Clinical Neuroscience Career Development Track

Residents who are strongly committed to a career in academic neurology, or who want more experience to decide whether that is the career they want to pursue, can consider applying for the Clinical Neuroscience Career Development Track of the Yale Neurology Residency Program.  This track allows a resident to take time out of their clinical training to perform full-time clinical or basic research.  There is flexibility in the scheduling of this research time, but generally is scheduled to provide 1-2 years of research time, with a concomitant extension of their training by 1-2 years.

This track is in compliance with all the requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and is in keeping with their philosophy on Flexible Training in Neurology to maximize efficient development of neurologist investigators. 

Residents who enter this track may work with any of the faculty listed on the web page describing research electives.

Applicants interested in the neuroscience track need to notify the Program Director for the Yale Neurology Residency that they are considering this track at the time of the interview.  A commitment to this track can be made after the match, although this must be done early enough to allow accomodations to be made to the schedule.  Entering this track is also contingent upon the applicant securing funding for their research time.  The Program Director and faculty of the Department of Neurology are committed to working with the applicant to obtain this funding, and those who have committed to this track in the past have been highly successful at obtaining this funding.

Those who enter this track will work with the Program Director to schedule their research time in a way that does not interfere with the needs of the other residents in their class, and they may need to provide limited clinical service depending on which PGY year they take their research time.