UVA Residency Program OverviewUpdates: All applications to the program must be submitted through ERAS/NRMP to include your transcript, photograph, 2 letters of recommendation, personal statement, USMLE transcript, and curriculum vitae. NS-1 is now a categorical year of training under the direction of the neurosurgery department. Students do not need to match and interview separately with General Surgery for the NS-1 year. The department places great emphasis on residency training and each faculty member considers training a priority. Since 1969, the program has trained 58 neurosurgeons, 16 of whom now chair their own departments of neurosurgery at some of America's finest academic institutions.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Graduates of the 7-year residency program maintain close contact with each other and constitute a powerful and broad network of successful neurosurgeons always available for advice and help in developing your neurosurgical career. The University of Virginia offers comprehensive neurosurgical training in all subspecialties. Because of our unique catchment area, the volume of surgical cases continues to increase each year and each resident can expect to be involved as the primary resident in over 500 cases each year on the clinical service. Several aspects of the training program merit attention. First, since the residents cover only the University Hospital, surgical training is maximized without needless time away from family and unnecessary travel between hospitals. Also, the residents have extensive contact with each faculty member and are intimately involved in each patient care decision, and surgical management. Finally, the one year international medicine rotation in New Zealand provides a unique and unparalleled training experience, greatly enjoyed by each resident who has completed the program.
Because of the importance of the residency program, we prefer that an applicant have spent at least some Thank you for your interest in the training program. We encourage anyone interested to visit at their convenience. Contact Karen Saulle at 434-982-3244 or kes4a@virginia.edu for more information about the program or to schedule an interview or visit.
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Education honored program director Dr. John Jane, Sr. as one of the recipients of the 
time with the current residents on the clinical service. Some controversy seems to surround this, but we take a common sense approach to the matter, and qualified applicants unable to complete a formal rotation with genuine interest in the program are invited to contact Dr. Jane to discuss other arrangements for interviewing.
