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University of Toledo Program

Neurology Analyst Verified · Sep 11, 2026

University of Toledo Program

University of Toledo Program is a residency program specializing in Neurology, located in Toledo, Ohio, directed by Noor A. Pirzada, MD and coordinated by Brittny Briggs. The program accepts applications through November 1, 2026 and holds an accreditation status of Continued. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at Brittny.Briggs@utoledo.edu or (419) 291-0396. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

The University of Toledo Neurology Residency is a university-affiliated program embedded in a tertiary-care academic medical center, delivering inpatient and outpatient neurological care through the ProMedica Toledo Hospital-based Neurosciences Center, with faculty spanning all major neurological subspecialties. The program trains six categorical residents per class (with PGY1 internal medicine year at UToledo) and emphasizes exposure to complex and rare neurological presentations alongside faculty active in movement disorders, epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease, and Alzheimer's research. It explicitly frames itself as preparing residents for both academic and nonacademic careers, backed by a 100% first-time board pass rate sustained over fourteen consecutive years, and offers in-house fellowship pathways (vascular neurology, clinical neurophysiology, interventional neurology, movement disorders) that create a natural pipeline for subspecialization. The program values steady clinical competence and board readiness, resident scholarly output (publications, presentations), and a collegial, low-friction training culture rather than an aggressive research mandate.

Who it fits
A clinically grounded applicant who wants broad, hands-on exposure to complex neurological disease in a stable academic-community hybrid setting, with openness to subspecialty fellowship but no requirement of an academic research trajectory.
Research intensity
Moderate - research participation and publication are encouraged and highlighted among residents, but not positioned as central to the program's identity.
Career orientation
Mixed - Fellowship, Academic Medicine

Neurology

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Deadline

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Accreditation Status

University of Toledo Program
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IMG % IMG %

11/01/2026
26 days left

OH

Continued

Deadline 11/01/2026 26 days left
Accreditation Status Continued
SCORE
USMLE STEP 1
USMLE STEP 1
USMLE STEP 2
USMLE STEP 2

SCORE NOTES

VISA POLICY

VISA

GRADUATION CUT OFF

GRADUATION CUT OFF

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

ECFMG CERTIFICATE

PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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CURRENT RESIDENTS
Residents
Current Residents.pdf
Program Director
Name: Noor A. Pirzada, MD
Program Coordinator
Name: Brittny Briggs Email: Brittny.Briggs@utoledo.edu Phone: (419) 291-0396 Address: 3000 Arlington Ave,Toledo
Program Website
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