Neuro program reviews

[GVSULakers9456]

Been hard to find good information other than some very old threads so I am thinking we could get some discussion drummed up here. Anyone know what are the best neuro fellowship programs are? I'm sure location matters most and you can't go wrong with UCSF or MGH or whatever but would like to know any details about specific programs that people can offer. Are there any known busy programs, or procedure-heavy, or bad call schedule...or any programs with particularly good training in any portion of neuro (for example people have told me Emory is very good for head and neck).

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[Cognovi]

As a starting point, I made a list of the neuroradiology fellowships weighted according to the size of the program (including 2nd years, so this favors the 2-year programs, but this indicates something about the volume, alumni network, how infrequently you're on call), the size of the city (as a proxy of desirability), the Doximity reputation rank of the residency (as a proxy of the reputation of the radiology training, not specific to neuro), and the number of unmatched spots in the last 5 years in the Match (as a proxy of whatever that means, desirability or the admin having their stuff together):

1. MGH
2. NYU
3. UCSF
4. Hopkins
5. Penn
6. Cornell
7. Mount Sinai
8. UCLA
9. Columbia
10. Barrow/St Josephs
11. Stanford
12. BWH
13. MIR/WashU
14. USC/LAC
15. UTSW
16. Emory
17. Utah
18. Northwestern
19. U Washington
20. Yale
21. Mayo
22. Duke
23. UCSD
24. U Michigan
25. U Miami/Jackson
26. U Wisconsin

 

[twoslic3]

It's really hard to rank fellowships because at that stage of training, you're really just learning from a hand full of attendings. Just because an institute has a bunch of well known radiologist, it doesn't mean they're good at training and teaching. Often times, most of the teaching is done through the junior attendings, because they have less academic days than the more senior members.

Having an idea of what type of practice (academic/private) and location you want to end up in really helps narrow down the list.