supports neurosurgery, general surgery, and other specialties, giving residents exposure to a high-acuity, complex referral population including transplant and stroke care. The program's stated philosophy emphasizes resident growth as whole people, in and out of clinical settings, suggesting a culture-conscious, humanism-oriented academic identity rather than a narrowly research-driven or purely community-service model.