Neuro-Year 1 (PGY2)

The first year of neurosurgical training, the PGY2 level, will take place at University Hospital. The resident will be trained in the assessment of the neurological exam and the accurate diagnosis of the more common neurological problems. During this year, the junior resident will learn to perform progressively complex minor cases including uncomplicated laminectomies and craniotomies for extra-axial trauma. Residents will also learn to set up and position cases under direct supervision . The junior resident will have significant floor responsibility, both in direct care and in supervision of the general surgery rotators and subinterns. He or she will also have, in conjunction with the anesthesiology residents, significant responsibility for the management of cases in the intensive care unit. The PGY2 will become proficient with placement and use of all monitoring methodologies including transcranial Doppler monitoring.

They will be responsible for most non-neurosurgical medical decisions. In the clinics they will do the preliminary work-up on their cases, and will see these patients sequentially over time once identified as theirs. Treatment plans will be reviewed by the chief resident or one of the faculty members.