Program Overview
The University of Arizona Department of Surgery
offers the only accredited physician assistant residency training
program in neurosurgery in the United States. The Association
of Postgraduate Physician Assistant Porgrams approved the PA Residency
Program in Neurological Surgery May 30, 2005.
We offer a 12-month integrated program of
research and training in clinical neurosurgery. This training
is shared by four institutions and 17 neurosurgical faculty in
Tucson and Phoenix. The program accepts one resident per year
and participates in the Society
of Neurological Surgeons.
We perform approximately 1,500 neurosurgical operative procedures a year. The full spectrum of neurosurgical disease is represented in our training program including intra-cranial vascular, stereotaxis, trauma, pain, peripheral nerve, occlusive vascular disease, functional, epilepsy, transphenoidal and pediatric neurosurgery.
Areas of active research include cerebral blood flow, neuro-oncology, blood brain barrier physiology, stereotaxis, and epilepsy.
Related Links:
Residency
Program Overview [Word document]
Neurosurgery
Residency Manual [PDF]
Neurosurgery
Physician Residency Training Program
College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education
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