UPMC Medical Education Erie Program

Program Identity & Fit

UPMC Hamot's Neurology Residency is a community-based, hospital-affiliated program whose explicit mission is to produce well-rounded general neurologists rather than subspecialists, drawing on a nearly one-million-person catchment as the region's only comprehensive stroke center. The four-year curriculum front-loads broad internal medicine and ICU exposure before building toward core neurology, with structured procedural training in lumbar punctures, botulinum toxin injections, EMG/EEG, and deep brain stimulator/vagal nerve stimulator management, plus explicit instruction in practice management, coding, and billing. Research is present but modest in scope — one dedicated month plus access to a full-time PhD research director and UPMC-system collaborations — reflecting a program oriented toward clinical competency and community neurology rather than academic output. The program explicitly states a goal of recruiting graduates into its own Hamot Neurology Division, signaling a preference for residents interested in long-term general/community neurology practice in the Erie region.