The University of Arizona Department of Surgery has established a newly accredited residency training program in neurosurgery. The Neurosurgery Residency Review Committee from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved a Residency Program in Neurological Surgery, effective June 27, 2003.

We offer a six-year 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 [Online PPT]

Neurosurgery Residency Manual [PDF]

San Francisco Matching Program

Neurosurgery Physician Assistant Residency Training Program

College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education