Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-affiliated, community-anchored neurology program built around Miami Valley Hospital (a large teaching hospital and Comprehensive Stroke Center), with additional experience at Miami Valley Hospital South, Dayton Children's Level 4 Epilepsy Center, and the Dayton VA. The curriculum follows a traditional progression from internal-medicine-heavy PGY1 foundation through graduated inpatient/consult responsibility, culminating in PGY4 residents leading the Neurology Admit service and supervising rotating IM and psychiatry trainees. Research access is structured through the Clinical Neuroscience Institute, a joint Premier Health–Wright State venture offering NIH-funded faculty collaboration, but the day-to-day emphasis is clearly clinical: heavy vascular/neurocritical care exposure, a dedicated 9-bed neuro-ICU, and broad subspecialty rotations (epilepsy, neuromuscular, movement, headache, neurointerventional) rather than a lab-driven track. The program values residents who progress toward graduated autonomy and supervisory competence, with continuity clinic and multidisciplinary stroke/rehab teams valued as core to clinical identity.